An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms
An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

Author: Harold Wayne Ballard

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780865546523

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The author’s discussion of Crow tribal history and his vivid descriptions of current reservation life show how the Apsáalooke are adapting to a changing world. By examining pivotal social and religious institutions, including the clan-uncle and clan-aunt relationships, the acquisition and use of medicine, and the Sun Dance, the author show how reciprocity and interdependence weave together Apsáalooke society and help individuals determine their place in clan, society, and cosmos.

Purity
Purity

Author: Andrew Brower Latz

Publisher: James Clarke & Company

Published: 2017-08-31

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0227906365

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In ancient societies and religion, the concept of purity was of central importance; in many modern societies it is either irrelevant or, when it is used, attached to extremely conservative agendas. This suggests an interesting story to be told within the history of ideas and, at the same time, raises questions about the place, meaning, and use of purity in religious traditions. What does purity mean in different scriptural contexts? Is it synonymous with holiness or different? How has it been used within various strands of theology? What should we make of it today? Have we moderns, by discarding purity as an organising social form, lost something essential or have we made a significant moral advance? Or both? This volume addresses these questions in essays on biblical genres, books and different theological traditions. Accessibly written and incisive in its scholarship, Purity will be of interest to both specialists and non-specialists alike.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Author: John J. Collins

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 1076

ISBN-13: 1451484364

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John J. Collins’ Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical textbooks at undergraduate and graduate levels alike, and for good reason. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. Collins proceeds through the canon of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, judiciously presenting the current state of historical, archaeological, and literary understanding of the biblical text, and engaging the student in questions of significance and interpretation for the contemporary world. The second edition has been revised where more recent scholarship indicates it, and is now presented in a refreshing new format.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Third Edition - The Writings
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Third Edition - The Writings

Author: John J. Collins

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1506446485

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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time. In order to enhance classroom use, Collins's major text has now been divided into four volumes, one for each major part of the Hebrew Bible. This volume focuses on the Writings. Here, Collins explores Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles, as well as the books of poetry and wisdom. Also included are sections on Hebrew short stories, Daniel, and a number of the books belonging to the Apocrypha. The volume also contains the introduction to Collins's major text and is now available with even more student-friendly features, including charts, maps, photographs, chapter summaries, and bibliographies for further reading. Collins presents the current state of historical, archaeological, and literary understandings of the biblical text and engages the student in questions of significance and interpretation for the contemporary world.

The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Author: Stephen B. Chapman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-12

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 0521883202

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This volume features an impressive array of leading biblical scholars and presents an illuminating and lively cross-section of this traditional field of study. Treating core topics and changing methodologies within twenty-three comprehensive chapters, this Companion provides an outstanding introduction to the historical origins and literary character of the canonical literature.

Incarnation
Incarnation

Author: Niels Henrick Gregersen

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1451469845

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This volume takes the reader on a journey from New Testament and early church views of incarnation to contemporary understandings of Christology. A prominent group of scholars explores and debates the idea of “deep incarnation”—the view that the divine incarnation in Jesus presupposes a radical embodiment that reaches into the roots of material and biological existence, as well as into the darker sides of creation. Such a wide-scope view of incarnation allows Christology to be meaningful when responding to the challenges of scientific cosmology and global religious pluralism.

Joshua to Kings
Joshua to Kings

Author: Mary E. Mills

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0567656489

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The Old Testament tells the story of a particular nation, ancient Israel, from its origins to its collapse in the face of foreign invaders. But what sort of story is this? How does it fit in with the findings of archaeological explorations of ancient Syro-Palestine? Joshua to Kings picks up the two aspects of the story told in the books from Joshua to 2 Kings, that of an actual historical society and that of a literary presentation of a nation, told from a religious perspective. By exploring the contents of these books the student is led into the use of basic tools for biblical study, such as historical criticism, narrative criticism and ideological criticism, in order to engage in a structured manner with the task of reading and interpreting biblical texts in the modern world. For this third edition the text has been revised and updated to take into account the changes and shifts in scholarship. Reading lists and bibliographies have been comprehensively revised.

The State of Old Testament Studies
The State of Old Testament Studies

Author: H. H. Hardy, II

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2024-11-05

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 1493447416

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This book surveys the current landscape of Old Testament studies, offering readers a concise guide to contemporary academic discussions. Bringing together a diverse group of experts, The State of Old Testament Studies provides an informed introduction to the many fields of Old Testament research by recognized scholars, presents basic questions in each subfield, surveys the primary methods of answering these questions, engages prominent solutions, and cites relevant and up-to-date resources. It is an extensive guide to current research and an ideal supplemental textbook for a variety of courses on the Old Testament.

After Wisdom
After Wisdom

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-12-12

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9004529012

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The nine essays in this volume, written by an international and interdisciplinary group of younger scholars, explore comparative dimensions of ancient Chinese and Greek literature, illuminating the development of myth, reason, wisdom literature, and scholarship during the first millennium BCE.

A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Author: John J. Collins

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1451472943

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"This book is an abridgment edition of Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with CD-ROM, published by Fortress Press in 2004"--Preface.