ISBN:
082760775X
,
9780827607750
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 384 Seiten
,
23 cm
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2005
DDC:
221.6/1
Keywords:
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Bible O.T
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Einführung
;
Bibel Altes Testament
Abstract:
Reading as a Jew and as a scholar -- What is the Bible, anyway? -- The art of reading the Bible -- A brief history of Israel -- With scissors and paste : the sources of Genesis -- Creation vs. creationism : Genesis 1-3 as myth -- The ancestors as heroes -- Biblical law : codes and collections -- Incense is offensive to me : the cult in ancient Israel -- In the fortieth year-- Moses addressed the Israelites : reading Deuteronomy -- And the walls came tumbling down : reading Joshua -- May my lord King David live forever : royal ideology in Samuel and Judges -- For the Israel tore away from the house of David : reading Kings -- Revisionist history : reading Chronicles -- Introduction to prophecy -- Let justice well up like water : reading Amos -- They shall beat their swords into plowshares : reading (first) Isaiah -- I will make this house like Shiloh : reading Jeremiah -- I will be for them a mini-temple : reading Ezekiel -- Comfort, oh comfort my people : the exile and beyond -- Those that sleep in the dust-- will awake : Zechariah, apocalyptic literature, and Daniel -- Prayer of many hearts : reading Psalms -- Acquire wisdom : reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes -- Being but dust and ashes : reading Job -- Drink deep of love! : reading Song of Songs -- Why are you so kind-- when I am a foreigner? : reading Ruth vs. Esther -- The creation of the Bible.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-360) and indexes
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