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20 produkter
Law Book for the Diaspora
Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code
E-bok, 2002
1155 kr
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The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and …
A Law Book for the Diaspora
Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code
Inbunden, 2002
1737 kr
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The foundation for all scholarly study in biblical law is the shared assumption that the Covenant Code, as contained in Exodus 20:23-22:33 is the oldest code of laws in the Hebrew Bible, and that all other laws are later revisions of that code. In A Law Book for the Diaspora, John Van Seters …
Law Book for the Diaspora
Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code
E-bok, 2002
1155 kr
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The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and …
Changing Perspectives 1
Studies in the History, Literature and Religion of Biblical Israel
Häftad, 2020
727 kr
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The volume brings together forty years of agenda-setting scholarship in Israelite and Judean history. The historical essays gathered here were among the first to raise serious questions about the "patriarchal age", the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan, and the temple of Solomon. The …
Pentateuch
A Social-Science Commentary
Häftad, 2015
403 kr
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In this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel's religion and culture. Is the Pentateuch an accumulation of folk traditions, a work of ancient historiography, a …
Pentateuch
A Social-Science Commentary
E-bok, 2015
437 kr
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In this magisterial overview of the Pentateuch John Van Seters reviews the various historical-critical attempts to read it that arise from notions about the social evolution of Israel''s religion and culture. Is the Pentateuch an accumulation of folk traditions, a work of ancient historiography, a …
Prologue to History
The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis
Häftad, 1992
525 kr
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In this fascinating study, John Van Seters makes a compelling case for a new reading of Genesis. According to Van Seters, the book of Genesis represents the prologue to a major literary work, conceived and constructed by a single writer--an intellectual and historian. Van Seters argues that the …
Life of Moses
The Yahwist as Historian in Exodus--Numbers
Häftad, 1994
575 kr
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This book will provide a better understanding of the unity and integrity of Exodus--Numbers in the context of other writings and the general history of the exilic period.
Changing Perspectives 1
Studies in the History, Literature and Religion of Biblical Israel
E-bok, 2014
956 kr
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The volume brings together forty years of agenda-setting scholarship in Israelite and Judean history. The historical essays gathered here were among the first to raise serious questions about the "patriarchal age", the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan, and the temple of Solomon. The …
Changing Perspectives 1
Studies in the History, Literature and Religion of Biblical Israel
E-bok, 2014
956 kr
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The volume brings together forty years of agenda-setting scholarship in Israelite and Judean history. The historical essays gathered here were among the first to raise serious questions about the "patriarchal age", the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan, and the temple of Solomon. The …
My Life and Career as a Biblical Scholar
E-bok, 2018
594 kr
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Despite growing up in a poor family during the 1930s and ''40s, Van Seters eventually excelled at the University of Toronto and earned a PhD at Yale University in ancient Near Eastern and Hebrew studies. Before Van Seters became a teacher, he and his wife spent three-quarters of a year in …
In Search of History
Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History
Inbunden, 1997
544 kr
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The primary concern of the book is to understand the origins and nature of history-writing in ancient Israel. The investigation is undertaken against the background of history-writing in the Near Eastern and classical worlds. Professor Van Seters begins with a broad survey of all the …
Edited Bible
The Curious History of the “Editor” in Biblical Criticism
Inbunden, 2006
876 kr
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There is a generally accepted notion in biblical scholarship that the Bible as we know it today is the product of editing from its earliest stages of composition through to its final, definitive and “canonical” textual form. So persistent has been this idea since the rise of critical study in the …
Biblical Saga of King David
Inbunden, 2009
913 kr
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The biblical story of King David has been interpreted in many different ways, arising from the variety of methods used in and the intended objectives of the studies: Does the narrative contain insight into and information about the early history of the Judean monarchy, or is it merely a legendary …
Yahwist
A Historian of Israelite Origins
Inbunden, 2013
846 kr
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This book on the Yahwist comes at the end of a long career of research on the Pentateuch in general and the Yahwist in particular. Van Seters’s interest in the Yahwist was stimulated by the 1964 presidential address of the Society of Biblical Literature, given by Professor Fredrick Winnett, …
Hyksos
A New Investigation
E-bok, 2010
485 kr
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The Hyksos, foreign rulers of Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period--from about 1700 to 1550 B.C.--have been a source of continuing debate among archaeologists and historians. Mr. Van Seters approaches the problems of their rise to power, their dynasties, the nature of their rule, and their …
Changing Perspectives 1
Studies in the History, Literature and Religion of Biblical Israel
Inbunden, 2014
2753 kr
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The volume brings together forty years of agenda-setting scholarship in Israelite and Judean history. The historical essays gathered here were among the first to raise serious questions about the "patriarchal age", the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan, and the temple of Solomon. The …
