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The Elusive Prophet
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ISBN: 9004121609 9004496254 9789004121607 9789004496255 Year: 2001 Volume: 45 Publisher: Leiden;Boston 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 witness of tradition : papers read at the Joint British-Dutch Old Testament Conference held at Woudschoten, 1970

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Psalms and prayers : papers read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentische Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie, Apeldoorn August 2006
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ISBN: 1281921769 9786611921767 9047422589 9789047422587 9781281921765 6611921761 9789004160323 9004160329 Year: 2007 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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The essays in this volume focus on the interpretation of the Book of Psalms and comparable texts in the Hebrew Bible. A variety of methods is applied to the ancient texts. Some essays concentrate on composition and structure, others on redaction and context. It is of great interest to see that each approach has its strength and its limits: stressing the importance to read the Psalms with a multi-dimensional matrix of methods. By viewing the Psalms as prayers, and thus as expressions of both faith and despair, a perspective on the contents of the ancient hymns and their functions in daily life has been opened. This volume contains various incentives for future research.

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.

Psalms and prayers : papers read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and het Oudtestamentische Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Apeldoorn August 2006


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Between evidence and ideology : essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lincoln, July 2009


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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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Between evidence and ideology : essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lincoln, July 2009
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ISBN: 1283119722 9786613119728 9004203222 9789004203228 9789004187375 9004187375 9781283119726 6613119725 Year: 2011 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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The historiography of Ancient Israel is much debated. The various approaches are never void of ideology and some reckon more with the available evidence than others. This volume consists of a set of case-studies that reveal the difficulties that arise when trying to write a history as honestly as possible. This implies that both the archaeology of Ancient Palestine - the finds and their interrogation - as well as the Philosophy of History - their models and their implications - are discussed. The outcome is a variety of approaches that inform the reader of current views on the history of Ancient Israel.

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