| Congress Volume Paris 1992 Contributor(s): Emerton, J. a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004102590 ISBN-13: 9789004102590 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $333.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1995 Annotation: The twenty articles collected in this volume cover a wide range of subjects concerned with the Old Testament: religion (the divine name Shaddai; dominant religious ideas between 1500 and 600 B.C.; exclusiveness; the kingship of God), The Pentateuch (Genesis xviiii-xix; Og's iron bed; laws in Deuteronomy and Middle Assyrian laws; the Pentateuch, The Deuteronomist and Spinoza), the historical books, history and archaeology (Ugarit and Israelite origins; Arameans; the system of the twelve tribes of Israel; the text of the historical books; 1 Kings xiii; places for women in Israelite cities), the prophetical books (Amos and Hosea; Isaiah), The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Women in Ecclesiasticus and Judith; the origin of evil in apocalyptic and the Dead Sea Scrolls), and literary conventions (the explicit and the implicit; proleptic summaries). The articles (in English, French or German) were written by scholars with varying religious backgrounds from various countries, and were originally read at a Congress in Paris of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament in 1992. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Judaism - History - Architecture | Interior Design - General |
| Dewey: 221.6 |
| LCCN: 95003906 |
| Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements |
| Physical Information: 368 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |