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The witness of tradition : papers read at the Joint British-Dutch Old Testament Conference held at Woudschoten, 1970

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Synchronic or diachronic? : a debate on method in Old Testament exegesis : papers read at the ninth Joint meeting of het Oudtestamentisch werkgezelschap in Nederland en België and the Society for Old Testament study held at Kampen, 1994
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ISSN: 01697226 ISBN: 9004103422 9004497927 9789004103429 9789004497924 Year: 1995 Volume: 34 Publisher: Leiden New York : E. J. Brill,

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In Old Testament exegesis a gap is widening between the adherents of the "diachronic", historical-critical approach and those who out of dissatisfaction with both the results and the methods of this "classical" approach opt for a wide variety of "synchronic" approaches. The Ninth Joint Meeting of the Dutch "Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap" and the British "Society for Old Testament Study", held at Kampen 28-31 August 1994, brought together partisans from both camps who engaged in a most interesting and fruitful debate on one of the major methodological issues confronting modern O.T. scholarship. This volume contains the papers read as well as some reports from the workshops. With indices of texts and subjects.

Intertextuality in Ugarit and Israel : papers read at the Tenth joint meeting of the Society for Old testament study and Het Oudtestamentisch werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, held at Oxford, 1997
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ISSN: 01697226 ISBN: 9004111549 9004493980 9789004111547 9789004493988 Year: 1998 Volume: 40 Publisher: Leiden Boston : E. J. Brill,

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In modern literary studies intertextuality is at the centre of interest. Although the relationship between texts has always been an important aspect of Old Testament studies, especially in literary criticism, the scale of comparison has broadened, including for example the interrelationships between the First, Second and Third Isaiah, or the whole Book of the Twelve. These relatively new approaches raise a number of methodical questions which were addressed at the Tenth Joint Meeting of the British Society for Old Testament Study and the Dutch 'Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap', held at Oxford, 22nd to 25th July 1997. Did the ancient authors have a well-defined concept of a book? How did they relate to the literary work of their predecessors and contemporaries? Can we trace the theological motifs behind their use of other literary compositions? What does an ancient version reveal about the way it interpreted its source text? One of the problems confronting biblical scholars in this kind of research is the lack of controllable models. Therefore it is useful to study the work of the Ugaritic chief priest Ilimilku whose three major literary compositions provide us with a unique possibility to monitor intertextual relationships in the work of one and the same ancient author. Ugaritic and other ancient Near Eastern parallels help us to understand how the Priestly writer re-interpreted the Yahwistic account of the creation of mankind. Apparently intertextuality in Israel is a phenomenon which cannot properly be understood without taking other literature from the ancient world into account.

Past, Present, Future : The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets
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ISBN: 9004118713 9004494235 9789004118713 9789004494237 Year: 2000 Volume: 44 Publisher: Leiden; Boston : BRILL,

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In the politico-religious history of the Deuteronomists, past, present and future mingle in an often inextricable way. Long obsolete traditions, which had been unacceptable to the Davidic dynasty, were rediscovered and adapted to the aims of the Deuteronomists. Personages of the past were condemned and blackened in the light of the new ideology, whereas others were glorified and embellished as heroes of faith because their ideas suited the historians. This inevitably raises the question whether the Bible can be trusted as a source book for writing a history of Israel. Apparently not, say scholars like T.L. Thompson, P.R. Davies and N.P. Lemche. In this volume a number of authors take up this challenge, stating that the radical rejection of the biblical testimony in favour of a history based mainly on archaeology is ill-advised. Several contributions to this volume draw instructive parallels between the process of re-writing the history of South Africa and the work of the Deuteronomists.

The elusive prophet : the Prophet as a historical person, literary character and anonymous artist : papers read at the eleventh joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, held at Soesterberg, 2000
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ISBN: 9004121609 9004496254 9789004121607 9789004496255 Year: 2001 Volume: 45 Publisher: Leiden Boston : E. J. Brill,

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The Israelite prophets as historical persons, as literary characters and as anonymous artists. Whereas modern methods of literary analysis have brought the artistic qualities of the books of the Prophets increasingly into focus during the past century, various modes of deconstruction have made the historical prophets themselves an ever more elusive phenomenon. Passages in the Old Testament describing their work and experiences are not read as biography anymore, but as literary fiction intended to picture the prophets as heroes of faith. The real 'prophets' were the anonymous artists who were responsible for the final editing of the legacy of the historical prophets and who often used the authority of their predecessors to promulgate their own theological views. This volume brings together studies about this theme by members of the British and Dutch societies for Old Testament study. Attempts to recover some of the biographical data and authentic experiences of the prophets alternate with penetrating analyses of the theological depth and stylistic virtuosity of the prophetic books.The volume will be particularly useful to all those interested in the interpretation of the prophetic books of the Old Testament.


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The Old Testament in its world : papers read at the winter meeting [of] the Society for Old Testament Study [in Birmingham, 6-8 January 2003] and the joint meeting [of] the Society for Old Testament Study and het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België [in Cambridge, 21-23 July 2003]

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