| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) |
| Series |
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; volume 168 |
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 168.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Prophecy -- Elijah and the Prophets of Baal and of Asherah: Towards a Discussion of "No Prophets?" -- Idols in Isaiah in the Light of Isaiah 10:10-11 -- Abraham and Cyrus in Isaiah 40-48 -- Remembering and Forgetting in Isaiah 43, 44, and 46 -- Hope and Disappointment: The Judahite Critique of the Exilic Leadership in Isaiah 56-66 -- Religious Polemics in the Book of Micah -- "We Do not See our Signs" (Psalm 74:9): Signs, Prophets, Oracles, and the Asaphite Psalter -- Self as Other : Israel's Self-Designation as Adulterous Wife, a Self-Reflective Perspective on a Prophetic Metaphor -- Prophetic Pornography Revisited -- Part 2 History -- Isaiah and the Siege of Jerusalem -- Some Aspects of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel -- The Ritual of Reading Scripture (Nehemiah 8:1-12) -- Queen or Delegation of Saba to Solomon? -- Judah and Edom in the Book of Kings and in Historical Reality -- On Floods and the Fall of Nineveh: A Note on the Origins of a Spurious Tradition -- Locating the Story of Biblical Israel -- King David and El Cid: Two 'Apiru in Myth and History -- Heshbon-The History of a Biblical Memory -- Is There Hope in the Deuteronomistic History? -- Part 3 Explorations -- Canticles 1:2-4 and 8:13-14: Solomon, the Master, the Beggar -- The Decalogue as the Prohibition of Theft -- Being Like the Cushites: Some Western and African Interpretations of Amos 9:7 -- Hans M. Barstad: A Bibliography of His Books, Edited Volumes, Essays, and Articles 1975-2013 -- Index of Modern Authors |
| Summary |
New Perspectives on Old Testament Prophecy and History presents innovative and thought provoking essays on biblical prophecy and Old Testament history by colleagues, students, and friends of Professor Hans M. Barstad, in honour of his esteemed career in biblical studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barstad, Hans M., honouree.
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Thelle, Rannfrid I., 1966- editor.
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Stordalen, Terje, 1958- editor
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Richardson, M. E. J. (Mervyn Edwin John), 1943- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789004293274 |
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9004293272 |
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