Old Testament as Literature

Foundations for Christian Interpretation

AvTremper,III Longman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Tremper Longman has studied and taught the Old Testament and its interpretation for four decades. Now, in a planned three-book project, he presents his mature thoughts on three ways of approaching the Old Testament text: as literature, as history, and as a source of theology.This first volume explores the importance of reading the Old Testament as literature. Each culture tells its stories and writes its poems in different ways. To read and understand the Old Testament texts the way the ancient authors intended, we need to be aware of the conventions of Hebrew storytelling and poetry that they used. In part 1, dealing with literary theory, Longman investigates how texts create meaning, the history of the study of the Old Testament as literature, and how genre dictates reading strategy. He explores the Hebrew conventions for both narrative and poetry in conversation with contemporary literary approaches. Parts 2 and 3 delve into practice, using the tools gained in part 1 to analyze and interpret a variety of Old Testament narratives and poetry.Longman's accessible writing and balanced judgments make this book suitable for the classroom and the church.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt:565 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Approaching the Old Testament
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9781540961310

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Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. He has served in leadership for the Institute for Biblical Research for many years. Longman is the author of more than thirty books, including biblical commentaries, scholarly works, and popular books on how to interpret the Bible. He is also a senior translator and a member of the Bible Translation Committee for the New Living Translation. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Introduction: Scope and ProcedurePart 1: Literary Theory and the Conventions of Biblical Narrative and Poetry1. The Location of Meaning2. History of the Study of the Old Testament as Literature3. Genre Triggers Reading Strategy4. Narrative Prose as Genre5. Poetry as Genre6. IntertextualityPart 2: The Analysis of Illustrative Prose-Narrative Texts7. Literary Readings of Prose Narratives from the Torah8. Literary Readings of Prose Narratives from the Historical BooksPart 3: The Analysis of Illustrative Poetic Texts9. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from the Psalms10. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from Wisdom Literature11. Literary Readings of Poetic Texts from the Prophets and Epic PoetryPostlude: The Old Testament as LiteratureIndexes

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