The Balaam Text from Deir `Allã
Author: Jo Ann Hackett
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-11-26
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9004387137
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jo Ann Hackett
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-11-26
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9004387137
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jacob Hoftijzer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9789004093171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book concerns the inscription written on wall plaster discovered in 1967 at Deir cAlla in the Jordan Valley, and published in 1976. Using new data and the discussions about the text available to date, it deals with six different aspects of study of the text, namely the archaeological context, the palaeography, the general interpretation as well as the interpretation of several separate passages, the language used, and its relation to Old Testament studies.
Author: Hoftijzer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9004666354
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book concerns the inscription written on wall plaster discovered in 1967 at Deir cAlla in the Jordan Valley, and published in 1976. Using new data and the discussions about the text available to date, it deals with six different aspects of study of the text, namely the archaeological context, the palaeography, the general interpretation as well as the interpretation of several separate passages, the language used, and its relation to Old Testament studies.
Author: Jo Ann Hackett
Publisher:
Published: 1984-01-01
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780608028385
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George H. van Kooten
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-05-31
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9047433130
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume deals with the pagan prophet Balaam who figures in the book of Numbers. By the very nature of his stature as a non-Israelite, pagan prophet, the figure of Balaam raises important questions with regard to the nature of prophecy and the relation between the Israelite God and the pagan nations. The conflicting stories and potent oracles of Balaam in Numbers 22-24 and other parts of the Jewish Scriptures prompted extensive reflection on this ambiguous figure. Thus the leading perspective developed in this volume is the often simultaneous praise and criticism of Balaam as a prestigious pagan prophet throughout ancient Judaism, early Christianity and the early Koranic commentaries. The papers are clustered in four sections which deal with (1) Balaam in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East, and comparable figures in Ancient Greece; (2) Balaam in Ancient Judaism; (3) Balaam in the New Testament & Early Christianity; and (4) Balaam in the Koran and early Koranic commentaries. The reception of this enigmatic figure can be characterized as the simultaneous praise and criticism of a pagan prophet. The book is particularly useful as it also contains Émile Puech’s newly reconstructed text, translation and commentary of the first combination of the Deir ‘Alla inscriptions which contain an excerpt of the book of the historical Balaam. Combined with the other papers, the volume pictures a fascinating continuum between paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Author: Timothy R. Ashley
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1993-07-22
Total Pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9780802825230
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ashley's study on the book of Numbers is part of The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
Author: André Lemaire
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9004177299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collaborative commentary on, or dictionary of, Kings, explores cross-cutting aspects of Kings ranging from the analysis of its composition, historically regarded, to its transmission and reception. Ample attention is accorded sources, figures and peoples who play a part in the book. The commentary deals with Kings treatment in translation and role in later ancient literature. While our comments do not proceed verse by verse, the volume furnishes guidance, from contributors highly qualified to advance contemporary discussion, on the book's historical background, its literary intentions and characteristics, and on themes and motifs central to its understanding, both of itself and of the world from which it arose. This volume functions as a meta-commentary, offering windows into the secondary literature, but assembling data more fully than is the case in individual commentaries.
Author: Joseph Coleson
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780931464911
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dwight Young taught ancient Near Eastern Languages at Brandeis University for many years. More than 20 essays are presented by students and friends in his honor. Indexes of authors and scripture references complete the volume.
Author: Jacob Hoftijzer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-11-13
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9004670327
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