Research Catalog

Title

Open-mindedness in the Bible and beyond : a volume of studies in honour of Bob Becking / edited by Marjo C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe.

Publication

London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Becking, Bob
• Korpel, Marjo C. A. (Marjo Christina Annette), 1958-
• Grabbe, Lester L.

Description

xl, 383 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Series Statement

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616
• T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Uniform Title

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616.
• T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Alternative Title

• Open mindedness in the Bible and beyond
• Openmindedness in the Bible and beyond

Subjects

• Bible > Old Testament
• Bible > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Open theism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-358) and indexes.

Language (note)

• English; one contribution in German.

Contents

Open-mindedness for understanding the formation of the Pentateuch: the challenge of Exodus 19-20 / Rainer Albertz -- Empire! '...and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52.31-34: fact or fiction? / Hans M. Barstad -- Ben Sira and Song of songs: what about parallels and echoes? / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Open-mindedness and planning for the future of academic studies in ancient Israel history / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Isaiah 24-27: spacing a prophetic vision / Willem A. M. Beuken -- Einübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispiele für Zivilcourage in den Samuelbüchern / Walter Dietrich -- Swords or ploughshares?: the transition from the Late Bronze to the early Iron Age in northern Jordan / Meindert Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen -- Penetrating the legend: in quest of the historical Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe -- Joseph, the pastor and the conqueror of evil by using good: observations on Genesis 50.15-21 in Dutch children's and family Bibles / Cornelis Houtman -- The myth of the reborn nation / Izaak J. de Hulster -- Leading scholars and the interpretation of Scripture: the case of LXX Haggai 2.1-9 / Arie van der Kooij -- Memories of exile and return in the book of Ruth / Marjo C.A. Korpel -- The question of Job / Peter Machinist -- The open mind of the man born blind (John 9) / Maarten J.J. Menken -- Jerusalem: nightmare and daydream in Micah / Johannes C. de Moor -- Four notes on the ancient Near Eastern Marzeaḥ / Nadav Na'aman -- The abolition of the cult of the dead kings in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43.6-9) / Herbert Niehr -- A human and a deity with conflicting morals (Qohelet 2.26) / Paul Sanders -- A prophet contest: Jeremiah 28 reconsidered / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Comparing the book of Judges to Greek literature / Klaas Spronk -- Speaking of gods: dimensions of the divine in the ancient Near East / Karel van der Toorn -- Is the critical, academic study of the Bible inextricably bound to the destinies of theology? / Christoph Uehlinger -- Biblical studies and the art of civilization maintemance / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- A new divine title in Isaiah 10.17 / H.G.M. Williamson.

Call Number

*PBT 15-699

ISBN

• 9780567663801 (hbk.)
• 0567663809 (hbk.)

OCLC

910951355

Title

Open-mindedness in the Bible and beyond : a volume of studies in honour of Bob Becking / edited by Marjo C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-358) and indexes.

Language

English; one contribution in German.

Added Author

Becking, Bob, honoree.

Korpel, Marjo C. A. (Marjo Christina Annette), 1958- editor.

Grabbe, Lester L., editor.

Research Call Number

*PBT 15-699