Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament – serie
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Abraham
Trials of Family and Faith
Inbunden, 2007
516 kr
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In an inviting style that showcases his literary discernment, theological sophistication, and passion for the biblical text, Terence E. Fretheim turns his attention to one of the most dramatic stories of the Old Testament - that of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael. Through close readings …
Enoch
A Man for All Generations
Av James C. VanderKam, James C. VanderKam m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
332 kr
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This book presents a valuable survey of Jewish and Christian textual references to an understudied Old Testament figure. Credited with predicting the flood and foretelling a second punishment but mentioned only briefly in the Hebrew Bible, Enoch is one of the most intriguing yet little-known …
David
Biblical Portraits of Power
Häftad, 2009
346 kr
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This is a thoughtful examination of one the Old Testament's central human figures. Marti J. Steussy provides a critical approach to the man who receives more attention from the Old Testament's writers than any other human character. This volume explores the ""Hebrew Bible""'s three major portraits …
Bathsheba Survives
Inbunden, 2018
667 kr
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A portrait of a biblical woman seen through the centuries as everything from adviser to temptress to victim.Bathsheba is a mysterious and enigmatic figure who appears in only seventy-six verses of the Bible and whose story is riddled with gaps. But this seemingly minor female character, who plays a …
Baruch Ben Neriah
From Biblical Scribe to Apocalyptic Seer
Inbunden, 2003
543 kr
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This work traces the evolution of a biblical figure whose legacy grew from that of a scribe who edited or wrote the Book of Jeremiah to a divine sage granted a tour of heaven itself. It charts the significance of a minor figure who gradually became a larger-than-life hero in the Jewish and …
Gleaning Ruth
A Biblical Heroine and Her Afterlives
Inbunden, 2011
623 kr
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The biblical story of Ruth celebrates the power to begin life anew, to gather what has been scattered, to glean what one needs. In this original approach to understanding an ancient love story, Jennifer L. Koosed crafts a multifaceted portrait of the Old Testament character of Ruth and of the …
Jeremiah and God's Plan of Well-being
Inbunden, 2013
678 kr
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In Jeremiah and God's Plan of Well-being, Barbara Green explores the prophet Jeremiah as a literary persona of the biblical book through seven periods of his prophetic ministry, focusing on the concerns and circumstances that shaped his struggles. Having confronted the vast complexity of scholarly …
Have You Considered My Servant Job?
Understanding the Biblical Archetype of Patience
Inbunden, 2015
678 kr
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The question that launches Job’s story is posed by God at the outset of the story: “Have you considered my servant Job?” (1:8; 2:3). By any estimation the answer to this question must be yes. The forty-two chapters that form the biblical story have in fact opened the story to an ongoing practice of …
