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Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Contributor(s): Olyan, Saul M. (Author)
ISBN: 0300182686     ISBN-13: 9780300182682
Publisher: Yale University Press
OUR PRICE:   $49.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
- Religion | Judaism - History
- Religion | Christian Theology - History
Series: Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (0.90 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible

Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom book Ben Sira. This in-depth, contextually sensitive, and theoretically engaged study explores how the expectations of friends and family members overlap and differ, examining, among other things, characteristics that make the friend a distinct social actor; failed friendship; and friendships in narratives such as those of Ruth and Naomi, and Jonathan and David. Olyan presents a comprehensive look at what constitutes friendship in the Hebrew Bible.