Anselm C. Hagedorn – författare

How was it possible that Greeks often wrote their laws on the walls of their temples, but - in contrast to other ancient societies - never transformed these written civic laws into a religious law? Did it matter whether laws were inscribed in stone, clay, or on a scroll? And above all, how did written law shape a society in which the majority population was illiterate?This volume addresses the similarities and differences in the role played by law and religion in various societies across the Eastern Mediterranean. Bringing together a collection of 14 essays from scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, Qumran, Elephantine, the Nabateans, and the early Arab world, it also approaches these subjects in an all-encompassing manner, looking in detail at the notion of law and religion in the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole in both thegeographical as well as the historical space.

How was it possible that Greeks often wrote their laws on the walls of their temples, but - in contrast to other ancient societies - never transformed these written civic laws into a religious law? Did it matter whether laws were inscribed in stone, clay, or on a scroll? And above all, how did written law shape a society in which the majority population was illiterate? This volume addresses the similarities and differences in the role played by law and religion in various societies across the Eastern Mediterranean. Bringing together a collection of 14 essays from scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, Qumran, Elephantine, the Nabateans, and the early Arab world, it also approaches these subjects in an all-encompassing manner, looking in detail at the notion of law and religion in the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole in both the geographical as well as the historical space.

The volume brings together eight new essays on Amos, which focus on a range of issues within the book. They represent a number of different approaches to the text from the text-critical to teh psychoanalytical, and from composition to reception. Arising out of a symposium to honour John Barton for his 60th birthday, the essays all respond, either directly or indirectly, to his Amos's Oracles Against the Nations, and to his lifelong concern with both ethics and method in biblical study.

The volume brings together eight new essays on Amos, which focus on a range of issues within the book. They represent a number of different approaches to the text from the text-critical to teh psychoanalytical, and from composition to reception. Arising out of a symposium to honour John Barton for his 60th birthday, the essays all respond, either directly or indirectly, to his Amos''s Oracles Against the Nations, and to his lifelong concern with both ethics and method in biblical study.

The volume brings together eight new essays on Amos, which focus on a range of issues within the book. They represent a number of different approaches to the text from the text-critical to teh psychoanalytical, and from composition to reception. Arising out of a symposium to honour John Barton for his 60th birthday, the essays all respond, either directly or indirectly, to his Amos's Oracles Against the Nations, and to his lifelong concern with both ethics and method in biblical study.

The collection of essays contains nineteen contributions that aim at locating the Song of Songs in its ancient context as well as addressing problems of interpretation and the reception of this biblical book in later literature. In contrast to previous studies this work devotes considerable attention to parallels from the Greek world without neglecting the Ancient Near East or Egypt. Several contributions deal with the use of the Song in Byzantine, Medieval, German Romantic and modern Greek Literature. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the collection new perspectives and avenues of approach are opened.

Die in dieser Festschrift versammelten Aufsätze behandeln verschiedene Aspekte der literarischen Entstehung sowie der inner- und außerbiblischen Rezeption der Erzählungen von den Erzvätern (Gen 12-50). Neben klassischen literarkritischen werden ebenso kulturanthropologische und religionsgeschichtliche Ansätze diskutiert. Aktuelle Fragestellungen der Pentateuchentstehung werden einer kritischen Prüfung unterzogen und weiterentwickelt.Die vorliegende Aufsatzsammlung ehrt den langjährigen Herausgeber der Bücherschau der Zeitschrift für Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) und Kommentator der Abrahamerzählung, Matthias Köckert.

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated　engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose.

Die Untersuchung der Fremdvölkerworte im Kontext der Bücher Nahum, Zefanja, Obadja und Joel stellt sich gegen den Trend der gegenwärtigen Exegese des Dodekapropheton, überwiegend nach buchübergreifenden Zusammenhängen und Themen zu suchen. Es geht vielmehr darum, die Sicht der Fremdvölker in der jeweiligen individuellen Prophetenschrift literarisch, historisch und anthropologisch zu erörtern. Dem jeweiligen prophetischen Buch wird dabei besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Die hier untersuchten Texte sind Teil eines literarischen Diskurses, der Israels Gegenüber beschreibt, welches von Israel als fremd und bedrohend angesehen wird, und diese Beschreibung theologisch für eine Binnenperspektive nutzbar macht. Man schreibt Theologie, indem man (auch) auf den Anderen blickt und in ihm wie in einem Spiegel sich selbst erblickt. Dieser Alteritätsdiskurs dient dann der eigenen Identitätsbildung, welche in großem Maße vom Gegensatz Israel – Völker bestimmt wird. Ein Fremdvölkertext sagt mehr über die Gruppe aus, in der er entstanden ist, als über das Objekt, über welches gesprochen wird. Stereotypisierungen gehören hier zum wesentlichen Bestandteil der literarischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Fremden.

The collection of essays contains nineteen contributions that aim at locating the Song of Songs in its ancient context as well as addressing problems of interpretation and the reception of this biblical book in later literature. In contrast to previous studies this work devotes considerable attention to parallels from the Greek world without neglecting the Ancient Near East or Egypt. Several contributions deal with the use of the Song in Byzantine, Medieval, German Romantic and modern Greek Literature. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the collection new perspectives and avenues of approach are opened.