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Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters
Av William H. C. Propp, Baruch Halpern m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
821 kr
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The first in a series of volumes coming out of programs at the Department of Biblical and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego, this book contains a number of essays originally presented at the Fourth Conversation in Biblical Studies held at UCSD, as well as pieces by each of …
Book around Immanuel
Style and Structure in Isaiah 2 - 12
Inbunden, 1996
456 kr
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Applying the principles both of poetic (based on the work of D. N. Freedman) and rhetorical (based on the work of J. Muilenberg) analysis, Bartelt examines in detail the style and structure of Isaiah 2–12. He finds that the structure of this segment of Isaiah is based on 800 eight-syllable lines, …
Psalm 119
The Exaltation of Torah
Inbunden, 1999
370 kr
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From the Preface: “The alphabetic acrostic is one of the most easily identifiable poetic forms in the Hebrew Bible. Examples can be found in prophetic discourse (Nahum), the lament over the destruction of Jerusalem (Lamentations), liturgical song (Psalms), and wisdom literature (Proverbs). Yet its …
Storm-God in the Ancient Near East
Inbunden, 2003
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In this comprehensive study of a common deity found in the ancient Near East as well as many other cultures, Green brings together evidence from the worlds of myth, iconography, and literature in an attempt to arrive at a new synthesis regarding the place of the Storm-god. He finds that the …
Le-David Maskil
A Birthday Tribute for David Noel Freedman
Av Richard Elliot Friedman, William H. C. Propp
Inbunden, 2004
409 kr
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For the past half-century, David Noel Freedman has had an enormous impact on the study of the Bible, both as an author and as an editor of the writings of others. As his colleagues note in their comments at the beginning of this volume, “You are quintessentially the man of the book. And perhaps …
Images of Others
Iconic Politics in Ancient Israel
Inbunden, 2008
732 kr
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In this volume, Nathaniel Levtow articulately interacts with Mesopotamian and Israelite iconoclastic traditions, locating Israelite polemics against cult images among a spectrum of ancient West Asian literary genres and ritual practices that target the embodied deities of political opponents. …
Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Orthography
Av David Noel Freedman, A. Dean Forbes m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
541 kr
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This book introduces the student to the textual study of the Hebrew Bible—to help such a student “perceive the work of the numberless and nameless scribes torn between tradition and fashion in their restrained attempts to update the orthography of Scripture.” Sixteen essays serve as the bridge from …
Isaiah 46, 47, and 48
A New Literary-Critical Reading
Av Chris Franke
Inbunden, 1994
506 kr
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Following the direction set by James Muilenberg and others, Franke argues that the most fruitful approach to these three chapters in Deutero-Isaiah is to read them with a literary dimension in mind. Franke finds a highly creative, unique hand in the creation of this section of Isaiah and believes …
Structure of Psalms 93 - 100
Inbunden, 1997
522 kr
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An exhaustive study of these kingship psalms, utilizing the entire lexicon of the 8 psalms studied. Howard’s study confirms that Hebrew poetry is regularized around a pattern of bicolons of roughly 8:8 syllables and 3:3 stresses. A major contribution to the rhetorical-critical method.
Between Heaven and Earth
Divine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel
Inbunden, 1999
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With the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the exile of members of the Israelite community to the land of its enemies, whose gods were represented as divine statues, the prophet Ezekiel faced a challenge: how to respond to the enemies’ taunts that Israel’s God was absent, whereas the …
Priest and the Great King
Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire
Inbunden, 2004
543 kr
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Lisbeth S. Fried’s insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th–4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained …
