Zephaniah's Oracles against the Nations
Zephaniah's Oracles against the Nations

Author: Ryou

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-08-30

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9004497838

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Zephaniah's Oracles against the Nations deals with exegetical methods as well as their application to the text. The first part of the book examines the Hebrew text from the viewpoint of synchrony, employing insights from modern linguistic and literary theory. Such important concepts as text-grammar, textual hierarchy, communicational and actantial analysis on the one hand, and prosodic hierarchy and Hebrew versification on the other, emerge from this discussion. The second part of the book discusses diachronical matters such as the redactional process, its theological and pastoral significance, and the hermeneutical implications of such diachronical study. Of special interest are the additional sections on the issues of the so-called woe-cry and oracles against the nations in the Old Testament. This timely study is particularly useful for those interested in the linguistic analysis and literary interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.

Zephaniah
Zephaniah

Author: Marvin Alan Sweeney

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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The Book of Zephaniah poses a full range of interpretive and hermenutical issues for the modern reader. Sweeney's keen reading of this small, prophetic book opens new doors for Hebrew Bible research. He situates the reading of Zephaniah in the early sixth century b.c.e. rather than the late seventh century b.c.e. Sweeney's interpretation pays close attention to the often subtle differences between the Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls, Peshitta, and targums. His methodology includes form criticism, tradition history, and social history. Key Features: Critical and historical commentary on this prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible Strong text-critical analysis Locates book in Israel's history and Ancient Near Eastern context

Zephaniah: An Earth Bible Commentary
Zephaniah: An Earth Bible Commentary

Author: Nicholas R. Werse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-10-17

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0567705560

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With astute attention to Zephaniah's intertextual relationships with other biblical texts, Nicholas R. Werse explores the implications of Zephaniah as a book in perpetual conversation with other biblical cosmologies and conceptions of the human place in relationship with creation. Werse guides readers to critically examine Zephaniah's ancient worldview and subsequent legacy in dialog with the world's modern ecological crises. Werse argues that Zephaniah begins and ends with the land. It begins with the removal of all life from the land and ends with a proclamation returning the exiles to their ancestral home. Along this journey, all three chapters of Zephaniah systematically reverse language and imagery from Gen 1-11 and draw deeply from the language of earlier prophets to depict the 6th century BCE destruction of Jerusalem as nothing short of the unravelling of creation. While remaining suspicious of Zephaniah's distinctively androcentric worldview, Werse traces Zephaniah's rhetorical journey from the deconstruction of creation and the nations, to its proclamations of hope for the future.

Literary Precursors to the Book of the Twelve
Literary Precursors to the Book of the Twelve

Author: James Nogalski

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9783110137026

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The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

The Symbolism of the Biblical World
The Symbolism of the Biblical World

Author: Othmar Keel

Publisher: Eisenbrauns

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9781575060149

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When Othmar Keel's book first appeared in Germany in 1972, it was a pioneering study, the first to compare systematically the conceptual world of a biblical book with that of ancient Near Eastern iconography. First translated into English in 1978, the book has proven its lasting value for exegesis of the Psalms, the comparative study of the Bible and its world, and the study of ancient Near Eastern art and iconography.

The Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper

Author: Keith A. Mathison

Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 9781642891355

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As Jesus was celebrating His final Passover meal, He made some bold statements. First, He took the bread and said, This is my body. Then He took the cup, saying, This is my blood. Next, He commanded the disciples to eat and drink in remembrance of Him. What did Jesus mean? Do the bread and wine literally become His body and blood? What happens when Christians take the Lord's Supper? In The Lord's Supper: Answers to Common Questions, Dr. Keith A. Mathison walks through these questions and several others to help us better understand this sacrament. Far from being an empty ritual, the Lord's Supper is a means of grace, a source of spiritual nourishment, and true communion with Christ and His church.

Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL)
Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL)

Author: J. J. M. Roberts

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1991-05-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1611645123

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This commentary builds on the work of previous scholarship and addresses contemporary issues. It gives serious attention to questions of textual criticism, philology, history, and Near Eastern backgrounds and is sensitive to the literary conventions characteristic of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. The book is an earnest attempt to hear the message of the ancient prophets, a message that remains relevant today. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Scribes and Scribalism
Scribes and Scribalism

Author: Mark Leuchter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-11-12

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0567696170

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This volume is a concentrated examination of the varied roles of scribes and scribal practices in ancient Israel and Judah, shedding light on the social world of the Hebrew Bible. Divided into discussion of three key aspects, the book begins by assessing praxis and materiality, looking at the tools and materials used by scribes, where they came from and how they worked in specific contexts. The contributors then move to observe the power and status of scribal cultures, and how scribes functioned within their broader social world. Finally, the volume offers perspectives that examine ideological issues at play in both antiquity and the modern context(s) of biblical scholarship. Taken together, these essays demonstrate that no text is produced in a void, and no writer functions without a network of resources.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Author: John J. Collins

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1451469233

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A title that proceeds through the canon of the Old Testament and the apocrypha, judiciously presenting the 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.