An Introduction To The Scriptures Of Israel

Author : Tzvi Novick
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467450591

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An Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel by Tzvi Novick Pdf

In this distinctive textbook for Hebrew Bible courses, author Tzvi Novick’s approach is thematic rather than chronological. Sorting the books according to their historical context, theological claims, and literary conventions, Novick examines and elucidates the historical and intellectual development of the Hebrew Bible. With attentiveness to both historical-critical and traditional-canonical approaches, An Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel focuses on the dichotomy of the particular and the universal. It shows how this dichotomy impacts each book’s style and content and how it informs the development of Jewish and Christian traditions. This nontraditional textbook is coherent, engaging, and succinct—a perfect resource for any introductory Hebrew Bible course. Contents Preface Abbreviations 1. Three Introductions 2. The Wisdom Tradition: Religion without Revelation 3. Revelation and Love: The Patriarchal Narratives and the Song of Songs 4. Joseph and Narrative 5. The Exodus: Freedom and Sonship 6. Sinai: Covenant and Code 7. The Problem of Monarchy: Samuel and Kings 8. Condemning Israel, Sparing the Nations: Amos and Jonah 9. Eden and the Art of Reading 10. Priestly Theology and Holy Space 11. Exile and Return: Prophetic Visions 12. The Consolidation of Judaism: Temple and Torah 13. Violence and Identity: Joshua and Judges 14. Jews, Gentiles, and Gender: Esther, Ruth, Ezra, and Nehemiah 15. Apocalyptic: Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls 16. The Israelite at Prayer: The Book of Psalms Subject Index Scripture and Other Ancient Sources Index

Author : James E. Bowley
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0130453579

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Introduction to Hebrew Bible by James E. Bowley Pdf

"Written for undergraduates and to satisfy and encourage curiosity, this work leads the readers on an engaging, non-sectarian tour of the Hebrew Bible. James E. Bowley taught many years of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament survey and never found a book that was accessible to students and still had academically challenging content, though he tried many. As a result, over a 2-3 year period, he developed his own "library approach" and began to write it and use it with his own students with great success in the classroom."--Publisher's website.

Author : Ellen F. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780190260545

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Opening Israel's Scriptures by Ellen F. Davis Pdf

Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles, which gives powerful insight into the complexity and inexhaustibility of the Hebrew Scriptures as a theological resource. Based on more than two decades of lectures on Old Testament interpretation, Ellen F. Davis offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to the core concepts, literary patterns, storylines, and theological perspectives that are central to Israel's Scriptures. Underlying the whole study is the primary assumption that each book of the canon has literary and theological coherence, though not uniformity. In both her close readings of individual texts and in her broad demonstrations of the coherence of whole books, Davis models the best practices of contemporary exegesis, integrating the insights of contemporary scholars with those of classical theological resources in Jewish and Christian traditions. Throughout, she keeps an eye to the experiences and concerns of contemporary readers, showing through multiple examples that the critical interpretation of texts is provisional, open-ended work--a collaboration across generations and cultures. Ultimately what she offers is an invitation into the more spacious world that the Bible discloses, which challenges ordinary conceptions of how things "really" are.

Author : Bill T. Arnold,Richard S. Hess
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441246349

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Ancient Israel's History by Bill T. Arnold,Richard S. Hess Pdf

The history of Israel is a much-debated topic in Old Testament studies. On one side are minimalists who find little of historical value in the Hebrew Bible. On the other side are those who assume the biblical text is a precise historical record. Many serious students of the Bible find themselves between these two positions and would benefit from a careful exploration of issues in Israelite history. This substantive history of Israel textbook values the Bible's historical contribution without overlooking critical issues and challenges. Featuring the latest scholarship, the book introduces students to the current state of research on issues relevant to the study of ancient Israel. The editors and contributors, all top biblical scholars and historians, discuss historical evidence in a readable manner, using both canonical and chronological lenses to explore Israelite history. Illustrative items, such as maps and images, visually support the book's content. Tables and sidebars are also included.

Author : Kondasingu Jesurathnam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9351482960

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Introduction to the Old Testament by Kondasingu Jesurathnam Pdf

Author : William Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:590205152

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The Biblical companion, or, An introduction to the reading and study of the holy Scriptures by William Carpenter Pdf

Author : Morrow, William
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802868657

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An Introduction to Biblical Law by Morrow, William Pdf

Informed, accessible textbook on law collections in the Pentateuch In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus-Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel's efforts at self-definition, Morrow describes four different social contexts that gave rise to biblical law: (1) Israel at the holy mountain (the Ten Commandments); (2) Israel in the village assembly (Exodus 20:22-23:19); (3) Israel in the courts of the Lord (priestly and holiness rules in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers); and (4) Israel in the city (Deuteronomy). Including forthright discussion of such controversial subjects as slavery, revenge, gender inequality, religious intolerance, and contradictions between bodies of biblical law, Morrow's study will help students and other serious readers make sense out of texts in the Pentateuch that are often seen as obscure.

Author : Lawrence Boadt,Richard J. Clifford,Daniel J. Harrington
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616436704

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Reading the Old Testament by Lawrence Boadt,Richard J. Clifford,Daniel J. Harrington Pdf

Daily life in Ancient Israel - Great prophets including, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah - People and lands of the Old Testament.

Author : J. Alberto Soggin
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334027888

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An Introduction to the History of Israel and Judah by J. Alberto Soggin Pdf

Steering a middle course between those who argue that a history of Israel can no longer be written because the sources that we have prove inadequate, and what now seems to be the extreme conservatism of the old classic, John Bright's History of Israel, this book presents all the problems and where they cannot be resolved, provides the evidence and leaves the reader with the current situation.

Author : Kent Bramlett,Brooke Deal
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151653722X

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An Introduction to Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible (First Edition) by Kent Bramlett,Brooke Deal Pdf

An Introduction to Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible: A Diachronic Approach pairs biblical material with primary source texts from the Middle Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period. It places emphasis on archaeological and historical data that help to illuminate the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context. The opening chapter focuses on the Middle Bronze Age, including information on societal development, innovations, material culture, Abraham and the Amorite Migration, Joseph in Egypt, Genesis, and more. Characteristics of the Late Bronze Age, the Exodus Narrative, Leviticus, and Numbers are addressed in Chapter 2. The Iron Age is covered in Chapters 3 and 4, speaking to the emergence of Israel, Deuteronomy, the archaeology of the period, Samuel and Kings, Excursus, and latter Prophets. The final chapter addresses the end of the kingdom of Judah, the rise of the Medes and Persians, Psalms, the Book of Ruth, Proverbs, Job, wisdom literature, and more. An Introduction to Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible is an ideal text for introductory courses in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

Author : Friedrich Bleek,Johannes Friedrich Bleek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5M86

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An Introduction to the Old Testament by Friedrich Bleek,Johannes Friedrich Bleek Pdf

Author : John Goldingay
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830825639

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Old Testament Theology by John Goldingay Pdf

In this third volume of his critically acclaimed Old Testament Theology John Goldingay explores the Old Testament vision of Israel's life before God. The first volume focused on the story of God's dealings with Israel, or Israel's gospel. The second volume investigated the beliefs of Israel, or Israel's faith. Now the spotlight falls on the Old Testament's perspective on the life that Israel should live in its present and future, including its worship, prayer and spirituality, as well as its practices, attitudes and ethics before God. Goldingay sees three spheres of life giving order to Israel's vision: its life in relation to God, its life in community and the life of the individual as a self. Within these frameworks he unfurls a tapesetry that is as broad and colorful as all of life, and yet detailed in its intricate attention to the text. With this final volume John Goldingay has given us the third pillar of an Old Testament theology that is monumental in scope and yet invites us to enter through multiple doors to explore its riches. Students will profit from a semester in its courts, and ministers of the Word will find their preaching and teaching deeply enriched by wandering its halls and meditating in its chambers.

Author : Konrad Schmid
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066035

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Genesis and the Moses Story by Konrad Schmid Pdf

Konrad Schmid is a Swiss biblical scholar who belongs to a larger group of Continental researchers proposing new directions in the study of the Pentateuch. In this volume, a translation of his Erzväter und Exodus, Schmid argues that the ancestor tradition in Genesis and the Moses story in Exodus were two competing traditions of Israel’s origins and were not combined until the time of the Priestly Code—that is, the early Persian period. Schmid interacts with the long tradition of European scholarship on the Hebrew Bible but departs from some of the main tenets of the Documentary Hypothesis: he argues that the pre-Priestly material in both text blocks is literarily and theologically so divergent that their present linkage is more appropriately interpreted as the result of a secondary redaction than as thematic variation stemming from J’s oral prehistory. He dates Genesis–2 Kings to the Persian period and considers it a redactional work that, in its present shape, is a historical introduction to the message of future hope presented in the prophetic corpus of Isaiah-Malachi. Scholars and students alike will be pleased that this translation makes Schmid’s important work readily available in English, both for the contributions made by Schmid and the summary of continental interpretation that he presents. In this edition, some passages have been expanded or modified in order to clarify issues or to engage with more-recent scholarship. The notes and bibliography have also been updated. Dr. Schmid is Professor of Old Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Zürich.

Author : William CARPENTER (Editor of the “Political Letter.”.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019168779

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The Biblical Companion: Or, an Introduction to the Reading and Study of the Holy Scriptures ... Compiled from the Best Authors ... and Adapted for Popular Use. [With a Map.] by William CARPENTER (Editor of the “Political Letter.”.) Pdf

Author : Michael J. Gorman
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493406173

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Scripture and Its Interpretation by Michael J. Gorman Pdf

Top-notch biblical scholars from around the world and from various Christian traditions offer a fulsome yet readable introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. The book concisely introduces the Old and New Testaments and related topics and examines a wide variety of historical and contemporary interpretive approaches, including African, African-American, Asian, and Latino streams. Contributors include N. T. Wright, M. Daniel Carroll R., Stephen Fowl, Joel Green, Michael Holmes, Edith Humphrey, Christopher Rowland, and K. K. Yeo, among others. Questions for reflection and discussion, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary are included.