Current Issues In Priestly And Related Literature

Author : Roy E. Gane,Ada Taggar-Cohen
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628371222

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Current Issues in Priestly and Related Literature by Roy E. Gane,Ada Taggar-Cohen Pdf

New directions and fresh insight for scholars and students The single greatest catalyst and contributor to our developing understanding of priestly literature has been Jacob Milgrom (1923-2010), whose seminal articles, provocative hypotheses, and comprehensively probing books vastly expanded and significantly altered scholarship regarding priestly and related literature. Nineteen articles build on Milgrom's work and look to future directions of research. Essays cover a range of topics including the interpretation, composition and literary structure of priestly and holiness texts as well as their relationships to deuteronomic and extra-biblical texts. The book includes a bibliography of Milgrom's work published between 1994 and 2014. Features: Comparisons with Mesopotamian Hittite texts Essays from a diverse group of scholars representing a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and methodologies Charts and tables illustrate complex relationships and structures

Author : Pamela Barmash
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199392667

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The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law by Pamela Barmash Pdf

Major innovations have occurred in the study of biblical law in recent decades. The legal material of the Pentateuch has received new interest with detailed studies of specific biblical passages. The comparison of biblical practice to ancient Near Eastern customs has received a new impetus with the concentration on texts from actual ancient legal transactions. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law provides a state of the art analysis of the major questions, principles, and texts pertinent to biblical law. The thirty-three chapters, written by an international team of experts, deal with the concepts, significant texts, institutions, and procedures of biblical law; the intersection of law with religion, socio-economic circumstances, and politics; and the reinterpretation of biblical law in the emerging Jewish and Christian communities. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among scholars working in biblical law.

Author : Tova Ganzel,Shalom E. Holtz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004444799

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Contextualizing Jewish Temples by Tova Ganzel,Shalom E. Holtz Pdf

Contextualizing Jewish Temples presents ten essays all written by specialists offering cross-disciplinary perspectives on the ancient Jewish temples and their contexts.

Author : Yitzhaq Feder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781316517574

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Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible by Yitzhaq Feder Pdf

A novel account of pollution in the Hebrew Bible, from its embodied origins, to its metaphorical expression in moral discourse.

Author : Liane M. Feldman
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161596360

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The Story of Sacrifice by Liane M. Feldman Pdf

The sacrificial instructions and purity laws in Leviticus have often been seen as later or secondary additions to an originally sparse Priestly narrative. In this volume, Liane M. Feldman argues that the ritual and narrative elements of the Pentateuchal Priestly source are mutually dependent, and that the internal logic and structure of the Priestly narrative makes sense only when they are read together. Bringing together insights from the fields of ritual theory and narratology, the author argues that the ritual materials in Leviticus should be understood and analyzed as literature. At the core of her study is the assertion that these sacrificial instructions and purity laws form the backbone of the Priestly story world, and that when these materials are read within their broader narrative context, the Priestly narrative is first and foremost a story about the origins and purpose of sacrifice.

Author : L. S. Baker Jr.,Kenneth Bergland,Felipe A. Masotti,A. Rahel Wells
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646020676

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Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch by L. S. Baker Jr.,Kenneth Bergland,Felipe A. Masotti,A. Rahel Wells Pdf

For many years, the historical-critical quest for a reconstruction of the origin(s) and development of the Pentateuch or Hexateuch has been dominated by the documentary hypothesis, the heuristic power of which has produced a consensus so strong that an interpreter who did not operate within its framework was hardly regarded as a scholar. However, the relentless march of research on this topic has continued to yield new and refined analyses, data, methodological tools, and criticism. In this spirit, the contributions to this volume investigate new ideas about the composition of the Pentateuch arising from careful analysis of the biblical text against its ancient Near Eastern background. Covering a wide spectrum of topics and diverging perspectives, the chapters in this book are grouped into two parts. The first is primarily concerned with the history of scholarship and alternative approaches to the development of the Pentateuch. The second focuses on the exegesis of particular texts relevant to the composition of the Torah. The aim of the project is to foster investigation and collegial dialogue in a spirit of humility and frankness, without imposing uniformity. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Tiago Arrais, Richard E. Averbeck, John S. Bergsma, Joshua A. Berman, Daniel I. Block, Richard Davidson, Roy E. Gane, Duane A. Garrett, Richard S. Hess, Benjamin Kilchör, Michael LeFebvre, Jiří Moskala, and Christian Vogel.

Author : S. Tamar Kamionkowski
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814681275

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Leviticus by S. Tamar Kamionkowski Pdf

The book of Leviticus provides two different theologies related to God’s presence within ancient Israel. Leviticus 1–16 was written by an elite caste of priests (P), and Leviticus 17–26 (H) was added to the book to “democratize” access to God. While the Priestly work has hardly inspired lay readers, the Holiness Writings provide some of the most inspiring and well-known verses from the Bible. This volume shows how gender dynamics shift between the static worldview of P and the dynamic approach of H and that, ironically, as holiness expands from the priests to the people, from the temple to the land of Israel, gender behaviors become more highly regulated. This complicates associations between power and gender dynamics and opens the door to questions about the relationships between power, gender, and theological perspectives.

Author : Philip Peter Jenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567674852

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Leviticus: An Introduction and Study Guide by Philip Peter Jenson Pdf

In this guide, Philip Peter Jenson provides an introduction to Leviticus, examining its structure, character, and content. In particular, he focuses on explaining the basic concepts that inform the rituals and ethics of Leviticus. This is especially the case for the pervasive and complex category of holiness, along with its antithesis, impurity. Overall, Jenson's emphasis is on the overarching coherence of the book and how it reached its present canonical form. Leviticus is a difficult book for most readers, describing rituals that are no longer practiced and reflecting a culture that is vastly different from that of the modern West. Yet it is the central book of the first section of the Bible of both Jews and Christians, and it is at the heart of the law revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai. It includes the foundational texts on matters such as sacrifice or love for one's neighbour. In this comprehensive introduction, Jenson offers extensive analysis, and concludes each chapter with reflections on the contemporary significance of the texts being discussed.

Author : Christian Frevel
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161539671

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Desert Transformations by Christian Frevel Pdf

"Christian Frevel brings the Book of Numbers' regularly misunderstood interplay between narrative and legislative material into a new light, examining its texts equally as inner-biblical interpretations and tradition-bound innovations. The studies of this volume reveal the thematic diversity of the book against a backdrop of its literary emergence within the Penta- and Hexateuch." --provided by publisher, book jacket back cover.

Author : Friedhelm Hartenstein,Konrad Schmid
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144229

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Farewell to the Priestly Writing? The Current State of the Debate by Friedhelm Hartenstein,Konrad Schmid Pdf

Now available in English In discussions of the origin of the Pentateuch, the Priestly source traditionally constitutes an undisputed reference point for different source-critical models, and it is the only literary layer with concise terminology and a theological conception that can be extracted from a non-Priestly context. This English translation of Abschied von der Priesterschrift? Zum Stand der Pentateuchdebatte revisits the scholarly debate surrounding the Documentary Hypothesis and the so-called Priestly material’s position either as an independent written source or as a redaction within the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy. Contributors include Christoph Berner, Erhard Blum, Jan Christian Gertz, Christoph Levin, Eckart Otto, Christophe Nihan, and Thomas Römer.

Author : Jaeyoung Jeon
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161612169

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From the Reed Sea to Kadesh by Jaeyoung Jeon Pdf

Author : Roy E. Gane
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410224

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Old Testament Law for Christians by Roy E. Gane Pdf

The Old Testament law is foundational for our understanding of the Bible, but for many it remains some of the Old Testament's most foreign and exotic material. This book by a leading evangelical expert in biblical law helps readers understand Old Testament law, how it functioned in the Old Testament, and how it is (and is not) instructive for contemporary Christians. The author explicates the often confusing legal system of ancient Israel, differentiates between time-bound cultural aspects of Israelite law and universally applicable aspects of the divine value system, and shows the ethical relevance of Old Testament law for Christians today.

Author : Kevin Mattison
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161558153

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Rewriting and Revision as Amendment in the Laws of Deuteronomy by Kevin Mattison Pdf

La 4e de couverture indique : "Kevin Mattison argues that Deuteronomy was designed to amend the Covenant Code (Exod 20:22-23:19). He proposes a model of amendment, which draws on existing models of replacement and supplementation to provide a more complete explanation of Deuteronomy's rewriting of the Covenant Code."

Author : Christian Canu Højgaard
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781805111511

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Roles and Relations in Biblical Law by Christian Canu Højgaard Pdf

Leviticus 17–26, an ancient law text known as the Holiness Code, prescribes how particular persons are to behave in concrete, everyday situations. The addressees of the law text must revere their parents, respect the elderly, fear God, take care of their fellow, provide for the sojourner, and so on. The sojourner has his own obligations, as do the priests. Even God is said to behave in various ways towards various persons. Thus, the law text forms an intricate web of persons and interactions. There is a growing awareness that ancient law texts were not arbitrary collections of legal paragraphs but articulations of certain world views. The laws were rational in their own respect and were based on the lawgiver’s ethos. However, since the ethical values of the lawgiver rarely—if ever—surface in the text itself, it has proven difficult to grasp with traditional, exegetical methods. This study offers a novel approach to mapping out the ethos of an ancient law text like Leviticus 17–26. By employing social network analysis, the participants and their interactions are mapped to scrutinize the ethical roles embodied by the persons of the law. To accomplish this, the study undertakes meticulous research into both the participants and the interactions of Leviticus 17–26. The book investigates a semi-automatic approach to extracting participant information from a text and offers new methods for analysing Hebrew interactions (realised as verbal predicates) in terms of dynamicity, causation, and agency.

Author : Brandon R. Grafius
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978701694

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Reading the Bible with Horror by Brandon R. Grafius Pdf

In Reading the Bible with Horror, Brandon R. Grafius takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through the dark corners of the Hebrew Bible. Along the way, he stops to place the monstrous Leviathan in conversation with contemporary monster theory, uses Derrida to help explore the ghosts that haunt the biblical landscape, and reads the House of David as a haunted house. Conversations arise between unexpected sources, such as the Pentateuch legal texts dealing with female sexuality and Carrie. Throughout the book, Grafius asks how the Hebrew Bible can be both sacred text and tome of fright, and he explores the numerous ways in which the worlds of religion and horror share uncomfortable spaces.