The Book of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus

Author: Rolf Rendtorff

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9789004126343

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This collection of essays examines Leviticus in its compositional and literary context, issues of cult and sacrifice in Leviticus, Leviticus on the priesthood, and Leviticus in translation and interpretation. The volume will serve biblical studies well long into the future.

The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges
The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges

Author: Robert H. O'Connell

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-09-03

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 9004275878

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This volume describes how the rhetorical devices used in Judges inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the deuteronomic agenda to rid the land of foreigners, to maintain inter-tribal loyalty to YHWH's cult, and to uphold social justice. Matters of rhetorical concern interpreted here include the superimposed cycle-motif and tribal-political schemata, concerns reflected in the plot-layers of each hero story, the force of narrative analogy for characterization, the strategy of entrapment which foreshadows portrayals of Saul and David in 1 Samuel, and the relation between Judges' implied situation of composition and its compiler's intention. In addition to offering new insights into the rhetorical strategy of the Judges compiler, this book illustrates a new method for understanding how plot-layered stories work.

Incense in Ancient Israel
Incense in Ancient Israel

Author: K. Nielsen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-09-03

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 9004275614

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Preliminary material /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter One: Ancient Egypt /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter Two: Arabia /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter Three: Syria-Mesopot Amia /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter One: Archaeology and Linguistics /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter Two: Incense in the Cult /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter Three: Incense in Secular Life /Kjeld Nielsen -- Chapter Four: Historical Conclusions /Kjeld Nielsen -- Notes to Part One: Incense in Ancient Israel's Neighbouring Countries /Kjeld Nielsen -- Notes to Part Two: Incense in Ancient Israel /Kjeld Nielsen -- Selected Bibliography /Kjeld Nielsen -- Index of Biblical Passages /Kjeld Nielsen -- Index of Authors /Kjeld Nielsen -- Index of Selected Names and Subjects /Kjeld Nielsen -- Index of Technical Terms, Vessels, Aromata /Kjeld Nielsen.

The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel

Author: John Joseph Collins

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780391041271

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International experts offer fresh insights into: (1) Review of Scholarship and Context; (2) Near Eastern Milieu; (3) Interpretation of Specific Passages; (4) Social Setting; (5) Literary Context, Including Qumran; (6) Reception in Judaism and Christianity; (7) Textual History; and (8) Theology of Daniel.

The Greek and Hebrew Bible
The Greek and Hebrew Bible

Author: Emanuel Tov

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-09-03

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13: 9004275975

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This volume contains thirty-eight studies devoted to the Septuagint written by an internationally recognised expert on that version and its relation the Hebrew Bible. The author's experience on these topics is based on more that three decades of work within the Hebrew University Bible Project, the Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies project, and annual courses on the Septuagint given at the Hebrew University. These studies, originally published between 1971 and 1997, deal with the following subjects: general topics, lexicography, translation technique and exegesis, the Septuagint and textual and literary criticism of the Hebrew Bible, and the revisions of the Septuagint. All the studies included in this monograph have been revised, expanded, or shortened, in some cases considerably, and they integrate studies which appeared subsequent to the original monographs.

The Origin of the Samaritans
The Origin of the Samaritans

Author: Magnar Kartveit

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009-10-31

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9047440544

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Many Bible readers will think that chapter 17 of the second book of Kings refers to the origin of the Samaritans. This understanding of the chapter has its earliest attestation in the works of Josephus. The present book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, makes an assessment of well known and new material, and ventures into some uncharted territory. It is suggested that the moment of birth of the Samaritans was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim. This happened in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e. in accordance with the original commandment of Moses in Deut 27:4.