This book explores the cultic-military functions of the tabernacle in the biblical narrative from the exodus to the conquest. Previous studies in this area have focused almost exclusively on the ‘cultic’ functions of the tabernacle and have been confined to a limited range of texts (Exodus 25-31; 35-40).
Eugene Peterson's beautiful translation of the first five books of the first testament. A great accompaniment to the New Testament Message in an easy to read and understand format.
Isaac Kalimi reveals the history of the book of Chronicles from Hellenistic times to the beginning of critical biblical scholarship at the dawn of the 17h century. This comprehensive examination focuses, first and foremost, on the use of Chronicles in Jewish societies through the generations and highlights the attitudes and biases of writers, translators, historians, artists, exegetes, theologi…
Di dalam bayang-bayang Kekaisaran Asyur, yang tampaknya makin memudar, Raja Yosia tampil dalam pentas sejarah dan memegang kuasa puncak dalam Kerajaan Yehuda.
David Tsumura published a monograph entitled The Earth and the Waters in Genesis 1 and 2: A Linguistic Evaluation, in which he demonstrated that the oft-recited claim that the early chapters of Genesis betrayed a background or adaptation by Israel of mythological terms and/or motifs from other ancient Near Eastern literature could not be supported by a close examination of the linguistic data.
This volume reexamines and reconstructs the relationship between the Deuteronomic History and the book of Chronicles, building on recent developments such as the Persian-period dating of the Deuteronomic History, the contribution of oral traditional studies to understanding the production of biblical texts, and the reassessment of the relationship of Standard Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical H…
Carefully examining key passages of Scripture, Versteeg proves that all human beings descended from Adam, the first man. He argues that if this is not true, the entire history of redemption documented in Scripture unravels and we have no gospel in any meaningful sense.
This study edition is the first volume in the Brill Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series. It contains a new English translation (the first for seventy years) of Philo’s famous treatise On the Creation of the Cosmos, and the first commentary in English.
Upaya pendalaman kitab Kejadian di masa lalu sering kali terhambat oleh belum tersedianya landasan data yang benar-benar correct dan akurat, sehingga memberikan peluang kepada banyak orang untuk berspekulasi tentang hakekat kejadiannya, sambil meragukan kebenaran hakiki yang tertulis dalam kitab Kejadian.
Di bawah Daud, Kerajaan Israel bersatu berjuang menjadi negara yang kokoh. Suku-suku yang tergabung didalam kerajaan itu harus dirangkul.