Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The World Of Biblical Literature
Author: Robert AlterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A pioneer in the burgeoning movement to understand the Bible as literature assesses the spate of new developments in this area. Robert Alter reflects on the paradoxes inherent in considering this great religious work as literature.
Women's Divination in Biblical Literature
Author: Esther J. HamoriPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178913
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divination. This sensitive and incisive book by respected scholar Esther J. Hamori examines the wide scope of women's divinatory activities as portrayed in the Hebrew texts, offering readers a new appreciation of the surprising breadth of women's “arts of knowledge” in biblical times. Unlike earlier approaches to the subject that have viewed prophecy separately from other forms of divination, Hamori's study encompasses the full range of divinatory practices and the personages who performed them, from the female prophets and the medium of En-dor to the matriarch who interprets a birth omen and the “wise women” of Tekoa and Abel and more. In doing so, the author brings into clearer focus the complex, rich, and diverse world of ancient Israelite divination.
The Library of Biblical Literature
Author: Literary Theory and the New Testament
Author: Michal Beth DinklerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300249470
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
A comprehensive case for a fresh literary approach to the New Testament For at least a half century, scholars have been adopting literary approaches to the New Testament inspired by certain branches of literary criticism and theory. In this important and illuminating work, Michal Beth Dinkler uses contemporary literary theory to enhance our understanding and interpretation of the New Testament texts. Dinkler provides an integrated approach to the relation between literary theory and biblical interpretation, employing a wide range of practical theories and methods. This indispensable work engages foundational concepts and figures, the historical contexts of various theoretical approaches, and ongoing literary scholarship into the twenty-first century. In Literary Theory and the New Testament, Dinkler assesses previous literary treatments of the New Testament and calls for a new phase of nuanced thinking about New Testament texts as both ancient and literary.
I & II Samuel
Author: R. P. GordonPublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310230229
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Robert P. Gordon has provided us with a substantial commentary on the English text of the books of Samuel, concentrating on exegesis, but also paying attention to linguistic and textual problems. "I have not tried to "Christianize" 1 and 2 Samuel at every conceivable point. Often as I have sought to show in the brief introductory section comparison; and the only way to arrive at sensible conclusions in this matter is first to appreciate the Old Testament for its own sake- that is in its own literary, historical, cultural and theological contexts. That is principally what this commentary is about."
The Library of Biblical Literature: Being a Repository of Information on Geographical, Historical, Biographical, Scientific, Archæological and Literary Subjects in Relation to the Sacred Scriptures. [By Various Authors.]
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Author: Ecclesiastes
Author: Roland Edmund MurphyPublisher: Paternoster
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.
Bibliotheca
Author: Library of Theological and Biblical Literature
Author: George R. CrooksPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385447070
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author: James Townley