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The Hebrew Bible : a critical companion
- Title
- The Hebrew Bible : a critical companion / edited by John Barton.
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-10165 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Barton, John, 1948-
- Description
- xii, 613 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Introductions.
- Note
- This is a general-interest introduction to the Old Testament from many disciplines. There are 23 essays with 23 individual reference lists.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Part I. The Hebrew Bible in its historical and social context -- 1. The Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament / John Barton -- 2. The historical framework: biblical and scholarly portrayals of the past / Francesca Stavrakopoulou -- 3. The social and cultural history of ancient Israel / Katherine Southwood -- 4. Israel in the context of the ancient Near East / Anthony J. Frendo -- Part II. Major genres of biblical literature -- 5. the narrative books of the Hebrew Bible / Thomas Römer -- 6. The prophetic literature / R.G. Kratz -- 7. Legal texts / Assnat Bartor -- 8. The wisdom literature / Jennie Grillo -- 9. the Psalms and poems of the Hebrew Bible / Susan Gillingham -- Part III. Major religious themes -- 10. Monotheism / Benjamin D. Sommer -- 11. Creation: God and world / Hermann Spieckermann -- 12. The human condition / Hilary Marlow -- 13. God's covenants with humanity and Israel / Dominik Markl -- 14. Ethics / C.L. Grouch -- 15. Religious space and structures / Stephen C. Russell -- 16. Ritual: diet, purity, and sacrifice / Seth D. Kunin -- Part IV. The study and reception of the Hebrew Bible -- 17. Reception of the Old Testament / Alison Gray -- 18. Historical-critical inquiry / Christoph Bultmann -- 19. Literary approaches / David Jasper -- 2. Theological approaches to the Old Testament / R.W.L. Moberly -- 21. Political and advocacy approaches / Eryl W. Davies -- 22. Textual criticism and biblical translation / Carmel McCarthy -- 23. To map or not to map?: a biblical dilemma / Adrian Curtis.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-10165
- ISBN
- 9780691154718
- 0691154716
- LCCN
- 2015036308
- OCLC
- 921821869
- Title
- The Hebrew Bible : a critical companion / edited by John Barton.
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- Barton, John, 1948- editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-10165