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• What is the Old Testament?-- what does it mean?-- did it all happen?-- what does archaeology contribute?-- what kind of society was Israel?-- what is man?-- the Old Testament as liberation?-- what kind of literature?-- what kind of religion?-- is a theology possible?
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Study of the Old Testament has long been dominated by what is sometimes called the 'historical-critical method': careful analysis of individual books in order to discover their component sources, with great emphasis on historical context and concern, especially in the prophetic books, to isolate what was original and (it was therefore assumed) most important. In recent years people have asked whether this approach is the only proper one, and whether there may not be alternative understandings which are equally valid. This book attempts to outline some of those alternatives while retaining the values of the traditional methods. Nine separate chapters set out the importance of sociology and anthropology, of liberation and feminist perspectives, and of literary criticism, as well as the more traditional approaches, in a way that will be comprehensible to those approaching the Old Testament for the first time as well as for those who are not satisfied with existing conventions of study.
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• Reading as a Jew and as a scholar
• What is the Bible, anyway?
• The art of reading the Bible
• A brief history of Israel
• With scissors and paste : the sources of Genesis
• Creation vs. creationism : Genesis 1-3 as myth
• The ancestors as heroes
• Biblical law : codes and collections
• Incense is offensive to me : the cult in ancient Israel
• "In the fortieth year-- Moses addressed the Israelites : Deuteronomy
• "The walls came tumbling down" : reading Joshua
• "May my lord King David live forever" : royal ideology in Samuel and Judges
• "For Israel tore away from the house of David" : reading Kings
• Revisionist history : reading Chronicles
• Introduction to prophecy
• "Let justice well up like water" : reading Amos
• "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" : reading (first) Isaiah
• "I will make this house like Shiloh" : reading Jeremiah
• "I will be for them a mini-temple" : reading Ezekiel
• "Comfort, oh comfort my people" : the exile and beyond
• "Those that sleep in the dust-- will awake" : Zechariah, apocalyptic literature, and Daniel
• Prayer of many hearts : reading Psalms
• "Acquire wisdom" : reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
• "Being but dust and ashes" : reading Job
• "Drink deep of love!" : reading Song of Songs
• "Why are you so kind-- when I am a foreigner?" : reading Ruth vs. Esther
• The creation of the Bible.

Annotation Shedding new light on the Bible by reading it as it was meant in the time and place in which it was writtenIn his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today?s contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern scholars have taught us to?read? these texts. Using the?historical-critical method? long popular in academia, he guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues. This book is the first?Jewishly sensitive? introduction to the historical-critical method. Unlike other such introductory texts, the Bible that this book speaks about is the Jewish one?with the three-part TaNaKH arrangement, the sequence of books found in modern printed Hebrew editions, and the chapter and verse enumerations used in most modern Jewish versions of the Bible. In an afterword, the author discusses how the historical-critical method can help contemporary Jews relate to the Bible as a religious text in a more meaningful way.
Annotation In his new book, master Bible scholar and teacher Marc Brettler argues that today's contemporary readers can only understand the ancient Hebrew Scripture by knowing more about the culture that produced it. And so Brettler unpacks the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the biblical text and demonstrates how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Brettler surveys representative biblical texts from different genres to illustrate how modern scholars have taught us to "read" these texts. Using the "historical-critical method" long popular in academia, he guides us in reading the Bible as it was read in the biblical period, independent of later religious norms and interpretive traditions. Understanding the Bible this way lets us appreciate it as an interesting text that speaks in multiple voices on profound issues. This book is the first "Jewishly sensitive" introduction to the historical-critical method. Unlike other introductory texts, the Bible that this book speaks about is the Jewish one-with the three-part TaNaKH arrangement, the sequence of books found in modern printed Hebrew editions, and the chapter and verse enumerations used in most modern Jewish versions of the Bible. In an afterword, the author discusses how the historical-critical method can help contemporary Jews relate to the Bible as a religious text in a more meaningful way.

• Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I PROLEGOMENA;
• Chapter 1 RECENT STUDIES OF MARK''S USE OF SCRIPTURE: A METHODOLOGICAL SURVEY;
• Chapter 2 A NARRATIVE, HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL APPROACH: METHODOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS AND AIMS;
• Chapter 3 MARK''S IDEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW: THE REALIZATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD; Part II READING SCRIPTURE IN MARK''S STORY WORLD;
• Chapter 4 PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE KINGDOM: EXODUS 23.20; MALACHI3.1 AND ISAIAH 40.3 IN MARK 1.2-3.

• Chapter 5 IDENTIFYING THE COMMUNITY OF THE KINGDOM: ISAIAH 6.9-10 IN MARK 4.12
• Chapter 6 THE HERMENEUTIC OF THE KINGDOM: ISAIAH 29.13 IN MARK 7.6-7;
• Chapter 7 IDENTIFYING THE KING OF THE KINGDOM: PSALM 118.26 IN MARK 11.9;
• Chapter 8 THE VINDICATION OF THE KINGDOM: ISAIAH 13.10; 34.4; DANIEL 7.13; ZECHARIAH 2.10 AND DEUTERONOMY 30.4 IN MARK 13.24-27; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.

In this book the author explores how contexts determine the meaning of embedded scripture texts in the Gospel of Mark. Many historical critics base their readings on a context that is external to MarkAes story world, be it a reconstructed socio-religious setting of the evangelist, a Jewish exegetical tradition or some earlier stage in the development of the gospel. What is common to these readings is the neglect for the context of the story world- the very context in which scripture quotations and allusions are embedded. The author proposes a method of reading these embedded texts that is sensitive to the story world, though not at the expense of the historical setting in which the gospel was written. Jesus' announcement in 1:15 concerning the kingdom of God serves as the point of entrance into Mark's story world.
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• Reflections on the text of the book of Job / Robert Althann
• Septuagint and Peshitta in the apparatus to Canticles in Biblia Hebraica quinta / Piet B. Dirksen
• The genuine text of Judges / Natalio Fernández Marcos
• Some difficulties encountered by ancient translators / Anthony Gelston
• Notes from a reading of Daniel 2 / Agustinus Gianto
• Le texte massorétique de Qohélet, témoin d'un compromis théologique entre les "disciples des sages" (Qoh 7,23-24; 8,1; 7,19) / Yohanan A.P. Goldman
• Textual witnesses and sacrificial terminology in Leviticus 1-7 / Innocent Himbaza
• Le Grec ancien des livres des Règnes : une histoire et un bilan de la recherche / Philippe Hugo
• The text of Isaiah and its early witnesses in Hebrew / Arie van der Kooij
• The Ezekiel text / Johan Lust
• How BHQ differs from BHS in the book of Ezra-Nehemiah / David Marcus
• A comparative study of the Masorah magna and parva of the book of Deuteronomy as attested in the Leningrad and Madrid M1 manuscripts / Carmel McCarthy
• A diplomatic edition of the Psalter? / Gerard J. Norton
• Die Textüberlieferung des Buches Numeri am Beispiel der Bileamerzählung / Martin Rösel
• Some reflections on the use of paseq in the book of Esther / Magne Sæbø
• Der ursprüngliche Text und die poetische Struktur des ersten Klageliedes (Klgl 1) : Textkritik und Strukturanalyse im Zwiegespräch / Rolf Schäfer
• Lexical ignorance and the ancient versions of Proverbs / Jan de Waard
• The textual situation in the book of Jeremiah / Richard D. Weis.

• Intertextuality and the study of the Old Testament in the New Testament / Steve Moyise
• Christology and the legitimating use of the Old Testament in the New Testament / Maurice Casey
• Anointed / Michael Goulder
• Jesus' Old Testament basis for monogamy / David Instone Brewer
• Quotation from Jeremiah 31 (38).15 in Matthew 2.18: a study of Matthew's scriptural text / Maarten J.J. Menken
• Jesus inspects his priestly war party (Luke 14.25-35) / Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis
• Narrative analysis and scripture in John / Judith Lieu
• Jesus' prayer in John 11 / Wendy Sproston North
• Something greater than Solomon: an approach to Stephen's speech
• For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia' (Galatians 4.25) / J.C. O'Neill
• Adam redivivus: Philippians 2 once more / Morna D. Hooker
• Once more, Isaiah 66: the case of 2 Thessalonians / Ivor H. Jones
• Use of the Old Testament in Revelation 12 / Ian Paul
• Account of the British seminar on the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament / J. Lionel North.

This collection of papers from members of the 'Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament' seminar (held at St Deinid's, Hawarden, Wales) has been commissioned to honour its retiring chairperson, J.L. North. It includes contributions by Michael Goulder (Isaiah 61), Joel Marcus (Matthew), Maurice Casey (Christology), George Brooke (Parables), Judith Lieu (John), Peter Doble (Acts), Morna Hooker (Philippians), John O'Neill (Galatians), Ivor Jones (2 Thessalonians), Martin Menken (Matthew) and Steve Moyise (Intertextuality). BLURB AS REWRITTEN BY PRD 11 JANUARY 2000: It is well known, but not always appreciated that the 'Bible' of the earliest Christians was the Old Testament. How did the New Testament writers justify their faith in the risen Messiah from these Jewish scriptures? In this book, distinguished biblical scholars supply answers to these questions, both in general terms and from specific examples. Under review come individual New Testament writers (Matthew, Paul, John) and important themes (the Anointed One, monogamy and divorce), while crucial passages such as John 11, Isaiah 66 and Revelation 12 are put under the microscope. This collection demonstrates the ingenuity and vitality of early Christian scriptural exegesis, and offers the reader an up to date picture of the most recent research in one of the central issues of New Testament literary and theological study.
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• The comparative philological approach to the text of the Old Testament / Kevin J. Cathcart
• 'As for the other events ... ': annals and chronicles in Israel and the ancient Near East / Meindert Dijkstra
• 'Comparativism' and the God of Israel / Robert P. Gordon
• 'Who would invite a stranger from abroad?' The presence of Greeks in Palestine in Old Testament times / Anselm C. Hagedorn
• Death in Egypt and Israel: a theological reflection / Philip S. Johnston
• The hieroglyphic inscriptions of the neo-Hittite states (c. 1200-700 B.C.): a fresh source of background to the Hebrew Bible / Kenneth A. Kitchen
• Disillusion among Jews in the Postexilic period / Margo C.A. Korpel
• Whose monotheism? Which rationality? Reflections on Israelite monotheism in Erhard Gerstenberger's Theologies in the Old Testatment / Nathan MacDonald
• Textual modification: some examples from Egypt / Mervyn E.J. Richardson
• Abraham and his wives: culture and status / Janet E. Tollington
• Pastoral metaphors in the Hebrew Bible and in its ancient Near Eastern context / Pierrre J.P. van Hecke
• The priestly festival calendar and the Babylonian New Year festivals: origin and tranformation of the ancient Israelite festival year / Jan A. Wagenaar
• Language play in the Old Testament and in ancient north-west Semitic inscriptions: some notes on the Kilamuwa inscription / Jan-Wim Wesselius
• Are the biblical Rephaim and the Ugaritic RPUM healers? / P.J. Williams.

Discoveries in sites revealing the ancient cultures of the Near East and Greece have contributed much to a better understanding of the Old Testament. As new finds constantly add new information, this precious evidence has to be (re)evaluated time and again. In this volume members of the Society for Old Testament Study in the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as members of the `Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap' in the Netherlands and Belgium join forces to undertake this demanding task. Egyptian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Hittite, Aramaic and Greek texts are inspected in order to establish whether or not they are relevant to the understanding of the Hebrew Bible.
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• Presidential address : the city of Babel and Assyrian imperialism : Genesis 11:1-9 interpreted in the light of Mesopotamian sources / Arie van der Kooij
• The twelve Minor Prophets and the Dead Sea scrolls / George J. Brooke
• La reconstruction du Temple selon la Septante de Zacharie / Cécile Dogniez
• Die Textgeschichte der Königsbücher und ihre Konsequenzen für die Textgeschichte der hebräischen Bibel, illustriert am Beispiel von 2 Kön 23:1-3 / Adrian Schenker
• Beersheba Valley archaeology and its implications for the biblical record / Zeev Herzog
• Die Geschichte der Abrahamüberlieferung / Matthias Köckert
• The Temple library of Jerusalem and the composition of the book of Kings / Nadav Naʼaman
• Der reissende Wolf : Josua in Überlieferung und Geschichte / Ed Noort
• "God" in Old Testament theology / Graham I. Davies
• Scribes inspirés et écrits célestes / Jean-Marie Husser
• Rhyme and reason : the historical résumé in Israelite and early Jewish thought / Carol A Newsom
• Anciens et modernes face au Cantique des cantiques : un impossible dialogue? / Jean-Marie Auwers
• Biblical exegesis, cognitive linguistics, and hypertext / Christo H.J. van der Merwe
• The manumission of hermeneutics : the slave laws of the Pentateuch as a challenge to contemporary Pentateuchal theory / Bernard M. Levinson
• The role and significance of dbry ḥpṣ (Qoh. 12:10a) for understanding Qohelet / J.S.Y. Pahk
• Towards an "integrated approach" in biblical studies, illustrated with a dialogue between Job 28 and Job 38 / Ellen van Wolde
• Reading the Pentateuch as counter-text : a new interpretation of Genesis 1:14-19 / J. Severino Croatto
• Lire la Bible dans le contexte africain : approche et perspectives / André Kabasele Mukenge
• The cross-textual method and the J stories in Genesis in the light of a Chinese philosophical text / Craig Y.S. Ho
• Responses to Kabasele Mukenge and Craig Y.S. Ho / John Barton.

This volume presents all the main lectures of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Leiden (August 2004). It is a very good sample of the main trends and progress of current biblical research on textual criticism (Qumran and Septuagint), biblical archaeology, literary criticism (especially Pentateuch, Joshua, Kings), biblical themes (especially in wisdom literature), as well as about the light thrown on biblical exegesis by current cognitive linguistics. An appendix deals with the connection between world Christianity and the study of the Old Testament. The twenty authors are among the main international figures of current biblical exegesis and their contributions are representative of the study of the Old Testament at the beginning of the third millenium.
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