The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Collected EssaysPresented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies. |
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Contenido
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The Bible and the Literature of the Ancient Near East | 44 |
Myth versus History Relaying the Comparative Foundations | 59 |
Divine Freedom and Cultic Manipulation in Israel and Mesopotamia | 72 |
Nebuchadnezzar Is Elamite Crisis in Theological Perspective | 83 |
Themes and Motifs | 93 |
The Hand of Yahweh | 95 |
A New Parallel to 1 Kings 182829 | 102 |
The Young Lions of Psalm 3411 | 262 |
The Religiopolitical Setting of Psalm 47 | 266 |
Of Signs Prophets and Time Limits A Note on Psalm 749 | 274 |
Blindfolding the Prophet Political Resistance to First Isaiahs Oracles in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Attitudes toward Oracles | 282 |
Yahwehs Foundation in Zion Isaiah 2816 | 292 |
Kingship and Messiah | 311 |
The Davidic Origin of the Zion Tradition | 313 |
Zion in the Theology of the DavidicSolomonic Empire | 331 |
The King of Glory | 104 |
Job and the Israelite Religious Tradition | 110 |
Jobs Summons to Yahweh The Exploitation of a Legal Metaphor | 117 |
Does God Lie? Divine Deceit as a Theological Problem in Israelite Prophetic Literature | 123 |
The Motif of the Weeping God in Jeremiah and Its Background in the Lament Tradition of the Ancient Near East | 132 |
Whose Child Is This? Reflections on the Speaking Voice in Isaiah 95 | 143 |
The Mari Prophetic Texts in Transliteration and English Translation | 157 |
Solving Difficult Problems New Readings of Old Texts | 255 |
A New Root for an Old Crux Psalm 2217c | 257 |
The Divine King and the Human Community in Isaiahs Vision of the Future | 348 |
In Defense of the Monarchy The Contribution of Israelite Kingship to Biblical Theology | 358 |
The Old Testaments Contribution to Messianic Expectations | 376 |
Interpreting Prophecy | 391 |
HistoricalCritical Method Theology and Contemporary Exegesis | 393 |
A Christian Perspective on Prophetic Prediction | 406 |
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The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Essays in Honor of William Foxwell Albright George Ernest Wright Sin vista previa disponible - 1961 |
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Referencias a este libro
Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible Ronald Hendel Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Collected Essays |
| Autor | Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts |
| Editor | Eisenbrauns, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1575060663, 9781575060668 |
| Largo | 434 páginas |
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