"Since this study has two objectives, it may be divided into two parts. First, it aims at explaining the origins of what we call formula criticism. The history of the criticism will be traced, mentioning as we go, the scholars who have contributed most to our own understanding .…
This volume fills an important lacuna in the study of the Hebrew Bible by providing the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Job, in which essays will address intertextual resonances between Job and texts in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, along with non-…
This volume fills an important lacuna in the study of the Hebrew Bible by providing the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Job, in which essays will address intertextual resonances between Job and texts in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, along with non-…
This volume fills an important lacuna in the study of the Hebrew Bible by providing the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Job, in which essays will address intertextual resonances between Job and texts in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, along with non-…
Review text: "This book is like an archaeological dig. All is laid out in meticulous detail, and we are amazed that there could be so much of value in so few verses."Anthony Saville in: NewDirections April 2006.
Biographical note: Revised Ph.D. dissertation under the supervision of Professor C. L. Seow, at Princeton Theological Seminary, N. J. in 2004. Kenneth Numfor Ngwa is now visiting Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana/USA. Main descripti…