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Author : David McLain Carr
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664220711
Historical and Literary Approaches
Author : T. Desmond Alexander,David W. Baker
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830817818
Exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, this encyclopedic work offers authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. Edited by T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker.
Author : Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827609976
Each of the 30 essays here delves into a topic that gives us much food for thought: the Bible as interpreted through ancient Near-Eastern creation myths, flood myths, and goddess myths; gender in the Bible; the feminist approach to Jewish law; comparative Jewish and Christian perspectives on the Hebrew Bible; biblical perspectives on ecology; creating a theology of healing; feminine God-talk. The volume concludes with the author's own original prayers in the form of poetic meditations on pregnancy and birthing. This book is unique, not only because it is the only volume in the JPS Scholar of Distinction series written by a woman, but also because Frymer-Kensky's personal and forthright voice resonates so clearly throughout each piece. Scholars and students of Bible, Jewish studies, and women's studies will surely find this to be a one-of-a kind collection.
Author : David M. Carr
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199742608
David Carr rethinks both the methods and historical orientation points for research into the growth of the Hebrew Bible into its present form.
Author : Alan Dundes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520063538
Author : Wilfred G. Lambert,Alan Ralph Millard,Miguel Civil
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1575060396
Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
Author : Helge Kvanvig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004196124
The book offers a comprehensive analytic comparison between the images of primeval history in Babylonia, in the Hebrew Bible and the parallel Enochic traditions. It presents new interpretations of each of these traditions and how they relate to each other.
Author : Bernard F. Batto
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666711622
Contrary to popular opinion, the story of Adam and Eve is not confined to the book of Genesis. It has roots in prebiblical myth and continued to evolve long after the Bible was completed. Bernard F. Batto traces the development of the Adam and Eve story from its origins in Mesopotamian myth to its reformulation in Genesis and beyond—including its expansion in Jewish epigraphs such as 1 Enoch and the Life of Adam and Eve, and its place in Christian innovations such as the apostle Paul’s thesis that Christ is a second Adam, and in the thinking of church fathers such as Irenaeus, who held that Christ recapitulates all humankind in himself, and Augustine, whose doctrine of original sin interprets the Adam and Eve story. Batto also examines gnostic teachings about a heavenly Adam and an earthly Adam, and surveys rabbinical attempts from the Talmudic period to find hidden meanings in the Genesis story. Islam’s emphasis on Satan’s role in seducing Adam and Eve is also discussed, and the book concludes with Milton’s unforgettable retelling of the Adam and Eve story in Paradise Lost. Batto’s goal is not only to reveal the many faces given Adam and Eve throughout history, but also to understand the divergent cultural and theological factors powering this long, evolving tradition.
Author : Jeffrey H. Tigay
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0865165467
Special Features- Aims to show how The Gilgamesh Epic developed from its earliest to its latest form- Systematic, step-by-step tracking of the stylistic, thematic, structural, and theological changes in The Gilgamesh Epic- Relation of changes to factors (geographical, political, religious, literary) that may have prompted them- Attempts to identify the sources (biographical, historical, literary, folkloric) of the epic's themes, and to suggest what may have been intended by use of these themes- Extensive bibliography- Indices
Author : Carl S. Ehrlich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742563476
Many of the world's first written records have been found in the area of the Ancient Near East, in what is today known as the Middle East. While many people are familiar with the ancient Israelite literature recorded in the Hebrew Bible, most Near Eastern literature remains a mystery. From an Antique Land lifts the veil from these fascinating writings, explaining the ancient stories in the context of their cultures. From the invention of writing through the conquest of Alexander the Great, expert scholars examine literature originally written in Egyptian, Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Ugaritic, Canaanite, Hebrew, and Aramaic. Each chapter includes an overview of the culture, a discussion of literary genres, and descriptions and short analyses of the major literary works. Photos of archaeological remains further illustrate these people and their writings.
Author : Charles Penglase
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0415157064
Examines the Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period, concentrating in particular on journey myths. A major contribution to the understanding of the colourful myths involved.
Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737746259
From the subjects of adoption to Zoroastrianism, this encyclopedia treats readers to numerous entries on the life and times of ancient Mesopotamia. Readers will learn important terms, read biographies of central figures, and analyze brief narratives of pivotal events that transformed Mesopotamia.
Author : Florentino García Martínez,Gerardus Petrus Luttikhuizen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004112537
This volume brings together interpretations of the story of Noach and the Flood in diverse ancient Jewish and Christian traditions (including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnostic mythology, rabbinical tradition). It opens with an analysis of the biblical story within its ancient oriental context and ends with essays by a historian of science and a psycho-analyst.
Author : John Van Seters
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664221793
In this fascinating study, John Van Seters makes a compelling case for a new reading of Genesis. According to Van Seters, the book of Genesis represents the prologue to a major literary work, conceived and constructed by a single writer--an intellectual and historian. Van Seters argues that the author was a true historian who wrote history in the tradition of the ancient antiquarian.
Author : John Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567370303
The stories of Genesis 1-11 constitute one of the better known parts of the Old Testament, but their precise meaning and background still provide many debated questions for the modern interpreter. In this stimulating, learned and readable collection of essays, which paves the way for his forthcoming ICC commentary on these chapters, John Day attempts to provide definitive solutions to some ofthese questions. Amongst the topics included are the background and interpretation of the seven-day Priestly Creation narrative, problems in the interpretation of the Garden of Eden story, the relation of Cain and the Kenites, the strange stories of the sons of God and daughters of men and of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Canaan, the precise ancient Near Eastern background of the Flood story and the preceding genealogies, and the meaning and background of the story of the tower and city of Babel. Throughout this volume John Day constantly seeks to determine the original meaning of these stories in the light of their ancient Near Eastern background, and to determine how far this original meaning has been obscured by later interpretations.