"In the Wilderness is a classic work on the anthropology of the Book of Numbers. Up to now Bible scholars have tended to dismiss Numbers - Wellhausen called it the junk room of the Bible, and most contemporary commentaries feel called upon to say something about its apparent lac…
The author argues that far from being the junk room of the Bible, the Book of Numbers is composed of 12 alternating sections of law and narrative arranged in a ring, with each corresponding to its pair on the other side.
Following on from the paperback edition of Leviticus as Literature, this is the revised paperback edition of Mary Douglas's classical account of the Book of Numbers. Up to now Bible scholars have tended to dismiss Numbers as a chaotic mix of narrative and laws. Mary Douglas argu…
Von den Erkenntnissen der modernen Übersetzungswissenschaft wird in der Septuagintaforschung bisher nur wenig Gebrauch gemacht. Die vorliegende Studie wendet die Skopostheorie auf das griechische Numeribuch an und ermittelt dadurch den "Sitz im Leben" der Übersetzung. Das griech…
"Von den Erkenntnissen der modernen Übersetzungswissenschaft wird in der Septuagintaforschung bisher nur wenig Gebrauch gemacht. Um diesem Desiderat zu begegnen, wendet die vorliegende Studie die Skopostheorie (Reiß und Vermehr, 1984), die einen funktionalen Ansatz darstellt, au…
Origen was one of the most influential pre-Nicene church fathers, whose exegetical method shaped much of subsequent interpretation of the Old Testament. Some of his theological speculations were condemned in the 6th cenutry, but his influence as a Christian scholar and Old Testa…
"Origen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to th…
