God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1
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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1

About this book

This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John DeVries, noted Old Testament Scholar. Volume one offers a series of essays on issues in Hebrew bible studies. The topics addressed include the nature of Yahweh as God of Israel, a reexamination of the Exodus tradition, the Priestly code and practices, prophets and revelation, biblical poetry, issues in biblical linguistics, dramatic narrative in Hebrew Bible tradition and Yahweh's deliverance as redemption in Israel.

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Yes, you can access God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1 by Deborah L. Ellens, J. Harold Ellens, Isaac Kalimi, Rolf Knierim in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Biblical Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9781441177247
eBook ISBN
9780826444264
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Abbreviations
  4. List of Contributors
  5. Introduction: Biblical Theology and Text-Critical Studies
  6. The Characterization of YHWH, the God of Israel, in Exodus 1–15
  7. Two Reflections on the Greek Exodus
  8. The Image of the Hand of God in the Book of Exodus
  9. Numbers 5.11-31: Valuing Male Suspicion
  10. The Former Prophets and Deuteronomy—A Re-Examination
  11. On the Study of Pentateuchal Poetry
  12. Hendiadys as an Agent of Rhetorical Enrichment in Biblical Poetry, With Special Reference to Prophetic Discourse
  13. Two Studies in Isaiah
  14. The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1-43) in Isaiah 40–55
  15. John Calvin's Contribution to an Understanding of the Book of Isaiah
  16. Guess Who is Coming to Dinner! Jeremiah 29.1-9 as an Invitation to Radical Social Change
  17. The Interface between Prophecy as Narrative and Prophecy as Proclamation
  18. Balak: The Forgotten Character in Numbers 22–24
  19. 'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown' (Jonah 3.4): Two Readings (shtei krie'ot) of the Book of Jonah
  20. Jerusalem as the Fallen Booth of David in Amos 9.11
  21. 'Old What's-His-Name': Why the King in 1 Kings 22 Has No Name
  22. The Portrayal of YHWH'S Deliverance in Micah 2.12-13 Reconsidered
  23. Romancing the Widow: The Economic Distinctions between the 'almānâ, the 'iššâ-'almānâ and the 'ēšet-hammēt
  24. The Date of the Book of Chronicles
  25. The Work of Simon John De Vries
  26. Index of References
  27. Index of Authors