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Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: a volume of studies in honour of Bob Becking edited by Marjo C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London Bloomsbury T&T clark c2015Description: xl, 383 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780567663801 (hbk.)
  • 0567663809 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Open mindedness in the Bible and beyond
  • Openmindedness in the Bible and beyond
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 230.0411 23
LOC classification:
  • BT83.587 .O64 2015
Contents:
Open-mindedness for understanding the formation of the Pentateuch: the challenge of Exodus 19-20 / Rainer Albertz -- Empire! '...and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52.31-34: fact or fiction? / Hans M. Barstad -- Ben Sira and Song of songs: what about parallels and echoes? / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Open-mindedness and planning for the future of academic studies in ancient Israel history / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Isaiah 24-27: spacing a prophetic vision / Willem A. M. Beuken -- Einübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispiele für Zivilcourage in den Samuelbüchern / Walter Dietrich -- Swords or ploughshares?: the transition from the Late Bronze to the early Iron Age in northern Jordan / Meindert Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen -- Penetrating the legend: in quest of the historical Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe -- Joseph, the pastor and the conqueror of evil by using good: observations on Genesis 50.15-21 in Dutch children's and family Bibles / Cornelis Houtman -- The myth of the reborn nation / Izaak J. de Hulster -- Leading scholars and the interpretation of Scripture: the case of LXX Haggai 2.1-9 / Arie van der Kooij -- Memories of exile and return in the book of Ruth / Marjo C.A. Korpel -- The question of Job / Peter Machinist -- The open mind of the man born blind (John 9) / Maarten J.J. Menken -- Jerusalem: nightmare and daydream in Micah / Johannes C. de Moor -- Four notes on the ancient Near Eastern Marzeaḥ / Nadav Na'aman -- The abolition of the cult of the dead kings in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43.6-9) / Herbert Niehr -- A human and a deity with conflicting morals (Qohelet 2.26) / Paul Sanders -- A prophet contest: Jeremiah 28 reconsidered / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Comparing the book of Judges to Greek literature / Klaas Spronk -- Speaking of gods: dimensions of the divine in the ancient Near East / Karel van der Toorn -- Is the critical, academic study of the Bible inextricably bound to the destinies of theology? / Christoph Uehlinger -- Biblical studies and the art of civilization maintemance / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- A new divine title in Isaiah 10.17 / H.G.M. Williamson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-358) and indexes.

Open-mindedness for understanding the formation of the Pentateuch: the challenge of Exodus 19-20 / Rainer Albertz -- Empire! '...and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52.31-34: fact or fiction? / Hans M. Barstad -- Ben Sira and Song of songs: what about parallels and echoes? / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Open-mindedness and planning for the future of academic studies in ancient Israel history / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Isaiah 24-27: spacing a prophetic vision / Willem A. M. Beuken -- Einübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispiele für Zivilcourage in den Samuelbüchern / Walter Dietrich -- Swords or ploughshares?: the transition from the Late Bronze to the early Iron Age in northern Jordan / Meindert Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen -- Penetrating the legend: in quest of the historical Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe -- Joseph, the pastor and the conqueror of evil by using good: observations on Genesis 50.15-21 in Dutch children's and family Bibles / Cornelis Houtman -- The myth of the reborn nation / Izaak J. de Hulster -- Leading scholars and the interpretation of Scripture: the case of LXX Haggai 2.1-9 / Arie van der Kooij -- Memories of exile and return in the book of Ruth / Marjo C.A. Korpel -- The question of Job / Peter Machinist -- The open mind of the man born blind (John 9) / Maarten J.J. Menken -- Jerusalem: nightmare and daydream in Micah / Johannes C. de Moor -- Four notes on the ancient Near Eastern Marzeaḥ / Nadav Na'aman -- The abolition of the cult of the dead kings in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43.6-9) / Herbert Niehr -- A human and a deity with conflicting morals (Qohelet 2.26) / Paul Sanders -- A prophet contest: Jeremiah 28 reconsidered / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Comparing the book of Judges to Greek literature / Klaas Spronk -- Speaking of gods: dimensions of the divine in the ancient Near East / Karel van der Toorn -- Is the critical, academic study of the Bible inextricably bound to the destinies of theology? / Christoph Uehlinger -- Biblical studies and the art of civilization maintemance / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- A new divine title in Isaiah 10.17 / H.G.M. Williamson.

English; one contribution in German.

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