Balaam In Text And Tradition

Author : Jonathan Miles Robker
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161563553

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Balaam in Text and Tradition by Jonathan Miles Robker Pdf

The figure Balaam has interested exegetes and scribes for millennia. Jonathan Miles Robker examines the different versions of the literary character Balaam as attested in biblical and epigraphic literature. By contrasting the distinct information about Balaam presented in the various sources (the plaster inscription from Della, Numbers 22-24; 31; Deuteronomy 23; Joshua 13; 24; Judges 11; Micah 6; and Nehemiah 13), the author seeks to trace the development of characterizations of Balaam from the oldest available material to the youngest in the Hebrew Bible. In this way, Jonathan Miles Robker advances discourse about the literary and tradition-historical development of the texts that became the Hebrew Bible. Beyond the text of the Hebrew Bible, he also traces the continued development of Balaam's characterization through the texts of Qumran and the New Testament. To this end, the author contributes discussions of the history of religion in Antiquity.

Author : Michael S. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015047563401

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The Balaam Traditions by Michael S. Moore Pdf

Author : Alexander Kulik,Lorenzo DiTommaso
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780190863074

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A Guide to Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission by Alexander Kulik,Lorenzo DiTommaso Pdf

The Jewish culture of the Hellenistic and early Roman periods established a basis for all monotheistic religions, but its main sources have been preserved to a great degree through Christian transmission. This Guide is devoted to problems of preservation, reception, and transformation of Jewish texts and traditions of the Second Temple period in the many Christian milieus from the ancient world to the late medieval era. It approaches this corpus not as an artificial collection of reconstructed texts--a body of hypothetical originals--but rather from the perspective of the preserved materials, examined in their religious, social, and political contexts. It also considers the other, non-Christian, channels of the survival of early Jewish materials, including Rabbinic, Gnostic, Manichaean, and Islamic. This unique project brings together scholars from many different fields in order to map the trajectories of early Jewish texts and traditions among diverse later cultures. It also provides a comprehensive and comparative introduction to this new field of study while bridging the gap between scholars of early Judaism and of medieval Christianity.

Author : John T. Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015025380240

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Balaam and His Interpreters by John T. Greene Pdf

Author : Géza Vermès
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004036261

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Scripture and Tradition in Judaism by Géza Vermès Pdf

Author : Johannes de Moor,H.R. van Rooy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004494237

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Past, Present, Future by Johannes de Moor,H.R. van Rooy Pdf

In the politico-religious history of the Deuteronomists, past, present and future mingle in an often inextricable way. Long obsolete traditions, which had been unacceptable to the Davidic dynasty, were rediscovered and adapted to the aims of the Deuteronomists. Personages of the past were condemned and blackened in the light of the new ideology, whereas others were glorified and embellished as heroes of faith because their ideas suited the historians. This inevitably raises the question whether the Bible can be trusted as a source book for writing a history of Israel. Apparently not, say scholars like T.L. Thompson, P.R. Davies and N.P. Lemche. In this volume a number of authors take up this challenge, stating that the radical rejection of the biblical testimony in favour of a history based mainly on archaeology is ill-advised. Several contributions to this volume draw instructive parallels between the process of re-writing the history of South Africa and the work of the Deuteronomists.

Author : Junhee Lee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666793833

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Who Is the True Seer Driven by God: Balak or Balaam? by Junhee Lee Pdf

Serious Bible readers, including biblical scholars, Sunday Bible teachers, laypersons of church, and even the Sunday school kids, ask the question, "Is Balaam a good or bad person?" or "Is Balaam a prophet of God or a pagan diviner?" However, nobody has provided a relieving answer for the question up to this day. Then, what does the Balaam story in the passage of Num 22-24 tell us about the character of Balaam? More fundamentally, what does the passage want readers to know? This book suggests a new way for Bible reading, especially the Old Testament. The Old Testament readers can discover a proper strategy to understand the intention and message of every single passage of the Old Testament through the ways that are suggested in this book.

Author : Robert Karl Gnuse
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498295413

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The Elohist by Robert Karl Gnuse Pdf

Though many Old Testament scholars prefer no longer to speak of the Elohist source in the Pentateuch, Gnuse seeks to defend the existence of this pentateuchal tradition by responding to scholarly critics, isolating texts belonging to the source and offering a theological assessment of these texts. Dream reports in ancient Near Eastern texts from the seventh and sixth centuries BCE bear striking familiarity with the biblical dream reports in the Elohist. Prophetic narratives in the books of Samuel and Kings appear to have inspired the subsequent creation of the Elohist narratives in the Pentateuch. Thus, Gnuse situates the Elohist tradition in the seventh century BCE after the fall of the state of Israel in the north in 722 BCE, which is a later date than scholars have attributed to this source in the past. Because of this setting the Elohist texts may be assessed differently than they have been in the past. The texts might have spoken to exiles from the northern state with themes that bespeak devotion to one God, hope of restoration, and absolute obedience to a transcendent deity who is revealed through dreams, fire, and prophets. The author also ponders what these texts say to our modern age.

Author : Hoftijzer,Van Der Kooij
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004666351

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The Balaam Text from Deir 'Alla Re-Evaluated by Hoftijzer,Van Der Kooij Pdf

The book concerns the inscription written on wall plaster discovered in 1967 at Deir cAlla in the Jordan Valley, and published in 1976. Using new data and the discussions about the text available to date, it deals with six different aspects of study of the text, namely the archaeological context, the palaeography, the general interpretation as well as the interpretation of several separate passages, the language used, and its relation to Old Testament studies.

Author : Amy E. Richter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621893929

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Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew by Amy E. Richter Pdf

Matthew's Gospel contains material unique to it among the canonical Gospels. What is the background for this material? Why does the writer of Matthew's Gospel tell the story of Jesus in the way he does--including women in his genealogy, telling the story of the birth of Jesus in his particular way, and including the visit of the magi led by a star? Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew shows that the writer of Matthew was familiar with themes and traditions about the antediluvian patriarch Enoch, including the story of the fall of the angels called "watchers," who transgress their heavenly boundaries to engage in illicit relations with women and teach them forbidden arts. The Gospel writer shows that Jesus brings about the eschatological repair of the consequences of the watchers' fall as told in the Enochic legend. This study focuses on Matthew's genealogy and infancy narrative and also has implications for the study of women in Matthew, since it is often through the stories of women in Matthew that the repair of the watchers' transgression takes place.

Author : Michael J. Stahl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004447721

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The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition by Michael J. Stahl Pdf

In The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition, Michael Stahl examines the historical and ideological significances of the formulaic title “god of Israel” (’elohe yisra’el) in the Hebrew Bible using critical theory on social power and identity.

Author : George H. van Kooten,Peter Barthel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004308473

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The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi by George H. van Kooten,Peter Barthel Pdf

This book reports the results of the first ever multidisciplinary scientific conference dealing with the Star of Bethlehem, presenting the views of renowned specialists in astronomy, the ancient near-eastern and Greco-Roman worlds, and the history of science and religion.

Author : George H. van Kooten,J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047433132

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The Prestige of the Pagan Prophet Balaam in Judaism, Early Christianity and Islam by George H. van Kooten,J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten Pdf

In this book the ambiguous reception is traced which the pagan prophet Balaam received in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam.

Author : David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884141822

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The Studia Philonica Annual XXVIII, 2016 by David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling Pdf

Celebrate the contributions of David T. Runia The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. More than fifteen scholars from around the world offer contributions to this special edition of the Annual in honor of Professor David T. Runia on the occasion of his 65th birthday and retirement from his post as Master of Queens College, University of Melbourne. Professor Runia is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on Philo of Alexandria. As founder of The Studia Philonica Annual, he has been editor or coeditor for twenty-seven years. He initiated a Philo Bibliography project prior to the Annual and incorporated the bibliography into the Annual from the outset. It serves as the primary bibliography for Philonic studies worldwide.

Author : T DESMOND ALEXANDER,DAVID W BAKER
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 1521 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740288

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Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch by T DESMOND ALEXANDER,DAVID W BAKER Pdf

The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, it informs and challenges its readers with authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.