Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture

Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture

Author: Andrew Colin Gow

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 900435574X

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This volume, the second such tribute, reflects to extraordinary qualities of Prof. Francis Landy as a colleague, mentor, teacher, and friend.


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Download or read book Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture written by Andrew Colin Gow and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, the second such tribute, reflects to extraordinary qualities of Prof. Francis Landy as a colleague, mentor, teacher, and friend.


A Transverse Dreamer

A Transverse Dreamer

Author: Bob Becking

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-07-24

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 3111208656

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The final text of the Book of Micah provokes a series of questions: - Can the Book be read as a coherent composition or is it the result of a complex redaction history? - Was Micah a prophet of doom whose literary heritage was later softened by the inclusion of oracles of salvation? The essays in this book center around these questions. Some of them are of a more general character, while others analyze specific passages. Some articles discuss the Book of Micah by looking at specific themes (prophecy; religious polemics; metaphors). The others are concerned with the proclamation of a peaceful future (Micah 4:1-5); the famous moral incentive in Micah 6:8 and the question of prophetic and divine gender in Micah 7:8-13. They have two features in common: - A thorough reading of the Hebrew text informed by grammar and syntax. - A comparative approach: the Book of Micah is seen as part of the ancient Near Eastern culture. All in all, the author defends the view that the Book of Micah contains three independent literary elements: Micah 1: a prophecy of doom; Micah 2-5 a two-sided futurology, and 6-8 a later appropriation of Micah’s message.


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Download or read book A Transverse Dreamer written by Bob Becking and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final text of the Book of Micah provokes a series of questions: - Can the Book be read as a coherent composition or is it the result of a complex redaction history? - Was Micah a prophet of doom whose literary heritage was later softened by the inclusion of oracles of salvation? The essays in this book center around these questions. Some of them are of a more general character, while others analyze specific passages. Some articles discuss the Book of Micah by looking at specific themes (prophecy; religious polemics; metaphors). The others are concerned with the proclamation of a peaceful future (Micah 4:1-5); the famous moral incentive in Micah 6:8 and the question of prophetic and divine gender in Micah 7:8-13. They have two features in common: - A thorough reading of the Hebrew text informed by grammar and syntax. - A comparative approach: the Book of Micah is seen as part of the ancient Near Eastern culture. All in all, the author defends the view that the Book of Micah contains three independent literary elements: Micah 1: a prophecy of doom; Micah 2-5 a two-sided futurology, and 6-8 a later appropriation of Micah’s message.


Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings

Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings

Author: Keith Bodner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0567680916

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This book is an examination of characters in the books of Kings; showing how understanding and interpretation of key characters affects readings of the story. The volume begins with more general pieces addressing how the study of characters can shed light on the composition history of Kings and on how characters and characterization can be considered with respect to ethics, particularly with respect to the moral complexity of biblical characters. Contributors then consider key characters within the Kings narrative in depth, such as Nathan, Bathsheba, Solomon and Jezebel. The contributors use their own specific expertise to analyze these characters and more, drawing on insights from literary theory and considering such approaches as questioning our view of a particular character with based on the character within the text with whom we identify. Contributors also assess whether or not characters as portrayed in the biblical text necessarily match up to their possible counterparts in history.


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Download or read book Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings written by Keith Bodner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of characters in the books of Kings; showing how understanding and interpretation of key characters affects readings of the story. The volume begins with more general pieces addressing how the study of characters can shed light on the composition history of Kings and on how characters and characterization can be considered with respect to ethics, particularly with respect to the moral complexity of biblical characters. Contributors then consider key characters within the Kings narrative in depth, such as Nathan, Bathsheba, Solomon and Jezebel. The contributors use their own specific expertise to analyze these characters and more, drawing on insights from literary theory and considering such approaches as questioning our view of a particular character with based on the character within the text with whom we identify. Contributors also assess whether or not characters as portrayed in the biblical text necessarily match up to their possible counterparts in history.


The Exegetical and the Ethical

The Exegetical and the Ethical

Author: Hywel Clifford

Publisher: Biblical Interpretation

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9789004505483

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"Exegesis has ethical dimensions. This is the case for the Bible, which has a foundational status in traditional perspectives that is simultaneously contested in the modern world. This innovative essay collection, largely about Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, is written by an international team - all Doktorkinder of a pioneer in this area, Professor John Barton, whose 70th birthday this volume celebrates. With interdisciplinary angles, the essays highlight the roles and responsibilities of the biblical scholar, often located professionally between religious and secular domains. This reflects a broader reality: all readers of texts are engaged ethically in the public square of ideas. Contributors are Alma Brodersen, S. Min Chun, Katharine Dell, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Christian Hofreiter, Andrew P. Langley, Aulikki Nahkola, James E. Patrick, Laura Quick, Benjamin Sargent, and Kris Sonek"--


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Download or read book The Exegetical and the Ethical written by Hywel Clifford and published by Biblical Interpretation. This book was released on 2022 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exegesis has ethical dimensions. This is the case for the Bible, which has a foundational status in traditional perspectives that is simultaneously contested in the modern world. This innovative essay collection, largely about Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, is written by an international team - all Doktorkinder of a pioneer in this area, Professor John Barton, whose 70th birthday this volume celebrates. With interdisciplinary angles, the essays highlight the roles and responsibilities of the biblical scholar, often located professionally between religious and secular domains. This reflects a broader reality: all readers of texts are engaged ethically in the public square of ideas. Contributors are Alma Brodersen, S. Min Chun, Katharine Dell, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Christian Hofreiter, Andrew P. Langley, Aulikki Nahkola, James E. Patrick, Laura Quick, Benjamin Sargent, and Kris Sonek"--


"Who Knows What We'd Make of It, If We Ever Got Our Hands on It?" (paperback)

Author: Rhiannon Graybill

Publisher: Gorgias Press

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9781463242589

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"In the nightstands of hotel rooms, kept under lock and key, in the poetry of a pre-apocalyptic environmental cult, and quoted by children, atheists, and murderers alike-the Bible is omnipresent in the work of Margaret Atwood. This volume, the first of its kind, assembles cutting-edge literary and critical readings of Atwood and the Bible. The essays span the breadth of Atwood’s work including The handmaid’s tale, Alias Grace, the MaddAddam trilogy (Oryx and Crake, The year of the flood, and Madd-Addam), poetry, essays and more. Taking as a model Atwood’s own playful dialogues with the Bible, the contributors employ a variety of theoretical approaches (feminist, deconstructionist, animal theory, affect theory, and so on) to explore both the ancient and modern corpus of texts in dialogue with each other. In The handmaid’s tale, the Bible is famously used as a text that structures an entire society - though for precisely this reason it is a dangerous text that must be controlled by the elite, kept out of the hands of those who may turn it into an “incendiary device.” This volume exlores what happens when Atwood, and we as readers, take the Bible into our own hands. "Who Knows What We'd Make of It, If We Ever Got Our Hands on It?" assembles cutting edge literary and critical readings of Margaret Atwood and the Bible"--


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Download or read book "Who Knows What We'd Make of It, If We Ever Got Our Hands on It?" (paperback) written by Rhiannon Graybill and published by Gorgias Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the nightstands of hotel rooms, kept under lock and key, in the poetry of a pre-apocalyptic environmental cult, and quoted by children, atheists, and murderers alike-the Bible is omnipresent in the work of Margaret Atwood. This volume, the first of its kind, assembles cutting-edge literary and critical readings of Atwood and the Bible. The essays span the breadth of Atwood’s work including The handmaid’s tale, Alias Grace, the MaddAddam trilogy (Oryx and Crake, The year of the flood, and Madd-Addam), poetry, essays and more. Taking as a model Atwood’s own playful dialogues with the Bible, the contributors employ a variety of theoretical approaches (feminist, deconstructionist, animal theory, affect theory, and so on) to explore both the ancient and modern corpus of texts in dialogue with each other. In The handmaid’s tale, the Bible is famously used as a text that structures an entire society - though for precisely this reason it is a dangerous text that must be controlled by the elite, kept out of the hands of those who may turn it into an “incendiary device.” This volume exlores what happens when Atwood, and we as readers, take the Bible into our own hands. "Who Knows What We'd Make of It, If We Ever Got Our Hands on It?" assembles cutting edge literary and critical readings of Margaret Atwood and the Bible"--


Insecurity of Freedom

Insecurity of Freedom

Author: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0374506086

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The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.


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Download or read book Insecurity of Freedom written by Abraham Joshua Heschel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1966 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.


Bible and Theory

Bible and Theory

Author: K. Jason Coker

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2020-11-13

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1978708238

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Inspired by and engaging with the provocative and prolific work of Stephen D. Moore, Bible and Theory showcases some of the most current thinking emerging at the intersections of critical methods with biblical texts. The result is a plurality of readings that deconstruct customary disciplinary boundaries. These chapters, written by a wide range of biblical scholars, collectively argue by demonstration for the necessity and benefits of biblical criticism inflected with queer theory, literary criticism, postmodernism, cultural studies, and more. Bible and Theory: Essays in Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Stephen D. Moore invites the reader to rethink what constitutes the Bible and to reconsider what we are doing when we read and interpret it.


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Download or read book Bible and Theory written by K. Jason Coker and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by and engaging with the provocative and prolific work of Stephen D. Moore, Bible and Theory showcases some of the most current thinking emerging at the intersections of critical methods with biblical texts. The result is a plurality of readings that deconstruct customary disciplinary boundaries. These chapters, written by a wide range of biblical scholars, collectively argue by demonstration for the necessity and benefits of biblical criticism inflected with queer theory, literary criticism, postmodernism, cultural studies, and more. Bible and Theory: Essays in Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Stephen D. Moore invites the reader to rethink what constitutes the Bible and to reconsider what we are doing when we read and interpret it.


The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600

The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600

Author: Andrew Colin Gow

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 900447806X

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This book is the history of an imaginary people — the Red Jews — in vernacular sources from medieval and early modern Germany. From the twelfth to the seventeenth century, German-language texts repeated and embroidered on an antisemitic tale concerning an epochal threat to Christianity, the Red Jews. This term, which expresses a medieval conflation of three separate traditions (the biblical destroyers Gog and Magog, the 'unclean peoples' enclosed by Alexander, and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel), is a hostile designation of wickedness. The Red Jews played a major role in late medieval popular exegesis and literature, and appeared in a hitherto-unnoticed series of sixteenth-century pamphlets, in which they functioned as the medieval 'spectacles' through which contemporaries viewed such events as Turkish advances in the Near and Middle East. The Red Jews disappear from the sources after 1600, and consequently never found their way into historical scholarship.


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Download or read book The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600 written by Andrew Colin Gow and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the history of an imaginary people — the Red Jews — in vernacular sources from medieval and early modern Germany. From the twelfth to the seventeenth century, German-language texts repeated and embroidered on an antisemitic tale concerning an epochal threat to Christianity, the Red Jews. This term, which expresses a medieval conflation of three separate traditions (the biblical destroyers Gog and Magog, the 'unclean peoples' enclosed by Alexander, and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel), is a hostile designation of wickedness. The Red Jews played a major role in late medieval popular exegesis and literature, and appeared in a hitherto-unnoticed series of sixteenth-century pamphlets, in which they functioned as the medieval 'spectacles' through which contemporaries viewed such events as Turkish advances in the Near and Middle East. The Red Jews disappear from the sources after 1600, and consequently never found their way into historical scholarship.


Henry's Freedom Box

Henry's Freedom Box

Author: Ellen Levine

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-03-29

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1338082655

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A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.


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Download or read book Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.


Cloudette

Cloudette

Author: Tom Lichtenheld

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 1627795014

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Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.


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Download or read book Cloudette written by Tom Lichtenheld and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.