This book offers unique insights into the Psalms and sketches a variety of interpretive possibilities. The exposition of Psalm texts against the background of their different historical and/or cultic settings in the ancient Near East sets a firm basis for their reapplication in … more
This is a formidable collection of previously published essays by this distinguished Old Testament scholar. Three significant areas of biblical studies have been a focus of the author's attention throughout his career: the Bible in its ancient Near Eastern world, the Psalms, and … more
Bringing together a large selection of essays from the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament on the Poetical books, this volume features contributions from renowned scholars in the field. Included are works by Luis Alonso Schökel (“The Poetic Structure of Psalms 42-43”), … more
The nine essays in this volume originated in the discussions of the Psalms program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature and a number were first presented as papers at the SBL meetings in 1989 and 1990. The volume documents the growing interest among scholars in understanding … more
…“Genealogy and History in Ancient Israel,” W. E. Aufrecht “Word of God and Word of Man: Prophets and Canon,” G. Auld “Has Yahweh Cursed the Ground? Perplexity of Interpretation in Genesis 1–5,” E. Combs “Psalm 88 Among the Complaints,” R. C. Culley “A Change of Heart: 1 Samuel 16,” L. … more
Nahum Sarna's distinctive and original scholarship has taken in a wide range of subject areas from work on Genesis and the Psalms to his Jewish Bible commentary and the English translation of the Ketuvim. At first Assistant Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary of … more
…” are far from postmodern in their outlook. But there is ample evidence here that the postmodern is indeed the direction in which his mind has been moving. The essays are organized in eight sections (Method, Literature, History, Theology, Language, Psalms, Job, and, for … more
…Psalms," Don C. Benjamin and Victor H. Matthews "Worship and Ethics: A Re-examination of Psalm 15," R. E. Clements "From Where Will My Help Come? Women and Prayer in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books," Toni Craven "Flirting with the Language of Prayer (Job 14:13-17)," James L. … more
…second volume, Clines includes essays on theology, language, Psalms, Job, and Divertimenti. The theology section covers images of God, sin, humanity and relation to God, and the flood narrative. In the language section, Clines presents discussions on etymology, vocabulary, and philology. … more
…library (that you own) Individual Titles Word of God in Transition: From Prophet to Exegete in the Second Temple Period Jewish Scribes in the Second Temple Period Qumran between the Old and New Testaments Seeing and Hearing God with the Psalms: The Prophetic Liturgy of the Second Temple … more
…articles by Merrill F. Unger, Gleason F. Archer, Jr., Michael P. Green, and S. Lewis Johnson, Jr., among others. Some of the issues discussed in this volume include: "Did God curse one race of people?" "Did the Old Testament prophesy Virgin Birth?" "What about the violence in the book of … more
…Prophetic Text for Central America,” M. Daniel Carroll “The Hungry Knife: Towards a Sense of Sacrifice,” Bruce Chilton “Wisdom, Virtue and the Human Condition,” R. E. Clements “Psalm 2 and the Moabite Liberation Front,” David J. A. Clines “A Future for Eschatology?” John M. Court … more
…Palestine Psalm 81:6a: Observations on Translation and Meaning of One Hebrew Line The Role of Elihu in the Design of the Book of Job The Redactional History of Isaiah 5:1–10:4 The Semantic Parallelism of Psalm 89 Joshua 24 and the Problem of Tradition in the Old Testament The Shining of … more
…interpretative issues. The Near Eastern languages examined include Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, Septuagintal Greek, Syriac, and Ugaritic, while exegetical and text-critical topics include treatments of issues in Deuteronomy, 1 Kings, Isaiah, Amos, Psalms, and the Song of … more
…“Jeremiah 50–51 and the Concept of Evil in the Hebrew Bible,” Yair Hoffman “The Wrath at God in the Book of Lamentations,” Edward L. Greenstein “Evil and Its Symbols in Psalm 14, 52, 36, 12,” Osnat Singer “The Evil Ones and the Godless: A Prophecy of Identity in Biblical Wisdom,” Henning … more
