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Title A biblical itinerary : in search of method, form, and content : essays in honor of George W. Coats / edited by Eugene E. Carpenter
Published Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 240
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 240.
Contents Some reflections on the canonical Moses : Moses and Abraham / Rolf Rendtorff -- Biblical and early Islamic Moses / Malcolm Clark -- Narrative form criticism : dead or alive? / Trent Butler -- Beyond reality : poetic discourse and Psalm 107 / John W. Roffey -- Redaction criticism : whence, whither, and why?, or, going beyond source and form criticism without leaving them behind / Lawson G. Stone -- Exodus 18 : its structure, style, motifs and function in the Book of Exodus / Eugene Carpenter -- Structure and meaning in the Sinai-Horeb narrative (Exodus 19-34) / Joseph Blenkinsopp -- From faithful prophet to villain : observations on the tradition history of the Balaam story / John Van Seters -- The missing voice / James L. Crenshaw -- The futile quest for the historical prophet / Gene M. Tucker -- On the task of Old Testament theology / Rolf P. Knierim -- Scripture and the formation of Christian identity / Roy F. Melugin
Summary A Biblical Itinerary is dedicated to George Coats, former Professor of Old Testament at Lexington Theological Seminary, Kentucky and author of Rebellion in the Wilderness, From Canaan to Egypt, and Moses: Heroic Man, Man of God, and other books. The essays collected here, reflecting many of George Coats's interests, include 'Structure and Meaning in the Sinai-Horeb Narrative' (Joseph Blenkinsopp), 'Biblical and Early Islamic Moses' (Malcolm Clark), 'What Does the Bible Say? A Question of Text and Canon' (David Gunn), 'On the Task of Old Testament Theology' (Rolf Knierim); 'Scripture and the Fo
Bibliography "Bibliography of works by George Wesley Coats, Jr.": pages 183-184
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible -- Criticism, Narrative. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003784
Bible fast
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
Oude Testament.
Genre/Form Festschriften
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Coats, George W.
Carpenter, Eugene E., 1943-
ISBN 9780567038791
0567038793
1281814008
9781281814005
9786611814007
6611814000