Myth, Drama, and the Politics of David's Dance
Author: Choon Leong Seow
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-08-14
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 900436952X
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Reverberations of Faith
Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780664222314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores more than 100 Old Testament themes. Each entry states the consensus reading, identifies what is at issue in the interpretive question, and discusses the practical significance of the issue for the church today, in part by suggesting contemporary connections to the ancient texts.--
Dress and Clothing in the Hebrew Bible
Author: Antonios Finitsis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-08-08
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 056768976X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Built upon the flourishing study of costume, this book analyses sartorial evidence provided both by texts of the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible. The essays within lend clarity to the link between material and ideological, examining the tradition of dress, the different types of literature that reference the tradition of garments, and the people for whom such literature was written. The contributors explore sources that illuminate the social, psychological, aesthetic, ideological and symbolic meanings of clothing. The topics covered range from the relationship between clothing, kingship and power, to the symbolic significance of the high priestly regalia and the concept of garments as deception and defiance, while also considering the tendency to omit or ignore descriptions of YHWH's clothing. Following a historical sequence, the essays cross-reference with each other to create a milestone in biblical sartorial study.
Introduction to the Old Testament
Author: Anthony R. Ceresko
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1570753482
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Applying Norman Gottwald's thesis on Israel's origins, Cereski argues that Israel was formed through a process of social revolution, inspired by the memory of runaway slaves and their worship of a God whose cult mandated radical social equality and justice.
Holy War in Ancient Israel
Author: Gerhard von Rad
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780802805287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the earliest days of Israel's existence as a people, holy war was a sacred institution, undertaken as a cultic act of a religious community. The concept of holy war, an intriguing and sometimes disturbing theme in the Old Testament, is given its most articulate expression in this classic study by the distinguished German scholar Gerhard von Rad. For Israel, the most important feature of holy war was the demand for faith in Yahweh's saving acts. However, von Rad argues, it was not Yahweh alone who acted; rather, because they envisioned Yahweh fighting on their behalf the Israelites themselves were inspired - and obliged - to fight even harder. In this regard, the actual events differed vastly from the picture given by the biblical narratives, which downplay and often exclude the human factor and stress the exclusive warlike action of Yahweh, thus equating holy war with absolute miracle.
The Second Book of Samuel
Author: David Toshio Tsumura
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2019-07-23
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 1467457248
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Second Samuel includes some of the most well-known and theologically layered episodes in the Old Testament, such as the Lord’s establishment of an eternal covenant with David, David’s sin with Bathsheba, and the subsequent account of Absalom’s rebellion. In this second part of an ambitious two-volume commentary on the books of Samuel, David Toshio Tsumura elucidates the rich text of 2 Samuel with special attention to literary and textual issues. Tsumura interprets the book in light of the meaning of the original composition, and he provides a fresh new translation based on careful analysis of the Hebrew text.
David and Zion
Author: Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 1575060922
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →J. J. M. Roberts was graduated from Harvard University, taught at The Johns Hopkins University, and then spent the bulk of his teaching career at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he influenced and was well loved by several generations of students. Here, 21 colleagues and former students contribute essays that reflect Roberts' core interests.
The Transjordanian Palimpsest
Author: Jeremy M. Hutton
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009-06-02
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 3110212765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study analyzes several passages in the Former Prophets (2 Sam 19:12-44; 2 Kgs 2:1-18; Judg 8:4-28) from a literary perspective, and argues that the text presents Transjordan as liminal in Israel’s history, a place from which Israel’s leaders return with inaugurated or renewed authority. It then traces the redactional development of Samuel-Kings that led to this literary symbolism, and proposes a hypothesis of continual updating and combination of texts, beginning early in Israel’s monarchy and continuing until the final formation of the Deuteronomistic History. Several source documents may be isolated, including three narratives of Saul’s rise, two distinct histories of David’s rise, and a court history that was subsequently revised with pro-Solomonic additions. These texts had been combined already in a Prophetic Record during the 9th c. B.C.E. (with A. F. Campbell), which was received as an integrated unit by the Deuteronomistic Historian. The symbolic geography of the Jordan River and Transjordan, which even extends into the New Testament, was therefore not the product of a deliberate theological formulation, but rather the accidental by-product of the contingency of textual redaction that had as its main goal the historical presentation of Israel’s life in the land.
David, Doeg, and King Saul as Comedy
Author: Antony Michael Hylton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 0359716601
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Author: Karel van der Toorn
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2018-11-13
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 3161564707
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this work, Karel van der Toorn explores the social setting, the intellectual milieu, and the historical context of the beliefs and practices reflected in the Hebrew Bible. While fully recognizing the unique character of early Israelite religion, the author challenges the notion of its incomparability. Beliefs are anchored in culture. Rituals have societal significance. God has a history. By shifting the focus to the context, the essays gathered here yield a deeper understanding of Israelite religion and the origins of the Bible.
