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The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created: - The first major
Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years - 6 volumes
of approximately 1,200 pages each - More than 6,000 entries - More
than 7,000,000 words - Nearly 1,000 contributors -all the biggest
names from around the world - Multicultural and interdisciplinary
in scope - An unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible -
Illustrated throughout with easy-to-find references - Endpaper maps
of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of
archaeological and biblical sites - Extensively cross-referenced
for comprehensive coverage of topics - Easy-to-read article and
chapter headings for speedy location of material - Full
bibliographic references following all major entries Inside you'll
find: - Exciting articles on pseudepigraphic and apocryphal texts,
Nag Hammadi tractates, and individual dead Sea Scrolls-including
the very latest on the most recently published sectarian Dead Sea
Scrolls - "Minor entries" on personal and place-names that go well
beyond the one- or two-sentence descriptions found in other Bible
dictionaries - Outstanding summaries of the latest research on the
historical Jesus - Fascinating new articles discussing the growing
reappraisal of early Christianity's relationship with Judaism (was
Christianity an "offspring" or "sibling" of rabbinic Judaism?) -
Many articles illustrating the literary artistry of the biblical
text - Intriguing discussions of everyday life in Bible
lands-including articles that help us to understand health and
disease, the role of animals and plants in the ancient ecosystem,
and the demographics of human settlement in ancient Palestine - A
richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical
studies Edited by David Noel Freedman Editorial Consultants: Hans
Dieter Betz-Greco-Roman Religin James H. Charlesworth-Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha Frank More Cross-Old Testament William G.
Dever-Archaeology A. Kirk Grayson-Mesopotamia and Assyriology Peter
Machinist-Bible and Ancient Near East Abraham J. Malherbe-New
Testament Birger A. Pearson-Early Christianity Jack M.
Sassoon-Bible and Ancient Near East William R. Schoedel-Early
Christian Literature
You know the Scrolls are important . . . but you don't really know
why. Sure, there are plenty of scholarly volumes on the Dead Sea
Scrolls, full of indexes, footnotes, and jargon for those in the
know. But what if you're not a specialist? What if you just want a
basic understanding of what the Dead Sea Scrolls are, where they
came from, and why they're so important? That's where this little
book comes in. David Noel Freedman and Pam Fox Kuhlken here offer
an informed, inside look at these significant ancient texts. Full
of humor and behind-the-scenes glimpses into research on the
Scrolls, What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter? is a
fascinating, accessible guidebook -- perfect for any reader seeking
a brief, quality introduction to this inscrutable subject. Answers
a gamut of questions from the general to the paranoid to the
somewhat cynical -- for example: What are the Dead Sea Scrolls all
about?Who wrote them, why, and in what languages? Have the Scrolls
changed our understanding of any passages in the Bible? Who's
hiding stolen fragments?Do the Scrolls tell us when the world will
end?How has technology improved our ability to study the
Scrolls?How much would a Scroll fragment sell for on eBay today?
A fascinating look at the founders of the world's main religions.
The major religious traditions of the world owe their existence to
the vision of an ancient founder. This important volume explores
the lives of the five founders of major world religions-Moses,
Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad-chronicling what is actually
known of these charismatic men and introducing readers to the
cultural and religious worlds that heard their messages. Readers in
predominantly Christian lands, in addition to learning about the
lives of Confucius, Buddha, and Muhammad- whom they might not be
familiar with- will also be introduced to modern research now
casting fresh light on the careers of Moses and Jesus. Whether
studied individually or in comparison with one another, these
biographies, together with a chapter on the characteristics of
religious leadership, chart the spiritual rivers that continue to
feed the diversity of religious expression today.
Ancient Yahwistic Poetry is a particularly tempting field of study.
In this small body of literature are preserved the oldest and most
creative expressions of Israel's faith. this study of ancient
Yahwistic poetry by Frank Moore Cross Jr. and David Noel Freedman
untangles some of the serious textual difficulties and linguistic
obscurities that have been a challenge to students of the Hebrew
Bible for many generations.
From the Preface: “The alphabetic acrostic is one of the most
easily identifiable poetic forms in the Hebrew Bible. Examples can
be found in prophetic discourse (Nahum), the lament over the
destruction of Jerusalem (Lamentations), liturgical song (Psalms),
and wisdom literature (Proverbs). Yet its very obviousness has
tended to deflect deeper exploration of its structure and purpose.
Since Mowinckel denigrated the acrostics in the Psalms as a
“disintegration of style,’ too often scholars have simply noted
and then ignored the form. “There is no a priori reason that
alphabetic acrostics should be less creative, expressive, or
complex than other psalms. Thus the essays collected here
investigate the acrostic format as a legitimate option for
Israelite poets rather than as the refuge of uninspired
epigones....The fruit of over twenty years’ close reading of
these psalms, the following essays reveal the poets’ consummate
mastery of the demanding acrostic form and deserve incorporation in
future discussions of biblical poetic art.
The first in a series of volumes coming out of programs at the
Department of Biblical and Judaic Studies at the University of
California, San Diego, this book contains a number of essays
originally presented at the Fourth Conversation in Biblical Studies
held at UCSD, as well as pieces by each of the editors. Future
volumes in the series will include both monographs and, like this
one, collected essays.
A collection of 18 of the more important shorter essays on Hebrew
poetry by one of the most prolific writers on early Hebrew poetry.
These articles appeared originally in journals and festschriften,
for the most part during the 1970s.
Here in one volume are two of Birger Gerhardsson's much-debated
works on the transmission of tradition in Rabbinic Judaism and
early Christianity. In Memory and Manuscript (1961), Gerhardsson
explores the way in which Jewish rabbis during the first Christian
centuries preserved and passed on their sacred tradition, and he
shows how early Christianity is better understood in light of how
that tradition developed in Rabbinic Judaism. In Tradition and
Transmission in Early Christianity (1964), Gerhardsson further
clarifies the discussion and answers criticism of his earlier book.
This Biblical Resource Series combined edition corrects and expands
Gerhardsson's original works and includes a new preface by the
author and a lengthy new foreword by Jacob Neusner that summarizes
these works' importance and subsequent influence.
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Hosea (Paperback)
Francis I. Andersen, David Noel Freedman
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R2,106
Discovery Miles 21 060
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Hosea, volume 24 in the Anchor Bible series of new, book-by-book
translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha is a
collaboration by world-renowned scholars Francis I. Andersen and
David Noel Freedman. The authors' treatment of Hosea consists of:
Introduction: A review and rethinking of Hosea research that offers
a fascinating interpretation of the prophet's life and work.
Translation: Based on one of the oldest of prophetic writings, this
new translation of Hosea is unique insofar as the literary
integrity of the text is scrupulously adhered to. Notes: For both
scholar and general reader there is cultural and linguistic
information which sets each passage within the sociohistoric
context of eighth century B.C.E. Hebrew vocabulary, syntax, and
poetic language are examined in an effort to confront one of the
most obscure sections of biblical literature. Illustrations: Eight
pages of photographs will take the reader through the ancient days
of the Middle Bronze Age into the wonders of the Iron Age in which
Hosea lived.
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