04026nam 2200613Ia 450 991045297690332120200520144314.01-281-81426-197866118142670-567-34307-3(CKB)1000000000549246(EBL)436323(OCoLC)781741366(SSID)ssj0000214819(PQKBManifestationID)11218239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214819(PQKBWorkID)10167729(PQKB)10276605(MiAaPQ)EBC436323(Au-PeEL)EBL436323(CaPaEBR)ebr10256299(CaONFJC)MIL181426(OCoLC)893334092(EXLCZ)99100000000054924619990105d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the way to the postmodern[electronic resource] Old Testament essays, 1967-1998Volume 1 /David J.A. ClinesSheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19981 online resource (464 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;292Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-901-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Volume 1; Abbreviations; Introduction; METHOD; 1 Reading Esther from Left to Right: Contemporary Strategies for Reading a Biblical Text; 2 Methods in Old Testament Study; 3 Possibilities and Priorities of Biblical Interpretation in an International Perspective; 4 Beyond Synchronic/Diachronic; 5 Nehemiah 10 as an Example of Early Jewish Biblical Exegesis; 6 Ethics as Deconstruction, and, The Ethics of Deconstruction; 7 Varieties of Indeterminacy; 8 The Pyramid and the Net: The Postmodern Adventure in Biblical Studies9 From Salamanca to Cracow: What Has (and Has Not) Happened at SBL International Meetings10 From Copenhagen to Oslo: What Has (and Has Not) Happened at Congresses of the IOSOT; LITERATURE; 11 Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture; 12 X, X benY, benY: Personal Names in Hebrew Narrative Style; 13 Form, Occasion and Redaction in Jeremiah 20; 14 'You tried to persuade me' and 'Violence! Outrage!' in Jeremiah 20.7-8; 15 Hosea 2: Structure and Interpretation; 16 The Parallelism of Greater Precision: Notes from Isaiah 40 for a Theory of Hebrew Poetry17 The Significance of the 'Sons of God' Episode (Genesis 6.1-4) in the Context of the 'Primaeval History' (Genesis 1-11)18 The Force of the Text: A Response to Tamara C. Eskenazi's 'Ezra-Nehemiah: From Text to Actuality'; HISTORY; 19 The Evidence for an Autumnal New Year in Pre-exilic Israel Reconsidered; 20 Regnal Year Reckoning in the Last Years of the Kingdom of Judah; 21 New Year; 22 In Quest of the Historical MordecaiFor these two volumes, the author has selected 50 articles and papers, ten of them not previously published, from his work as an Old Testament scholar over the last 30 years. Some of the papers, like 'The Evidence for an Autumnal New Year in Pre-exilic Israel Reconsidered', are far from postmodern in their outlook. But there is ample evidence here that the postmodern is indeed the direction in which his mind has been moving. The essays are organized in eight sections (Method, Literature, History, Theology, Language, Psalms, Job-and, for entertainment, Divertimenti). They include 'Reading EstheThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesPostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books.PostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianity.221.6Clines David J. A854620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452976903321On the way to the postmodern1995808UNINA