The Sons Of Jacob And The Sons Of Herakles

Author : Andrew Tobolowsky
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161551915

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The Sons of Jacob and the Sons of Herakles by Andrew Tobolowsky Pdf

In this study, Andrew Tobolowsky offers a new approach to biblical descriptions of the tribes of Israel as the "sons of Jacob". He reveals how shifting assumptions about early Israelite history and the absence of references to Jacob in most accounts of the tribes make it unlikely that this understanding was part of early tribal discourse. Instead, drawing on extensive similarities between the role Jacob's children plays in the biblical narrative and the role that shared descent from figures such as Hellen and Herakles play in the construction of ancient Greek histories, Andrew Tobolowsky concludes that the "tribal-genealogical" concept was first developed in the late Persian period as a tool for the production of a newly integrated, newly coherent account of a shared ethnic past: the first continuous biblical vision of Israelite history from Adam to the fall of Jerusalem and beyond.

Author : Andrew Tobolowsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316514948

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The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel by Andrew Tobolowsky Pdf

This book tells the fascinating, millennia-long story of peoples around the world who have claimed an Israelite identity and history.

Author : Hong Guk-Pyoung
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111377759

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Judah's Desire and the Making of the Abrahamic Israel by Hong Guk-Pyoung Pdf

In this refreshing exploration of Judah’s identity formation, the emphasis is placed on the psychological underpinnings of Judah’s sentiments towards Israel, aiming to illuminate the significance of Judah's appropriation of Israel. Richly contextual, this book draws parallels observed in Asian contexts, notably those of North and South Korea, and China with its marginal Others. Central to the thesis is that Judah’s perceived inferiority to Israel played a crucial role in its quest to appropriate Israel’s legacy and identity. Adopting a functionalist lens, Judah’s rewriting of Israel’s ancestral past is examined. The Abraham and Jacob traditions are understood as competing "identity narratives," serving as critical discursive tools to construct their pasts. The study scrutinizes how the southern Abraham tradition fundamentally reoriented the Jacob tradition, North Israel’s standalone ancestral myth. Set against the broader canvas of continued efforts to redefine and embody "Israel" within the history of Judeo-Christian religions, this exploration underscores how Judah's pivotal appropriation of Israel has established a paradigm for all future endeavors of "becoming Israel."

Author : T. M. Lemos,Jordan D. Rosenblum,Karen B. Stern,Debra Scoggins Ballentine
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884145080

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With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal by T. M. Lemos,Jordan D. Rosenblum,Karen B. Stern,Debra Scoggins Ballentine Pdf

Contributors to this volume come together to honor the lifetime of work of Saul M. Olyan, Samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. Essays by his students, colleagues, and friends focus on and engage with his work on relationships in the Hebrew Bible, from the marking of status in relationships of inequality, to human family, friend, and sexual relationships, to relationships between divine beings. Contributors include Susan Ackerman, Klaus-Peter Adam, Rainer Albertz, Andrea Allgood, Debra Scoggins Ballentine, Bob Becking, John J. Collins, Stephen L. Cook, Ronald Hendel, T. M. Lemos, Nathaniel B. Levtow, Carol Meyers, Susan Niditch, Brian Rainey, Thomas Römer, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Rüdiger Schmitt, Jennifer Elizabeth Singletary, Kerry M. Sonia, Karen B. Stern, Stanley Stowers, Andrew Tobolowsky, Karel van der Toorn, Emma Wasserman, and Steven Weitzman.

Author : Mark S. Smith,Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800660628

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Judges Hermeneia by Mark S. Smith,Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith Pdf

This groundbreaking volume presents a new translation of the text and detailed interpretation of almost every word or phrase in the book of Judges, drawing from archaeology and iconography, textual versions, biblical parallels, and extrabiblical texts, many never noted before. Archaeology also serves to show how a story of the Iron II period employed visible ruins to narrate supposedly early events from the so-called "period of the Judges." The synchronic analysis for each unit sketches its characters and main themes, as well as other literary dynamics. The diachronic, redactional analysis shows the shifting settings of units as well as their development, commonly due to their inner-textual reception and reinterpretation. The result is a remarkably fresh historical-critical treatment of 1:1-10:5.--Publisher's description.

Author : Jordan Davis
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161618567

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The End of the Book of Numbers by Jordan Davis Pdf

Author : Idan Dershowitz
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161606441

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The Valediction of Moses by Idan Dershowitz Pdf

Moses Wilhelm Shapira's infamous Deuteronomy manuscripts -- long believed to be forgeries -- are of far greater significance than ever imagined. Idan Dershowitz shows that the text preserved in these manuscripts is not based on the book of Deuteronomy. On the contrary, it is a proto-biblical book, the likes of which has never before been seen.

Author : Jason A. Staples
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108842860

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The Idea of 'Israel' in Second Temple Judaism by Jason A. Staples Pdf

A new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel impacted early Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration.

Author : Etienne Nodet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567709677

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The Samaritans by Etienne Nodet Pdf

Etienne Nodet examines the Samaritans and their religion, using Jewish and Christian sources, including rabbinic literature and the latest archaeology. Nodet tells the story of the Samaritans and their religion, showing how they were faithful to a classical form of monotheism. Nodet traces the Samaritan story from more recent to more ancient times. He begins by looking at the importance of the Samaritans in the time of Josephus and the New Testament, taking in the area formed by Galilee, Samaria, and Judea and recognizing how this corresponds approximately to Canaan at the time of Joshua, between the Jordan and the Mediterranean. He then examines the account of 2 Kings 17, which shows the Samaritans as descendants of the settlers sent by the Assyrians, who were initiated to a certain Yahwism after the fall of the kingdom of Israel (North) in 721 BC. Next Nodet looks at the time of the Maccabean crisis, when the Samaritans separated from the Jews, showing how before then there was a peaceful coexistence. Finally, Nodet turns to the Persian period, showing how after the return from exile there was a restoration of the Babylonian-derived form of religion, which the local Israelites (including the Samaritans) opposed. Nodet contends that, as such, the Samaritan religion, with its succession of high priests up to the present day, and is of 'immemorial permanence', linking to the earliest worship of YHWH in Israel.

Author : Shawn W. Flynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317247135

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A Story of YHWH by Shawn W. Flynn Pdf

A Story of YHWH investigates the ancient Israelite expression of their deity, and tracks why variation occurred in that expression, from the early Iron Age to the Persian period. Through this text, readers will gain a better appreciation for the complexities and contexts in the development of YHWH, from its earliest origins to the Persian period. Two interpretive frameworks–cultural translation and subversive reception–are offered for filtering through the textual data and contexts. Comparative study with ancient Near Eastern deities and select biblical texts lead readers through early YHWHism, YHWH’s original outsider status, and the eventual impact of urbanization on the expression. Perceived and real pressures then challenge urbanite YHWHism and invite new directions for forming a unique expression of divinity in the ancient world. This book is intended for those interested in the study of ancient divinity broadly as well as those who study ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. The work provides generalists with a better appreciation for the particular challenges in working in the ancient Near East and with the bible specifically, while it provides specialists with a broad theory that can be continually tested. For both, the study provides two reading lenses to work through similar questions and an accounting of why the many contextually driven and varied constructions of YHWH may have occurred.

Author : C. L. Crouch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Megan Warner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567676665

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Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide by Megan Warner Pdf

This study guide introduces students to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Megan Warner examines the book's structure and characteristics and covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues. Discussing the nature of Genesis, its creation and purpose and its position within the Hebrew Bible, the themes and theology of creation/uncreation and promise/impossibility, Warner culminates with a number of approaches in which Genesis can be read in the postmodern world, from intersectional and intertextual to political and ecological. With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide is an essential accompaniment to study of the Book of Genesis.

Author : Walter Brueggemann,Tod Linafelt
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646980116

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An Introduction to the Old Testament, Third Edition by Walter Brueggemann,Tod Linafelt Pdf

In this updated edition of the popular textbook An Introduction to the Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt introduce the reader to the broad theological scope of the Old Testament, treating some of the most important issues and methods in contemporary biblical interpretation. This clearly written textbook focuses on the literature of the Old Testament as it grew out of religious, political, and ideological contexts over many centuries in Israel's history. Covering every book in the Old Testament (arranged in canonical order), the authors demonstrate the development of theological concepts in biblical writings from the Torah through postexilic Judaism. Incorporating the most current scholarship, this new edition also includes concrete tips for doing close readings of the Old Testament text, and a chapter on ways to read Scripture and respond in light of pressing contemporary issues, such as economic inequality, racial and gender justice, and environmental degradation. This introduction invites readers to engage in the construction of meaning as they venture into these timeless texts.

Author : Gregory Stevenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978706163

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Theology and the Marvel Universe by Gregory Stevenson Pdf

In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, the chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtue ethics, character formation, identity formation, and mythic reinvention. This book demonstrates that the stories of Thor, Daredevil, Sabra, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Luke Cage, and others engage not just our imagination, but our theological imagination as well.

Author : Thomas B. Dozeman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780300265408

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Joshua 13-24 by Thomas B. Dozeman Pdf

The second installment of Thomas B. Dozeman's authoritative commentary on the book of Joshua Following the Pentateuch in the traditional canon, the book of Joshua chronicles the conquest of the Canaanite nations, the distribution of the newly acquired land to the twelve tribes of Israel, and Joshua's death at the conclusion of the covenant ceremony at Shechem. The second half of the book traces the development of a burgeoning pan-Israelite identity as the tribes receive territorial assignments, form a political league, and unite in the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel. In the second volume of his two-volume commentary on the book of Joshua, Thomas B. Dozeman provides an overview of critical debates surrounding the composition of the book, its function in relationship to the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets, and the role of geography in ancient literature. He shows how the book of Joshua originated as an independent Samarian myth of tribal conquest and land distribution, and outlines how it evolved into its role as an Israelite origin story. Complete with a thorough introduction and a new translation of these twelve chapters, this volume explores how the book of Joshua employs the twin themes of genealogy and geography to underscore both unity and difference among the tribes, conveying ancient Israelite beliefs about ownership, identity, and power.