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Psalms 101-150, Volume 21
Revised Edition
Av Leslie C. Allen, Bruce M. Metzger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
419 kr
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Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and …
Isaiah 34-66, Volume 25
Revised Edition
Av John D. W. Watts, Bruce M. Metzger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
428 kr
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Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.This commentary series delivers the best in biblical scholarship from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation.It emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and …
Isaiah 1-33, Volume 24
Revised Edition
Av John D. W. Watts, Bruce M. Metzger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
514 kr
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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and …
Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution
Inbunden, 2021
2512 kr
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This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification …
Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution
Häftad, 2023
648 kr
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This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification …
Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus
From Sacrifice to Scripture
Inbunden, 2007
1563 kr
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Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of the central book of the Torah/Pentateuch and its persuasive function in ancient Judaism. The answer to the question, 'who was trying to persuade whom of what by writing these texts?' proves to be …
Forming Prophetic Literature
Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D.W. Watts
Av James W. Watts, Paul R. House
E-bok, 1996
3039 kr
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These essays are written in honour of John D.W. Watts, formerly Professor of Old Testament at Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky and Old Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary, well known for his contributions, especially to scholarship on the prophetic books. Accordingly, …
Reading Law
The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch
E-bok, 1999
624 kr
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Watts here argues that conventions of oral rhetoric were adapted to shape the literary form and contents of the Pentateuch. The large-scale structure-stories introducing lists of laws that conclude with divine sanctions-reproduces a common ancient strategy for persuasion. The laws'' use of direct …
Psalm and Story
INSET Hymns in Hebrew Narrative
E-bok, 1992
561 kr
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This book addresses the literary, historical and methodological issues which have been raised by the appearance of psalms in narrative contexts of the Hebrew Bible. The narrative role of each psalm is explored to determine the reasons for its present position. The study of each psalm''s narrative …
Whirlwind
Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse
Av Stephen L. Cook, Corrine L. Patton m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
2440 kr
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This collection of essays focuses on the book of Job, exploring the complex interplay of methodology and hermeneutics. There are two major parts: approaches that are primarily historical, i.e. the recovery of what the text ''meant''; and those that are contextual, i.e. that take seriously the …
Psalm and Story
Inset Hymns in Hebrew Narrative
Häftad, 2009
516 kr
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This book addresses the literary, historical and methodological issues which have been raised by the appearance of psalms in narrative contexts of the Hebrew Bible. The narrative role of each psalm is explored to determine the reasons for its present position. The study of each psalm's narrative …
Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution
E-bok, 2021
762 kr
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This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification …
Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution
E-bok, 2021
746 kr
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This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification …
Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus
From Sacrifice to Scripture
Häftad, 2012
732 kr
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Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of the central book of the Torah/Pentateuch and its persuasive function in ancient Judaism. The answer to the question, 'who was trying to persuade whom of what by writing these texts?' proves to be …
Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture
E-bok, 2017
398 kr
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A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way. Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a …
Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture
E-bok, 2017
1205 kr
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A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way. Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a …
Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion
E-bok, 2021
653 kr
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A SCRIPTURE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, …
Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion
Häftad, 2021
580 kr
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A SCRIPTURE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, …
Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion
E-bok, 2021
668 kr
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AS A SCRIPTURE IN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELIGION The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, …
Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture
Häftad, 2017
357 kr
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A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way.Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a …
Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture
Inbunden, 2017
1019 kr
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A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way.Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a …
Persia and Torah
The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch
Häftad, 2001
374 kr
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Iconic Books and Texts
Av James Watts, James W. Watts
Häftad, 2015
389 kr
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Images of books appear in art, advertising and commercial logos to symbolize learning, knowledge and wisdom. In religious and secular rituals around the globe, people carry, show, wave, touch and kiss books and other texts, as well as read them. Such images and rituals utilize the iconic dimension …
Sensing Sacred Texts
Inbunden, 2018
1237 kr
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All the human senses become engaged in ritualizing sacred texts. These essays focus especially on ritualizing the iconic dimension of texts through the senses of sight, touch, kiss, and taste, both directly and in the imagination. Ritualized display of books engages the sense of sight very …
Sensing Sacred Texts
Häftad, 2018
389 kr
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All the human senses become engaged in ritualizing sacred texts. These essays focus especially on ritualizing the iconic dimension of texts through the senses of sight, touch, kiss, and taste, both directly and in the imagination. Ritualized display of books engages the sense of sight very …
How and Why Books Matter
Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts
Inbunden, 2019
1237 kr
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Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a …
How and Why Books Matter
Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts
Häftad, 2019
381 kr
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Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a …
Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings
Inbunden, 2020
1053 kr
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In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially …
Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings
Häftad, 2020
503 kr
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In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially …
Whirlwind
Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse
Av Stephen L. Cook, Corrine L. Patton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2616 kr
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This collection of essays focuses on the book of Job, exploring the complex interplay of methodology and hermeneutics. There are two major parts: approaches that are primarily historical, recovering what the text "meant"; and those that are contextual, taking seriously the context of reading. Both …
