| Description |
ix, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-191). |
| Contents |
Why read the Old Testament? -- "Not a dot, nor a tittle shall pass" : the text of the Old Testament -- A book as library : the Old Testament canon -- The Old Testament as Holy Scripture passed down by postexilic Judaism -- The remnants of ancient Israelite literature -- The great redactions of the sixth century BCE -- The beginnings of Old Testament theology : the book of Jeremiah -- The theological significance of the law -- The struggle for precedence between the theologians from the exile and the Jerusalem Temple School : the book of Ezekiel -- The temple as the center of the Jewish Diaspora : the priestly source -- Fixing the Torah : the Pentateuch redaction -- The modification of kingship theology : Second Isaiah -- Prophetic eschatology : the book of Isaiah -- The conflict with the proto-Samaritan community : the book of Hosea -- Judaism on the threshold of the Hellenistic age : the Chronicler's history -- Sects and groups within Hellenistic Judaism -- Didactic stories -- On the fringe of the canon -- The Maccabean period and the rise of apocalyptic : the book of Daniel -- The close of the canon -- The Old Testament : an open book. |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Commentaries.
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| Added Title |
Alte Testament. English.
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| ISBN |
0691113947 cloth alkaline paper |
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