God's Word for Our World, Vol. 2
God's Word for Our World, Vol. 2
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Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780826469755
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 22/06/2004
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John DeVries, noted Old Testament Scholar. Volume two encompasses the worldviews of the Bible for Jews and Christians, the Holiness of God, Psalms in LXX, similarities in ancient Near Eastern narrative and Hebrew Bible, the Bible in the cultural settings of ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Oriental theologies, and contemporary cultural imperatives, and the function of biblical metaphors.
Rolf P. Knierim: Foreword; List of Contributors; J. Harold Ellens: Introduction; Rolf P. Knierim: On Worldviews in the Bible of the Christians; Thomas B. Dozeman: The Holiness of God in Contemporary Jewish and Christian Biblical Theology; Bill T. Arnold and David B. Weisberg: Delitzsch in Context; Albert Pietersma: A Proposed Commentary on Septuagint Psalm 2; Isaac Kalimi: Midrash Psalms Shocher-Tov: Theological Aspects and Case Studies; Edmund S. Meltzer: Sinuhe, Jonah, and Joseph: Ancient "Far Travelers" and the Power of God; Moshe Aberbach: Prophets and Prophecy in Targum Jonathan to the Prophets; Ran Zadok: Israelites, Judeans, and Iranians in Mesopotamia and Adjacent Regions; Joshua Schwartz: Jew and Non-Jew in the Roman Period in Light of Their Play, Games, and Leisure-Time Activities; Dean Phillip Bell: Jewish and Christian Historiography in the Sixteenth Century: A Comparison of Sebastian Muenster and David Gans; Wonil Kim: Minjung Theology's Biblical Hermeneutics: An Examination of Minjung Theology's Appropriation of the Exodus Account; Rolf P. Knierim: Revisiting Aspects of Bultmann's Legacy; Robert C. Tannehill: Repentance in the Context of Lukan Soteriology; Rolf P. Knierim: On Punishment in the Hebrew Bible; J. Harold Ellens: Biblical Metaphors as Psychological Agents for the Legitimization of Violence in Society; Rolf P. Knierim: Capital Punishment in the Light of Biblical Interpretation; Samuel Terrien: Renaissance Artists and Biblical Exegetes; Simon John DeVries: Comprehensive Bibliography of Publications by Simon John DeVries; References; Index
Review ~ International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05 "These two volumes are a monumental work published on the occasion of De Vries' eighty-second birthday. These books will serve as reference for scholars and for the serious student. They should be in seminary or university libraries." - The Bible Today, Nov/Dec 2005 * Bible Today, The *
