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1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 300
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 300.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Ronald Ernest Clements : an appreciation / Rex Mason -- History-interpretation-theology : issues in biblical religion / Graeme Auld -- Canon and Old Testament interpretation / John Barton -- Enabling silent lips to speak : literary criticism in the service of Old Testament interpretation / W.H. Bellinger, Jr. -- Role of Old Testament theology in Old Testament interpretation / Walter Brueggemann -- Hermeneutical reflections in C. Vitringa, eighteenth-century interpreter of Isaiah / Brevard S. Childs -- Walking in God's ways : the concept of Imitatio Dei in the Old Testament / Eryl W. Davies -- Frontiers and borders in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- Noah, Abraham and Moses : God's covenant partners -- Rolf Rendtorff -- Theology of Exodus / Graham Davies -- On Seeing the trees while missing the forest : the wisdom of characters and readers in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings / Iain W. Provan -- From one degree of glory to another : themes and theology in Isaiah / H.G.M. Williamson -- Because of you! : an essay about the centre of the Book of the Twelve / Knud Jeppesen -- When the towers fall : interpreting Nahum as Christian scripture / Edward Ball -- Wisdom, suffering and the freedom of God in the Book of Job / R.N. Whybray -- Sitting loose to history : reading the Book of Lamentations without primary reference to its original historical setting / Paul M. Joyce -- Theology and hermeneutics in the Books of Chronicles / R.J. Coggins. |
| Summary |
The distinguished authors whose essays appear in this volume (marking the seventieth birthday of Ronald Clements, who until his retirement, was the Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies, King's College London) include John Barton, Walter Brueggemann, Brevard Childs, John Rogerson, Rolf Rendtorff, Hugh Williamson, the late Norman Whybray, Graeme Auld, Richard Coggins. The theme of the volume reflects Clements's recent interest in 'wisdom' as an interpretative framework, and the essays address the role of theology and hermeneutics in biblical exegesis, through an examination of metho. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Hermeneutics.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Hermeneutics. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Old Testament -- Commentaries.
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Commentaries.
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Clements, R. E. (Ronald Ernest), 1929- |
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Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. A.T. -- Théologie. |
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Bible. A.T. -- Herméneutique. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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Clements, R. E. (Ronald Ernest), 1929-
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Ball, Edward, 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: In search of true wisdom. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999 1841270717 9781841270715 (DLC) 00303259 (OCoLC)43551085 |
| ISBN |
9780567531681 (electronic book) |
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0567531686 (electronic book) |
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9781841270715 |
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1841270717 |
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