This volume publishes twenty-three papers given by invitation at the thirteenth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, which was held at Leuven from 27 August until 1 September 1989 under the Presidency of C. Brekelmans. The articles cover…
In this book the author attempts to unravel the original narratives which underlie the biblical Book of Esther. She reconstructs the contents of three non-Jewish narratives: A wedding story, in which the foreign beauty (Esther) takes the place of the disobedient queen, and two c…
"Deuteronomy addresses social contexts of widespread displacement, an issue affecting sixty-five million people today. In this book Mark R. Glanville investigates how Deuteronomy fosters the integration of the stranger as kindred into the community of Yahweh. According to Deuter…
"Addresses the loss of the Old Testament as a resource for faith and life and shows how it can be recovered by the church,"--NoveList. The Old Testament constitutes the majority of the Christian Bible and provides much of the language of Christian faith. However, many churches …
"In this volume, Richard J. Clifford seeks to make the biblical wisdom literature intelligible to modern readers. It is easy to quote the occasional proverb, say a few things about "the problem of evil" in Job, or quote "vanity of vanities," but far more rewarding to read the wh…
"For centuries, the Garden of Eden story has been a cornerstone for the Christian doctrine of "the Fall" and "original sin." In recent years, many scholars have disputed this understanding of Genesis 3 because it has no words for sin, transgression, disobedience, or punishment. …
Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge, Band 8, Weisheitstexte, Mythen und Epen
by Hecker, Karl, Jördens, Andrea, Koch, Heidemarie, Kottsieper, Ingo, Nebes, Norbert, Neumann, Hans, Müller, Matthias, Dorn, Andreas, Klinger, Jörg, Mittermayer, Catherine, Laisney, Vincent Pierre-Michel, Attinger, Pascal, Blum, Erhard, Görke, Susanne, Grundacker, Roman, Andres Stadler, Martin, Lorenz, Jürgen, Neumann, HansXXeauthor, Niehr, HerbertXXeauthor
fromTexte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge
Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge
by Hecker, Karl, Jördens, Andrea, Koch, Heidemarie, Kottsieper, Ingo, Nebes, Norbert, Neumann, Hans, Niehr, Herbert, Müller, Matthias, Zgoll, Annette, Dorn, Andreas, Klinger, Jörg, Vittmann, Günter, Mittermayer, Catherine, Laisney, Vincent Pierre-Michel, Attinger, Pascal, Blum, Erhard, Görke, Susanne, Grundacker, Roman, Andres Stadler, Martin, Lorenz, Jürgen, Rieken, Elisabeth, Simon, Henrike
fromTexte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge
This collection of essays fills a gap in research on the recurring theme of the Wisdom of the deity, its decryption and reception. South African and international scholars have applied new critiques to the Old Testament and associated Apocryphal and Cognate literature, with a sp…
J. Cornelis de Vos examines the impact and reception of the Decalogue up to 200 CE, scrutinizing the versions of the Decalogue, and the history of the Decalogue in ancient Jewish writings, the New Testament, and early Christian writings. Almost all texts show an interconnection …
This volume contains 24 essays on the history and language of the Old Testament and on the transmission of the Hebrew and Greek texts. In terms of chronology, the essays extend from the mid 2nd millennium BCE (archeology and texts of the Tanakh; religious reforms under Pharaoh A…