Rejoice Dear Zion

Author : Magnar Kartveit
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110309157

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Rejoice, Dear Zion! by Magnar Kartveit Pdf

The phrase “Daughter of Zion” is in recent Bible translations often rendered “Daughter Zion”. The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing. The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases. As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with “Daughter of Zion” and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.

Author : Thomas Renz
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467461849

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The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah by Thomas Renz Pdf

In this commentary, Thomas Renz reads Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah as three carefully crafted writings of enduring relevance, each of which makes a vital contribution to the biblical canon. Discussing the historical settings, Renz takes up both long-standing issues, such as the relationship of Zephaniah to Josiah’s reforms, and the socioeconomic conditions of the time suggested by recent archaeological research. The place of these writings within the Book of the Twelve is given fresh consideration, including the question of what one should make of the alleged redaction history of Nahum and Habakkuk. The author’s careful translation of the text comes with detailed textual notes, illuminating some of the Bible’s most outstanding poetry (Nahum) and one of the biblical chapters that is among the most difficult to translate (Habakkuk 3). The thorough verse-by-verse commentary is followed by stimulating theological reflection, opening up avenues for teaching and preaching from these prophetic writings. No matter their previous familiarity with these and other Minor Prophets, scholars, pastors, and lay readers alike will find needed guidance in working through these difficult but important books of the Bible.

Author : Joshua A. Berman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108424417

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The Book of Lamentations by Joshua A. Berman Pdf

This volume interprets Lamentations as a systematic and carefully structured work, rather than randomly expressed theological positions.

Author : Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567668837

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Zechariah’s Vision Report and Its Earliest Interpreters by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer Pdf

If Zechariah's vision report (Zechariah 1.8-6.8) reflects the seer's visionary experience, how does that impact our understanding of the gradual growth of the text? Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer builds on the work done in her previous book Zechariah and His Visions (Bloomsbury-T&T Clark, 2014), to demonstrate that the visionary material forms the primary textual layer. The oracular texts constitute chronologically later interpretations. Zechariah and/or later authors/editors sought guidance in the earlier vision accounts, and the oracular material reflects these endeavours. Tiemeyer's investigation is guided by the question: what is the latter material doing with the former? Is it enforcing, contradicting, or adding to it? Using a ratio composed of the difference between the intratexts and intertexts of Zech 1-8, Tiemeyer shows how this ratio is higher in the oracular material than in the visionary material. This difference points to the different origin and the different purpose of the two sets of material. While the earlier vision report draws on images found primarily in other biblical vision reports, the later oracular material has the characteristics of scribal interpretation. By drawing on earlier material, it seeks to anchor its proposed interpretations of the various vision accounts within the Israelite textual tradition. It is clear that the divine oracles were added to give, modify, and specify the meaning of the earlier vision report.

Author : Stephen J. Andrews
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725249882

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Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament, 4.1 by Stephen J. Andrews Pdf

Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the academic and evangelical study of the Old Testament. The journal seeks to fill a need in academia by providing a venue for high-level scholarship on the Old Testament from an evangelical standpoint. The journal is not affiliated with any particular academic institution, and with an international editorial board, open access format, and multi-language submissions, JESOT cultivates and promotes Old Testament scholarship in the evangelical global community. The journal differs from many evangelical journals in that it seeks to publish current academic research in the areas of ancient Near Eastern backgrounds, Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinics, Linguistics, Septuagint, Research Methodology, Literary Analysis, Exegesis, Text Criticism, and Theology as they pertain only to the Old Testament. JESOT also includes up-to-date book reviews on various academic studies of the Old Testament.

Author : Jill Middlemas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567696939

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Lamentations by Jill Middlemas Pdf

In this guide, Jill Middlemas introduces students to the Book of Lamentations by examining the book's structure and characteristics, covering the latest in biblical scholarship on Lamentations, including historical and interpretive issues, and considering a range of scholarly approaches. In particular, the guide provides students with an introduction to Hebrew poetry as it relates to Lamentations and includes insights from the field of trauma and postcolonial studies. With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide will be an useful accompaniment to study of Lamentations.

Author : Antti Laato
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110761818

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Message and Composition of the Book of Isaiah by Antti Laato Pdf

The study deals with the theological message and composition of the Book of Isaiah and promotes a thesis that an early Jewish reception history helps us to find perspectives to understand them. This study treats the following themes among others: 1 Hezekiah as Immanuel was an important theme in the reception as can be seen in Chronicles and Ben Sira as well as in rabbinical writings. The central event which makes Hezekiah such an important figure, was the annihilation of the Assyrian army as recounted in Isaiah 36-37. 2 The Book of Isaiah was interpreted in apocalyptic milieu as the Animal Apocalypse and Daniel show. Even though the Qumran writings do not provide any coherent way to interpret Isaianic passages its textual evidence shows how the community has found from the Book of Isaiah different concepts to characterize the division of the Jewish community to the righteous and sinful ones (cf. Isa 65-66). 3 Ezra and Nehemiah received inspiration from the theological themes of Isaianic texts of Levitical singers which were later edited in the Book of Isaiah by scribes. The formation of the Book of Isaiah then went in its own way and its theology became different from that in the Book of Ezra–Nehemiah.

Author : C. L. Crouch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108473767

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Israel and Judah Redefined by C. L. Crouch Pdf

Uses migration research, trauma studies, and postcolonial theory to explore the Babylonian exiles effect on Israelite and Judahite identity.

Author : Heath A. Thomas,Brittany N. Melton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567699596

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Reading Lamentations Intertextually by Heath A. Thomas,Brittany N. Melton Pdf

This book addresses intertextual connections between Lamentations and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts throughout history. Sources examined range from the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern Shoah literature, allowing the volume's impact to reach beyond Lamentations to each of the 'intertexts' the chapters address. By bringing together scholars with expertise on this diverse array of texts, the volume offers a wide range of exegetical insight. It also enables the reader to appreciate the varying intertextual approaches currently employed in Biblical Studies, ranging from abstract theory to rigid method. By applying these to a focused analysis of Lamentations, this book will facilitate greater insight on both Lamentations and current methodological research.

Author : Rick Wadholm Jr.,Meghan D. Musy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532639302

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Community by Rick Wadholm Jr.,Meghan D. Musy Pdf

Community provides a constructive collection of essays offering biblical and theological reflections on the topic of community in honor of the Mennonite Old Testament scholar August H. Konkel's seventieth birthday. As such, Community follows the trajectory of Gus's own myriad contributions to scholarship that have been intentionally engaged both on behalf of and as a lively and constructive member of such community. These essays present forays across the spectrum of biblical and theological studies that intersect with the many contributions of Gus's life work.

Author : Janet Tyson
Publisher : Pirištu Books
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781739315443

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She Brought the Art of Women by Janet Tyson Pdf

What would happen if the interpretation of Song of Solomon were to move beyond the layered traditions of rabbinic Judaism, the theological concerns of Christian communities, or even the Enlightenment ideals of a rigorously objective secular hermeneutic? This new reading by Janet Tyson provides a fascinating answer to that question. –Timothy Paul Erdel, Bethel University The Song of Solomon is an intimate, eyewitness account of the stormy marriage between the last King of Babylon, Nabonidus, and the Egyptian princess Nitocris II. It details the couple’s seven-year stay in Tayma, Arabia, during which time the king formulated his plan to reinstate a long-defunct female priesthood at Ur, in honour of the lunar deity, Sîn. The Song was written by a female scribe, during the exodus from Babylon in c.538 BCE; she is potentially recorded elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. Her ‘song of praise’ tells of magic, blood rites, jealousy and rivalry, contraception, miscarriage, lies and curses. It bears all the signs of an act of vengeance, for it preserves the bitter resentment of a woman who lived in the shadow of the king’s most exotic wife. Topics of interest include: * A consistent pattern of applied Ishtar/Hathor mythology * Potential insight into the function of the God’s Hand * The use of Jewish gematria * Clear allusions to the esoteric rite known today as the Elixir Rubeus * Internal chronology that mirrors the reign of Nabonidus, including a lunar eclipse * Profound parallels between Nabonidus and King Solomon * Strong connections between Herodotus and the Song’s narrative * Potential identification of the Song’s author and date of composition * Other ancient legends revealing this same interpretation

Author : Antoine Lévy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781793633439

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Jewish Church by Antoine Lévy Pdf

The idea of a Jewish Church has been banned from the Christian horizon for almost two millennia. But things are changing. Since the middle of the 70s the Messianic Jewish movement has strived to build an ecclesial home for all Jewish believers in Christ. This new phenomenon brings to life issues that had disappeared since the first centuries of the Church. What does it mean to be a Jew in the Church? Should there be a distinction between Jews and non-Jews among believers in Christ? Is such a distinction compatible with the unity of the whole Body of Christ so ardently preached by Paul? What lifestyle should this Church promote? In his various works, Mark Kinzer, a prominent Messianic Jewish theologian, has attempted to provide substantial answers to these questions. Antoine Lévy is a Dominican priest. With Kinzer, Lévy has launched the “Helsinki Consultation”, a cross-denominational gathering of Jewish theologians. In Jewish Church: A Catholic Approach to Messianic Judaism, Lévy examines Kinzer’s positions critically, bringing forward an alternative vision of what a “Jewish Church” could and should be. This is only the beginning of what promises to be a fascinating discussion.

Author : O. Summers
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368849313

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Songs of Zion by O. Summers Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Christian life
ISBN : OXFORD:555010115

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The Spiritual Magazine, and Zion's Casket by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Hawker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : Christian life
ISBN : UOM:39015064323135

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Zion's Pilgrim by Robert Hawker Pdf