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Books > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament
A political crisis erupts when the Persian government falls to
fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her
people at all costs. God and Politics in Esther explores politics
and faith. It is about an era in which the prophets have been
silenced and miracles have ceased, and Jewish politics has come to
depend not on commands from on high, but on the boldness and belief
of each woman and man. Esther takes radical action to win friends
and allies, reverse terrifying decrees, and bring God's justice
into the world with her own hands. Hazony's The Dawn has long been
a cult classic, read at Purim each year the world over. Twenty
years on, this revised edition brings the book to much wider
attention. Three controversial new chapters address the
astonishingly radical theology that emerges from amid the political
intrigues of the book.
The trauma of the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, the
exile of thousands of Judea's citizens, and the subsequent return
after seventy years to the homeland with the difficult task of
starting the new covenant community virtually from scratch- all
contributed to a reassessment of Israel's meaning and destiny. The
chronicler-theologian thus composed his work not just as a history
of his people from their ancient beginnings but as an interpreted
history, one designed to offer hope to the beleaguered community as
well as to issue warnings that should they fall back into the ways
of their fathers they could expect the judgment of God to be
repeated. Eugene Merrill's work on 1 and 2 Chronicles promises to
be a significant contribution to the academic dialogue on these
important books. This volume is helpful for the scholar but
accessible and useful for the pastor. Merrill provides an
exegetical study of each passage in these books, examining a number
of themes, especially drawing out three principal theological
subjects: (1) David and his historical and eschatological reign;
(2) the renewal of the everlasting covenant; and (3) the new temple
as a symbol of a reconstituted people. Merrill offers astute
guidance to preachers and teachers in his insightful doctrinal
commentary on the text.
"Goodness like a fetter." The hymn "Come Thou Fount" reminds us
that God's laws were created to draw us closer to him. But reading
the law is intimidating. Deuteronomy is a long and ancient book
full of speeches and laws for a wandering people on the cusp of
entering a land filled with hostile nations. What could Deuteronomy
have to say for modern readers who face vastly different issues?
Invited to Know God shows that Deuteronomy is simply about knowing
God. The book is a divine portal, drawing people into the ancient
presence of God. To understand God better, we need to understand
Deuteronomy better. Rather than being a dusty book of ancient laws,
Deuteronomy calls those who love God to know Him better, choose the
path to life, and flourish under His loving wisdom and guidance.
God's laws bind our wandering hearts to him.
Oracles of God is a study of ideas about ancient prophecy current
in Judaism and Christianity from the Exile to the end of the New
Testament period. It examines the prophetic section of the Old
Testament canon in both Hebrew and Greek traditions, the various
pictures of prophets, their role and message, and looks at the
various ways in which prophetic scripture were read in the period.
Source material discussed includes much apocryphal and
pseudepigraphical writing, documents from Qumran, the works of
Philo and Josephus, the New Testament and some rabbinic literature.
The book is essential reading for all students of Old and New
Testament ideas about prophecy.
Jewish culture places a great deal of emphasis on texts and their
means of transmission. At various points in Jewish history, the
primary mode of transmission has changed in response to political,
geographical, technological, and cultural shifts. Contemporary
textual transmission in Jewish culture has been influenced by
secularization, the return to Hebrew and the emergence of modern
Yiddish, and the new centers of Jewish life in the United States
and in Israel, as well as by advancements in print technology and
the invention of the Internet. Volume XXXI of Studies in
Contemporary Jewry deals with various aspects of textual
transmission in Jewish culture in the last two centuries. Essays in
this volume examine old and new kinds of media and their meanings;
new modes of transmission in fields such as Jewish music; and the
struggle to continue transmitting texts under difficult political
circumstances. Two essays analyze textual transmission in the works
of giants of modern Jewish literature: S.Y. Agnon, in Hebrew, and
Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Yiddish. Other essays discuss paratexts
in the East, print cultures in the West, and the organization of
knowledge in libraries and encyclopedias.
The unique richness of the book of Job cannot be simply
explained-it must be experienced. While Job presents challenges for
scholars, ministry leaders, and laypeople, it also contains
powerful lessons on faith and perseverance in the face of suffering
that we all need to hear. In Wrestling with Job, Bill Kynes, a
lifelong pastor, and his son Will Kynes, a Job scholar, guide
readers on a journey through this complex text. Each chapter
combines exposition, spiritual application, and a deeper look at
some of the thornier aspects of the text. Complete with reflection
questions for groups or individuals, this book equips anyone
wondering how the lessons of Job apply to their own lives to
consider how they too might practice defiant faith.
This book addresses intertextual connections between Lamentations
and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts
throughout history. Sources examined range from the Dead Sea
Scrolls to modern Shoah literature, allowing the volume's impact to
reach beyond Lamentations to each of the 'intertexts' the chapters
address. By bringing together scholars with expertise on this
diverse array of texts, the volume offers a wide range of
exegetical insight. It also enables the reader to appreciate the
varying intertextual approaches currently employed in Biblical
Studies, ranging from abstract theory to rigid method. By applying
these to a focused analysis of Lamentations, this book will
facilitate greater insight on both Lamentations and current
methodological research.
Volume three 'Companion to Textual Criticism' addresses the history
of research of textual criticism from antiquity until today;
history of research and editorial history, papyrology, codicology,
and paleography, the third volume of THB will therefore engage also
extensively with the sciences, hermeneutics, philosophy and
translation technique. Table of contents of THB 3: Volume 3A The
History of Research by Armin Lange and Russell E. Fuller: surveys
the history of research on the textual criticism and textual
history of the Hebrew Bible and its versions in both Judaism and
Christianity from its ancient beginnings until today for all of its
important versions. Volume 3B Modern Editions of the Text of the
Bible in Hebrew and the Ancient Versions by Richard D. Weis (d.
2020) Volume 3C Theory and Practice of Textual Criticism by Mika
Pajunen Volume 3D Science and Technology by Marilyn Lundberg
THB 3D brings together for the first time information on the
science and technologies that increasingly impact and influence not
only the decipherment, study, and conservation of ancient
manuscripts of all types, but also the textual criticism of
biblical texts itself. It discusses issues of manuscript
conservation, analytical tools, and (virtual) manuscript
enhancement as well as electronic databases of biblical texts or
digital online repositories of biblical manuscripts and much, much
more.
Dale Ralph Davis plunges right into the middle of King David's hard
times with a study that is resonant for our lives. King David's
faith brought him through the muddy parts of life. Will we find
that depression is our final response to a hard path? Will faith
carry us across? Find the encouragement that Psalms 13-24 hold for
the Scripture-filled life.
HACIA UNA TEOLOGIA DEL ANTIGUO TESTAMENTO En los estudios del
Antiguo Testamento, ningun aspecto tiene tantas demandas como la
teologia. Al reconocer la mayor crisis en teologia biblica, la
incapacidad de reafirmar y aplicar la autoridad de la Biblia,
Walter Kaiser ofrece la solucion a los asuntos sin resolver
referentes a la importancia de su definicion y metodologia. Una
buena comprension de la teologia biblica, explica el autor, >.
En la primera parte de su libro, el Dr. Kaiser discute la
dificultad inherente al determinar la verdadera naturaleza, metodo,
alcance y motivacion para la teologia del Antiguo Testamento. En la
segunda, aplica su solucion en forma clara y metodica al discutir
en forma cronologica los periodos del Antiguo Testamento, desde el
Prepatriarcal (Prolegomenos a la Promesa) hasta el Postexilico
(Triunfo de la Promesa)."
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