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Mythology and Lament
Studies in the Oracles about the Nations
Inbunden, 2004
2501 kr
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The oracles about the nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel originate in the ancient Laments. Ultimately, they were preserved because of their relevance to the Year of Jubilee, with its origins in the New Year Festival; this study illuminates their intention. In Mythology and Lament, John Geyer …
Samuel at the Threshold
Selected Works of Graeme Auld
Av Graeme Auld
Inbunden, 2004
2501 kr
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In this book, Graeme Auld brings together his work relating to Samuel and the Former Prophets in an invaluable single volume. Including 'Prophets through the Looking Glass', which has been described as marking a paradigm shift in our thinking about the Bible's 'writing prophets', and which led the …
Wisdom: The Collected Articles of Norman Whybray
Av Margaret Barker, Katharine J. Dell
Inbunden, 2005
2501 kr
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This collection of articles confirms Norman Whybray's place as one of the foremost contributors to scholarship on wisdom literature in the last three decades of the twentieth century. A former President of the Society for Old Testament Study, and winner of the British Academy's Burkitt Medal, …
Personification of Wisdom
Inbunden, 2005
2501 kr
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This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish …
Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look
Inbunden, 2005
2501 kr
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The negative biblical presentation of King Saul of Israel has been biased in favour of David at the expense of Saul. This book presents a more positive picture and more realistic view of the culture of the period extending from Saul to the schism. Simcha Shalom Brooks explores a number of …
'There's such Divinity doth Hedge a King'
Selected Essays of Nicolas Wyatt on Royal Ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
Inbunden, 2005
3643 kr
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The ideology of power is as much a part of modern life as in the ancient world, in which it has its long-lasting roots. Communities have always provided a supernatural sanction for the maintenance of power by the few, often dressing it up in elaborate mythic fictions, rich iconography and complex …
Contradiction in the Book of Proverbs
The Deep Waters of Counsel
Av Peter Hatton
Inbunden, 2008
2501 kr
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Despite the welcome revival of scholarly interest in Biblical Wisdom, the Book of Proverbs remains neglected. It continues to be seen as a disorganised repository of traditional banalities, while Job and Qohelet are viewed as more exciting texts, in revolt against Proverbs' conventional wisdom. …
Hebrew Life and Literature
Selected Essays of Bernhard Lang
Inbunden, 2008
2501 kr
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Bernhard Lang, known for his contributions over several decades to biblical anthropology, offers in this volume a selection of essays on the life and literature of the ancient Hebrews. The subjects range from the Hebrew God, the world-view of the Bible, and the formation of the scriptural canon, to …
Text, Translation, Theology
Selected Essays on the Hebrew Bible
Inbunden, 2010
2501 kr
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Text, translation, theology - the three nouns in the title indicate the main fields of Old Testament study which are covered in this collection of essays. Text refers both to the history of biblical texts and to problems of textual criticism. Translation of the Hebrew Bible as a philological task …
Hebrew Life and Literature
Selected Essays of Bernhard Lang
Häftad, 2021
703 kr
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Bernhard Lang, known for his contributions over several decades to biblical anthropology, offers in this volume a selection of essays on the life and literature of the ancient Hebrews. The subjects range from the Hebrew God, the world-view of the Bible, and the formation of the scriptural canon, to …
Contradiction in the Book of Proverbs
The Deep Waters of Counsel
Av Peter Hatton
Häftad, 2021
703 kr
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Despite the welcome revival of scholarly interest in Biblical Wisdom, the Book of Proverbs remains neglected. It continues to be seen as a disorganised repository of traditional banalities, while Job and Qohelet are viewed as more exciting texts, in revolt against Proverbs' conventional wisdom. …
Text, Translation, Theology
Selected Essays on the Hebrew Bible
Häftad, 2021
703 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Text, translation, theology - the three nouns in the title indicate the main fields of Old Testament study which are covered in this collection of essays. Text refers both to the history of biblical texts and to problems of textual criticism. Translation of the Hebrew Bible as a philological task …
Wisdom: The Collected Articles of Norman Whybray
Av Margaret Barker, Katharine J. Dell
Häftad, 2022
710 kr
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This collection of articles confirms Norman Whybray's place as one of the foremost contributors to scholarship on wisdom literature in the last three decades of the twentieth century. A former President of the Society for Old Testament Study, and winner of the British Academy's Burkitt Medal, …
'The Unconquered Land' and Other Old Testament Essays
Selected Studies by Rudolf Smend
Av Margaret Barker, Edward Ball
Häftad, 2024
534 kr
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This final book published in the Ashgate SOTS monograph series collects together for the first time in English translation a selection of important essays on central themes and texts in Old Testament criticism and exegesis by Rudolf Smend, one of the world's most eminent senior scholars in the …
Personification of Wisdom
Häftad, 2017
862 kr
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This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish …
Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look
Häftad, 2017
888 kr
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The negative biblical presentation of King Saul of Israel has been biased in favour of David at the expense of Saul. This book presents a more positive picture and more realistic view of the culture of the period extending from Saul to the schism. Simcha Shalom Brooks explores a number of …
Mythology and Lament
Studies in the Oracles about the Nations
Häftad, 2017
862 kr
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The oracles about the nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel originate in the ancient Laments. Ultimately, they were preserved because of their relevance to the Year of Jubilee, with its origins in the New Year Festival; this study illuminates their intention. In Mythology and Lament, John Geyer …
Samuel at the Threshold
Selected Works of Graeme Auld
Av Graeme Auld
Häftad, 2019
804 kr
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In this book, Graeme Auld brings together his work relating to Samuel and the Former Prophets in an invaluable single volume. Including 'Prophets through the Looking Glass', which has been described as marking a paradigm shift in our thinking about the Bible's 'writing prophets', and which led the …
'There's such Divinity doth Hedge a King'
Selected Essays of Nicolas Wyatt on Royal Ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
Häftad, 2019
804 kr
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The ideology of power is as much a part of modern life as in the ancient world, in which it has its long-lasting roots. Communities have always provided a supernatural sanction for the maintenance of power by the few, often dressing it up in elaborate mythic fictions, rich iconography and complex …
'The Unconquered Land' and Other Old Testament Essays
Selected Studies by Rudolf Smend
Av Margaret Barker, Edward Ball
Inbunden, 2013
2501 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This final book published in the Ashgate SOTS monograph series collects together for the first time in English translation a selection of important essays on central themes and texts in Old Testament criticism and exegesis by Rudolf Smend, one of the world's most eminent senior scholars in the …
