
The Call of Abraham
Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson
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The Call of Abraham
Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson
About this book
The topic of the election of Israel is one of the most controversial and difficult subjects in the entire Bible. Modern readers wonder why God would favor one specific people and why Israel in particular was chosen. One of the most important and theologically incisive voices on this topic has been that of Jon D. Levenson. His careful, wide-ranging scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and its theological reuse in later Judaic and Christian sources has influenced a generation of Jewish and Christian thinkers.
This focused volume seeks to bring to a wide audience the ongoing rich theological dialogue on the election of Israel. Writing from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, the authorsāJews, Catholics, and Protestantsācontribute thought-provoking essays spanning fields including the Hebrew Bible, apocryphal and pseudepigraphic literature, New Testament, rabbinics, the history of Christian exegesis, and modern theology. The resulting book not only engages the lifelong work of Jon D. Levenson but also sheds new light on a topic of great import to Judaism and Christianity and to the ongoing dialogue between these faith traditions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I: The Hebrew Bible
- Part II: Reception of the Hebrew Bible
- Part III: Theological Essays
- Publications by Jon D. Levenson
- Doctoral Dissertations Supervised by Jon D. Levenson
- Contributors
- Index of Sources
- Index of Modern Authors