Der Band enthält 24 Beiträge zur Geschichte und Sprache des Alten Testaments sowie zur hebräischen und griechischen Überlieferung des alttestamentlichen Textes. In chronologischer Hinsicht erstrecken sich die Beiträge von der Mitte des 2. Jt. v. Chr. (Archäologie und Texte von T…
Die Studie unterzieht die üblichen literarkritischen Prozeduren einer kritischen Sichtung, die Schwächen literarkritischer Argumentation im Alten Testament sichtbar macht. Mit einem an modernen Literaturtheorien orientierten Textverständnis und einem stilstatistischen Verfahren …
Biographical note: Marko Marttila, University of Helsinki, Finland.
In the Hebrew Bible, war is a prominent topic which is dealt with in both legal and narrative texts. So far, the interplay between the two areas has received only little attention. This volume explores the impact of biblical war legislation on war accounts in the Hebrew Bible an…
Nachdem in den vergangenen zehn Jahren drei große deutschsprachige Kommentare zum letzten der kleinen Propheten erschienen sind, geht dieser Band einer hermeneutischen Frage nach. Der Neuansatz der Interpretation liegt in einer Reflexion über die prophetische Eigenart Maleachis.…
This study on the vision accounts in the book of Ezekielcombines redaction criticism with questions ofrhetorical and narrative criticism. It offers a united redaction history that reflects the growing interrelationship of the vision accounts over time. A second, more theological…
Main description: The "Greek-German Dictionary of Writings from the New Testament and Early Christian Literature" is one of the standard works for New Testament scholars, researchers in patristics, and classical philologists. The 6th edition has been completely revised in all re…
Main description: The volume will appeal to those interested in the biblical text and its place within the wider archaeological and ancient near eastern context. It will appeal to those wishing to understand the diversity of historical approaches to the Bible, and to those utili…
Main description: This volume consists of 12 essays published by the author between the years 1997-2007, a thirteenth paper read at a conference in 2006, and a long introduction prepared specifically for the collection. All of the essays deal with epistemological issues attendan…
Biographical note: Reinhard G. Kratz andHermann Spieckermann, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Main description: In this monograph the author examines the literary and formal interconnections between the Aramaic proverbs of Achikar The Wise, in their oldest, Ancient Aramaic versions originating from Egypt, and the Old Testament Wisdom Literature. It is thus the first exte…
This monograph explores the history of the Coptic tradition of John's gospel, considering when these ancient Egyptian witnesses are profitable for determining the earliest readings of their Greek source text. The standard critical edition of the Greek New Testament cites the Cop…