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1 online resource (xxix, 363 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 469
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 469.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Priests for the kingdom : two priesthoods for two regimes / Walter Brueggemann -- "If you listen to my voice -- " (Exodus 19:5) : the mystery of revelation / Erich Zenger -- Deuteronomy 29-34 and the formation of the Torah / Randall Heskett -- Jehoiachin and Joseph : hope at the close of the Deuteronomistic history / John E. Harvey -- Seams in the Book of Isaiah : looking for answers / Paul D. Wegner -- Scribal culture and the composition of the Book of Isaiah / Robert R. Wilson -- An interpretation of the death of Isaiah's servant / Stephen L. Cook -- Micah 7:8-20 : re-evaluating the identity of the enemy / James D. Nogalski -- Social drama in the psalms of individual lament / Norman K. Gottwald -- Are individual complaint psalms really prayers? : recognizing social address as characteristic of individual complaints / W. Derek Suderman -- God as the object of anger in the Psalms / David John C. Zub -- Contribution of Ecclesiastes to biblical theology / Peter Enns -- Daniel and Qohelet epilogues : a similar editorial activity? (Qohelet 12:8-14 and Daniel 12:1-13) / Pedro Zamora -- Justification by faith : a case of hearing the one gospel through historically dissimilar traditions / Frank D. Macchia -- Divine action and biblical interpretation : how the ordinary words of men and women become the living word of God in scripture / Michael T. Dempsey -- "Cold dead hands upon our threshold" : Josephine Butler's reading of the story of the Levite's concubine, Judges 19-21 / Marion Ann Taylor -- Portrayal of Assyria in the Books of Kings / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Speaking or smouldering lips in Song of Songs 7:10 (Eng. 9)? / Jennifer Pfenniger -- Ancient Near Eastern apocalypticism and the origins of the New Testament canon of scripture / David G. Meade -- In the bosom of the beloved disciple : the Fourth Gospel's narrative openness to readers / Robert C. Fennell. |
| Summary |
This work represents the attempts of several major scholars to respond to the historical problems presented throughout the biblical testimony and their description of what this means for reading scripture. Walter Brueggemann, for example, has written a wonderful article on various historical problems within the book of Genesis, beginning with Von Rad''s and Noth''s use of source criticism and his own understanding of how historically dissimilar texts can function within scripture. This book honors the work and life of Gerald Sheppard, who broke ground in biblical studies by describing what i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Heskett, Randall.
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Irwin, Brian, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bible as a human witness to divine revelation. New York : T & T Clark International, ©2010 9780567028518 (DLC) 2009044436 (OCoLC)460934949 |
| ISBN |
9780567092038 (electronic book) |
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0567092038 (electronic book) |
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9780567028518 |
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0567028518 |
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9780567237293 |
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