Sage, Priest, Prophet
Sage, Priest, Prophet

Author: Joseph Blenkinsopp

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780664226749

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Publisher description: Blenkinsopp investigates three forms of biblical Israel's religious leadership, and examines the development and character of these roles and how they functioned in their particular time and place. Based on sociological insights regarding role theory and audience expectations, the book demonstrates how Israel's prophets, priests, and sages represented their own traditions while responding to the political and professional pressures of their unique situations.

Leadership Roles of the Old Testament
Leadership Roles of the Old Testament

Author: Marty E. Stevens

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-05-18

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1621893073

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The Old Testament is an ancient collection of theological reflections of life with God that the church has claimed as authoritative Scripture. Whereas most introductory books march from Genesis to Malachi, this book engages four important leadership roles across the breadth of the Old Testament canon: king, prophet, priest, and sage. Despite the obvious differences between the societies of ancient Israel and modern America, lessons can be learned from our ancestors in the faith. This engaging volume is intended for people who want to know more about the Old Testament, whether in personal study, church groups, college classrooms, or seminary courses. The book may be used profitably in concert with Theological Themes of the Old Testament: Creation, Covenant, Cultus, and Character (Cascade Books, 2010).

Leadership Roles of the Old Testament
Leadership Roles of the Old Testament

Author: Marty E. Stevens

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-05-18

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1610974085

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The Old Testament is an ancient collection of theological reflections of life with God that the church has claimed as authoritative Scripture. Whereas most introductory books march from Genesis to Malachi, this book engages four important leadership roles across the breadth of the Old Testament canon: king, prophet, priest, and sage. Despite the obvious differences between the societies of ancient Israel and modern America, lessons can be learned from our ancestors in the faith. This engaging volume is intended for people who want to know more about the Old Testament, whether in personal study, church groups, college classrooms, or seminary courses. The book may be used profitably in concert with Theological Themes of the Old Testament: Creation, Covenant, Cultus, and Character (Cascade Books, 2010).

Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel
Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel

Author: Aaron Chalmers

Publisher: IVP Academic

Published: 2013-01-03

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9780830825455

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Aaron Chalmers gives students a unique introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel. The first part explores the major religious offices mentioned in the Old Testament, including prophets, priests, sages and kings. As well as considering what these key people said and did, the author traces the process through which one became recognized as a prophet, priest or sage, and where each of these offices were located in ancient Israel. The second part of the book focuses on the beliefs and practices of the common people--the group that made up the majority of ancient Israel s population.

Of Prophets' Visions and the Wisdom of Sages
Of Prophets' Visions and the Wisdom of Sages

Author: Heather A. McKay

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0567041026

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Old Testament prophecy and wisdom are two of the main themes with which Norman Whybray, formerly of the University of Hull, has concerned himself in his highly productive and innovative scholarly career. In honour of his seventieth birthday,a distinguished international group of scholars have expressed their personal and professional admiration for him with essays that Are particularly rich And significant. The roll-call of contributors reads: Brenner, Brueggemann, Cazelles, Clements, Clines, Coggins, Crenshaw, Eaton, Gelston, Gordon, Goulder, Grabbe, Jeppersen, Knibb, Mayes, Mettinger, Soggin and Williamson.

Christianity Without God
Christianity Without God

Author: Lloyd Geering

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2015-12-23

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 187724256X

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Does the failure of the conventional idea of God spell the end of the Christian tradition? Or does it simply mean the end of conventional Christian doctrine? Christianity without God affirms the latter, treating Christian culture as a living and evolving stream. In this cogently argued book, Lloyd Geering brings the resources of his deep scholarship to look at what the world really needs from contemporary religion. His inspiration is the cultivation of the wisdom of Christianity, not a dependence on beliefs about a supernatural saviour.

Prophets, Priests, and Promises
Prophets, Priests, and Promises

Author: Gary N. Knoppers

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-05-03

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 9004444890

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This volume presents collected essays of Gary N. Knoppers (1956–2018) on the historical books of the Hebrew Bible, among them seven thoroughly revised and eight newly published ones. An introduction by H.G.M. Williamson acknowledges their significance for Knoppers’ oeuvre.