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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020102703321

Titolo

The Blackwell companion to the Hebrew Bible / / edited by Leo G. Perdue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

ISBN

1-4051-6656-8

1-78268-692-4

1-280-28432-3

9786610284320

1-4051-2302-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to religion

Altri autori (Persone)

PerdueLeo G

Disciplina

220.44

221.6

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface: The Hebrew Bible in Current Research; 1 Preparatory Issues in Approaching Biblical Texts; 2 Methods of Modern Literary Criticism; 3 Social Scientific Approaches; 4 Early Israel and the Rise of the Israelite Monarchy; 5 The History of Israel in the Monarchic Period; 6 Exile, Restoration, and Colony: Judah in the Persian Empire; 7 Archaeology and the History of Israel; 8 Biblical and Syro-Palestinian Archaeology; 9 Canaan; 10 The Household in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism; 11 Archaeology, the Israelite Monarchy, and the Solomonic Temple

12 Schools and Literacy in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism13 Modern Approaches to Old Testament Theology; 14 Symmetry and Extremity in the Images of YHWH; 15 Theological Anthropology in the Hebrew Bible; 16 The Community of God in the Hebrew Bible; 17 Old Testament Ethics; 18 Creation and Redemption in the Torah; 19 Law and Narrative in the Pentateuch; 20 Former Prophets: The Deuteronomistic History; 21 Latter Prophets: The Major Prophet

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive companion to the Hebrew Bible offers an overview and survey of Old Testament study. It consists of articles from a range



of international Old Testament scholars. It covers the history, archaeology, theology, sociology and ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible.