Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible – serie
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More Perfect Torah
At the Intersection of Philology and Hermeneutics in Deuteronomy and the Temple Scroll
Häftad, 2013
436 kr
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The historical-critical method that characterizes academic biblical studies too often remains separate from approaches that stress the history of interpretation, which are employed more frequently in the area of Second Temple or Dead Sea Scrolls research. Inaugurating the new series, Critical …
Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New
Readers Old and New
Häftad, 2013
436 kr
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Readers of texts come from all generations, from different contexts and with different agendas. This book gives a sample of what both ancient and contemporary readers have brought to the book of Ecclesiastes in the quest for illumination of the text and for their own enlightenment, often furnishing …
Prophets of Israel
Häftad, 2015
367 kr
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The book offers an up-to-date and readable introduction to the manifold literary and historical problems of biblical prophecy. Reinhard Gregor Kratz provides the reader with a clear analysis of the development of the institution of prophecy in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism. Through a …
No Stone Unturned
Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary
Häftad, 2014
505 kr
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For understanding biblical Greek in context, the importance of the discoveries of papyri was recognized early in the twentieth century, while inscriptions by comparison were left unexplored. Those scholars who had intended to turn their attention to the inscriptions were delayed by their work on …
Is There Theology in the Hebrew Bible?
Häftad, 2015
406 kr
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The Hebrew Bible has long been the subject of theological inquiries and debates in Judaism and Christianity. But is there something like theology already in the Hebrew Bible itself? Is it possible to describe the literary growth of the Hebrew Bible by means of an ongoing theological debate? Answers …
Joel
Scope, Genre(s), and Meaning
Häftad, 2015
498 kr
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A lengthy history of readers’ struggles with Joel lies behind Merx’s characterization of the book as “the problem child of Old Testament exegesis, insofar as the resources utilized by interpreters thus far are entirely insufficient to dispel its darkness”. Long before Vernes posited that chapters …
Job's Journey
Stations of Suffering
Av Manfred Oeming, Konrad Schmid
Häftad, 2015
367 kr
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From the Introduction: “The book of Job does not promote silence about God because we cannot say anything about him. Otherwise, this book would never have been written. But the book of Job does bid farewell to certain types of theology—and we need not bemoan their loss: theology as the wisdom of …
Concise History of Ancient Israel
From the Beginnings Through the Hellenistic Era
Häftad, 2020
547 kr
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The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to …
Development of God in the Old Testament
Three Case Studies in Biblical Theology
Av Markus Witte
Häftad, 2017
491 kr
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In this volume, Witte presents three case studies on biblical theology and demonstrates how the ways of speaking and thinking about God in the Old Testament constitute the religio-historical and theological basis for the discourse on God’s acts in the person of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. …
First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods
Häftad, 2021
462 kr
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Isaiah 1–39 uses the unique term אלילים—usually translated as “idols”— more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Using this linguistic phenomenon as a point of departure, Matthew J. Lynch reexamines the rhetorical strategies of First Isaiah, revealing a stronger monotheizing rhetoric than …
“Like a Lone Bird on a Roof”
Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms
Häftad, 2018
509 kr
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In this volume, Tova Forti shows how investigation of the poetics of the animal kingdom can elucidate the effect metaphors exert on psalmodic theology. The focus herein on the faunal imagery in Psalms—the literary perception of the animals adduced and the structural and stylistic rhetorical …
Torah Unabridged
The Evolution of Intermarriage Law in the Hebrew Bible
Häftad, 2022
462 kr
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The Torah Unabridged is a detailed examination of legal reasoning in the Hebrew Bible. Focusing on the exegetical operations by which biblical laws related to intermarriage were applied to circumstances and persons that lie outside the sphere of their explicit content, this book reconstructs the …
Torah Unabridged
The Evolution of Intermarriage Law in the Hebrew Bible
Inbunden, 2022
1414 kr
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The Torah Unabridged is a detailed examination of legal reasoning in the Hebrew Bible. Focusing on the exegetical operations by which biblical laws related to intermarriage were applied to circumstances and persons that lie outside the sphere of their explicit content, this book reconstructs the …
Language of Trauma in the Psalms
Av Danilo Verde
Inbunden, 2024
906 kr
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Over the last few decades, the field of trauma studies has shed new light on biblical texts that deal with individual and collective catastrophe. In The Language of Trauma in the Psalms, Danilo Verde advances the conversation, moving beyond the emphasis on healing that prevails in most literary …
Boschwitz on Wellhausen
The Life, Work, and Letters of a Jewish Scholar in Nazi Germany
Inbunden, 2024
984 kr
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Julius Wellhausen was a monumental figure in the field of biblical studies, but his work has been denounced as antisemitic in recent years. This book offers a nuanced view of Wellhausen’s scholarship through a critical edition and translation of one of the last doctoral dissertations by a Jew in …
Wenamun’s Prophetic Mission
Theocratic Rhetoric in Egypt and the Hebrew Bible
Inbunden, 2025
788 kr
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The Story of Wenamun is an Egyptian travelogue from the early first millennium BCE that is enlivened by visits to exotic ports of call, piracy, intrigue, and attempted murder. It is also an underappreciated example of the intercultural exchange of theological ideas in the early Iron Age.In …
Concise History of Ancient Israel
From the Beginnings Through the Hellenistic Era
Häftad, 2027
301 kr
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The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to …
Infant Weeping in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Greek Literature
Häftad, 2016
440 kr
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Those who have spent time within earshot of a crying baby know the stress this sound can induce. Considerable scientific research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of infant crying because it is a public health concern implicated in parental frustration and infant abuse. Infant …
