Patterns of Destiny

"Diane Sharon uses the tools of structuralist literary criticism to uncover social and theological patterns in the literature of the Hebrew Bible. After providing a brief framework for understanding the approach used in her study, she demonstrates that the social activity of eating and drinking, when accompanied by other literary motifs, is part of a pattern portending the establishment or cond…

From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts

Nigosian explores the diverse literary antecedents of the Old Testament as well as the Apocrypha -- books excluded from the canonical Hebrew text but included in the Septuagint.

Metaphor In The Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible abounds in metaphors and other figurative speech. The present volume collects fifteen essays on this fascinating aspect of biblical language, written by specialists in the field. Attention is paid both to the recent methodological developments in the study of metaphor and to the importance of metaphor studies for the interpretation of biblical texts.

Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon

These essays by outstanding international scholars in honour of Robert P. Gordon cover topics ranging from accuracy and anachronism in the books of Samuel, through the theology of Psalms, ancient near eastern historiography, to ideology, philology, grammar and linguistics in the translations and versions.

Interpreting the Old Testament A Guide for Exegesis

A guide to essential aspects of Old Testament exegesis.

The Secular Bible Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously

Today's secularists too often have very little accurate knowledge about religion, and even less desire to learn. This is problematic insofar as their sense of self is constructed in opposition to religion. Above all, the secularist is not a Jew, is not a Christian, not a Muslim, and so on. But is it intellectually responsible to define one's identity against something that one does not understa…

Helps For Translators: Marginal Note For the Old Testament: Based on the Text…

Marginal notes based on the Good News Translation (TEV), thatare typical of those include in translations of the Old Testament.

Invitation To The Septuagint

As the Bible of Hellenistic Judaism and of the early church, the Septuagint has long been important to biblical scholarship as an aid for interpreting both the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament. Until now, however, no user-friendly introduction to the Septuagint has been available. Previous volumes presupposed a great deal of prior knowledge about the scholarly discussions that had been …

XII Congress of The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Stu…

"This volume continues a well-established tradition of presenting the proceedings of the triennial Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) in published form. In method and content, the seventeen papers published here represent the current state of Septuagint studies, ranging in their approach from the conceptual to the specific and in their subject …

The Idea of Biblical Poetry, Paralelism and Its History

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ISBN/ISSN

0300031017

Deskripsi Fisik

221.44 KUG t - 1

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No. Panggil

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