The Hebrew Bible Today
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The Hebrew Bible Today
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Author : Steven L. McKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 1998-01-01
The Hebrew Bible Today written by Steven L. McKenzie and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Religion categories.
Dealing with each section of the canon, this book explains standard questions, paying special attention to where scholars agree and where they don't.
The Hebrew Bible Today
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Author : Steven L. MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Hebrew Bible Today written by Steven L. MacKenzie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Bible categories.
The Bible Now
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Author : Richard Elliott Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01
The Bible Now written by Richard Elliott Friedman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with Religion categories.
For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us carefully what the Hebrew Bible says or does not say about a wide range of issues--including homosexuality, abortion, women's status, capital punishment, and the environment. In fascinating passages that shed new light on some of today's most passionate disputes, the authors reveal how the Bible is frequently misunderstood, misquoted, mistranslated, and misused. For instance, those who quote the Bible in condemning homosexuality often cite the story of Sodom, and those who favor homosexuality point to David's lament over the death of Jonathan. But as the authors show, neither passage is clearly about homosexuality, and these texts do not offer solid footing on which to make an argument. Readers learn that female homosexuality is not prohibited--only male homosexuality. And on the subject of abortion, the Bible is practically silent, with one extraordinary exception. The Bible has inspired people to do great good but has also been used by people to do great harm, so it is vitally important for us to pay attention to it--and to get it right. The Bible Now shows us how we can--and cannot--use this ancient source of wisdom to address our most current and pressing issues.
The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Frederick E. Greenspahn
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2008
The Hebrew Bible written by Frederick E. Greenspahn and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, “Doubting the Story of the Exodus.” It covered a sermon that had been delivered by the rabbi of a prominent local congregation over the holiday of Passover. In it, he said, “The truth is that virtually every modern archeologist who has investigated the story of the exodus, with very few exceptions, agrees that the way the Bible describes the exodus is not the way it happened, if it happened at all.” This seeming challenge to the biblical story captivated the local public. Yet as the rabbi himself acknowledged, his sermon contained nothing new. The theories that he described had been common knowledge among biblical scholars for over thirty years, though few people outside of the profession know their relevance. New understandings concerning the Bible have not filtered down beyond specialists in university settings. There is a need to communicate this research to a wider public of students and educated readers outside of the academy. This volume seeks to meet this need, with accessible and engaging chapters describing how archeology, theology, ancient studies, literary studies, feminist studies, and other disciplines now understand the Bible.
The Hebrew Bible For Beginners
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Author : Dr. Joel N. Lohr
language : en
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
The Hebrew Bible For Beginners written by Dr. Joel N. Lohr and has been published by Abingdon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Religion categories.
Jews call the Hebrew Scriptures the “Tanakh” and Christians call them the “Old Testament.” It doesn't take long to see that Jews and Christians view the same set of books differently and interpret these scriptures in unique and at times conflicting ways. The Hebrew Bible for Beginners introduces students to the tremendous influence the Hebrew Bible has had on western society for over two millennia and explores the complexities of reading ancient religious literature today. The book also addresses how certain modern critical approaches may initially be alarming, indeed even shocking, to those who have not been exposed to them, but it tackles the conversation in a respectful fashion. Avoiding jargon and convoluted prose, this highly accessible volume provides textboxes, charts, a timeline, a glossary, and regularly includes artistic renderings of biblical scenes to keep lay and beginning readers engaged.
Social Justice In The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Bruce V. Malchow
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 1996
Social Justice In The Hebrew Bible written by Bruce V. Malchow and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Religion categories.
Malchow demonstrates that Israel did not originate the concept of social justice. Rather, it drew its resources for overcoming injustice from Near Eastern thought on the subject. By combining its own ideas of social justice with those of its neighbors, Israel's people fought injustice with what was "new" and what was "old".
The Bible As Book
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Author : Edward D. Herbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Bible As Book written by Edward D. Herbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Bible categories.
This volume charts the extraordinary developments witnessed over the last 50 years of the 20th century, since the chance discovery in 1947 of biblical scrolls in a cave in the vicinity of the Dead Sea. This collection of article represents cutting-edge research by an international team of scholars. Together, they chart the findings and controversies sparked off by the discovery and publication of some 900 scrolls which have transformed our understanding of the state of the biblical text at the turn of the last millennium. With subjects encompassing rewritten scriptures, canonical development, and the ramifications of the Qumran discoveries for modern textual criticism and the Bible today, this volume should hold something for both scolar and layperson alike.
Old Testament Theology
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Author : R. W. L. Moberly
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2013-11-19
Old Testament Theology written by R. W. L. Moberly and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Religion categories.
A top Old Testament theologian known for his accessible and provocative writing probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource for Christian theology and life today. This volume offers a creative example of theological interpretation, modeling a way of doing Old Testament theology that takes seriously both the nature of the biblical text as ancient text and also the questions and difficulties that arise as believers read this text in a contemporary context. Walter Moberly offers an in-depth study of key Old Testament passages, highlighting enduring existential issues in the Hebrew Bible and discussing Jewish readings alongside Christian readings. The volume is representative of the content of Israel's Scripture rather than comprehensive, yet it discusses most of the major topics of Old Testament theology. Moberly demonstrates a Christian approach to reading and appropriating the Old Testament that holds together the priorities of both scholarship and faith.
The Origins Of The Canon Of The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-09-11
The Origins Of The Canon Of The Hebrew Bible written by Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Religion categories.
In Origins of the Canon, Ossandón offers an analysis of Josephus’ Against Apion and 4 Ezra—the two earliest testimonies of the number of books of the Hebrew Bible—and proposes factors to explain the birth of the canon.
The Return Of Oral Hermeneutics
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Author : Tom Steffen
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-05-01
The Return Of Oral Hermeneutics written by Tom Steffen and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with Religion categories.
Have Western exegetes turned an Eastern book into a Western one? Has our fondness for a fixed printed text capable of being analyzed with precision and exactitude blinded us to other hermeneutic possibilities? Does God require all people to be able to analyze grammar to interpret Scripture? Does God assume all people can interpret Scripture through oral means? The authors recognize the effects of centuries of literacy socialization that produced a blind spot in the Western Christian world--the neglect by most in the academies, agencies, and assemblies of the foundational and forceful role orality had on the biblical text and teaching. From the inspired spoken word of the prophets, including Jesus (pre-text), to the elite literate scribes who painstakingly hand-printed the sacred text, to post-text interpretation and teaching, the footprint of orality throughout the entire process is acutely visible to those having the oral-aural influenced eyes of the Mediterranean ancients. Could oral hermeneutics be the "mother of relational theology"?