Rest in Mesopotamian and Israelite Literature

Daniel E Kim

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 29
• What is the rest that God promises to his people and how is it disclosed in the Hebrew Scriptures? To explore these questions, Rest in Mesopotamian an... Lees meer

The Prosperity of the Wicked

Dominick S Hernández

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 36
• The book of Job has long been considered the biblical text that is most relevant to the question of theodicy. Therefore, much of its interpretational ... Lees meer

Linguistic Coherence in Biblical Hebrew Texts

Lénart J de Regt

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 28
• This monograph explores the various strategies that are used in Biblical Hebrew texts to create discourse coherence and comprehensibility: participant... Lees meer

Cultural Memory in Biblical Exegesis

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts
• Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recollection of what has been learned and retained, normally treated as "the cultural heritage". The pu... Lees meer

Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament

Robert Miller

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts
• This book examines the Old Testament language about Israel's relationship with God in the light of Assyrian royal propaganda. Unpacking this language'... Lees meer

A Comparison of the Egyptian Execration Ritual to Exodus 32

Michael S Donahou

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts
• Ancient Egyptian leaders sought to preserve the status quo by using not only their military might, but also enlisting magical rituals to help control ... Lees meer

Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures X

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 23
• This volume incorporates all the articles and reviews published in volume 13 (2013) of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. It includes articles by Jerem... Lees meer

Divine and Human Hate in the Ancient Near East

Andrew J Riley

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 25
• Divine emotion is a ubiquitous feature of ancient Near Eastern documents. These texts regularly assign the same spectrum of feelings experienced by hu... Lees meer

"Not in the Spaces we Know"

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 24
• This volume explores themes at the intersection of the Bible and science fiction. In the genre of science fiction in film, books, comic books, or fan ... Lees meer

Cultic Spiritualization

Jamal-Dominique Hopkins

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 33
• Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls beginning in 1947, its material witness and evocative content have captured the religious imagination of s... Lees meer

Keter Shem Tov

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts
• This eclectic collection contains 16 articles on a variety of topics within Qumran Studies from a conference held in memory of the late Professor Alan... Lees meer

Biography of a Dream

Jonathan Redding

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 34
• The biblical apocalyptic books of Daniel and Revelation are, for better or worse, polarizing. Interpreters have long read and searched these books for... Lees meer

The Lord God of Gods

Silviu Bunta

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and Its Contexts | nr. 35
• The investigation of this book into early Jewish experiences of God begins with calls to discard any categorical and definitional approaches to the li... Lees meer