| Exile and Suffering: A Selection of Papers Read at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Old Testament Society of South Africa Otwsa/Otssa, P Contributor(s): Prof Dr Becking, Bob (Author), Porf Dr Human, Dirk (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004171045 ISBN-13: 9789004171046 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: The Babylonian period has often been construed as a time of distress and suffering. The essays in this volume - a selection of papers read at the 50th Anniversary of the SSOTS - discuss this theme from a variety of angles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 221.6 |
| LCCN: 2008033146 |
| Series: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 286 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the fiftieth anniversary of the Old Testament Society of South Africa a conference was organized on the theme Exile and Suffering. This volume contains a selection of the papers presented. Focal questions are such themes as: What do we really know about the Exile? To what degree did suffering take place? How did the Ancient Israelites cope with the disaster? Where the ancinet traditions sufficient to deal with the Exile? Or did this period produce new forms of 'theology'? The significance of the Exile as a matrix for understanding suffering until this day is also dealt with. |