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Old Testament interpretation : past, present, and future : essays in honor of Gene M. Tucker / edited by James Luther Mays, David L. Petersen, and Kent Harold Richards.

Contributor(s): Tucker, Gene M | Mays, James Luther | Petersen, David L | Richards, Kent Harold, 1939-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville : Abingdon Press, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 068713871X (recycled alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 221.6/09/045 LOC classification: BS1171.2 | .O43 1995Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Torah as narrative and narrative as Torah / Tamara Cohn Eskenazi -- The formation of the Pentateuch / David L. Petersen -- Perspective and content in the study of Pentateuchal legislation / S. Dean McBride, Jr. -- Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomists / Douglas A. Knight -- The former prophets : reading the books of Kings / Robert R. Wilson -- The world and message of the prophets : biblical prophecy in its context / Patrick D. Miller, Jr. -- Formation and form in prophetic literature / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Literary perspectives on prophetic literature / Katheryn Pfisterer Darr -- Past, present, and prospect in psalm study / James Luther Mays -- Proverbs and its successors / W. Sibley Towner --
Job and Ecclesiastes / Carol A. Newsom -- Short stories : the book of Esther and the theme of woman as a civilizing force / Susan Niditch -- Reshaping Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah interpretation / Kent Harold Richards -- Before the canon : scriptures in second temple Judaism / John J. Collins -- The ancient Near East and archaeology / J. Maxwell Miller -- The religion and institutions of ancient Israel : toward a contextual theology of the scriptures / Erhard A. Gerstenberger -- The future of social justice research in the Hebrew scriptures : questions of authority and relevance / Norman C. Habel --Old Testament theology / Brevard S. Childs.

Includes bibliographical references.

Torah as narrative and narrative as Torah / Tamara Cohn Eskenazi -- The formation of the Pentateuch / David L. Petersen -- Perspective and content in the study of Pentateuchal legislation / S. Dean McBride, Jr. -- Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomists / Douglas A. Knight -- The former prophets : reading the books of Kings / Robert R. Wilson -- The world and message of the prophets : biblical prophecy in its context / Patrick D. Miller, Jr. -- Formation and form in prophetic literature / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Literary perspectives on prophetic literature / Katheryn Pfisterer Darr -- Past, present, and prospect in psalm study / James Luther Mays -- Proverbs and its successors / W. Sibley Towner --

Job and Ecclesiastes / Carol A. Newsom -- Short stories : the book of Esther and the theme of woman as a civilizing force / Susan Niditch -- Reshaping Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah interpretation / Kent Harold Richards -- Before the canon : scriptures in second temple Judaism / John J. Collins -- The ancient Near East and archaeology / J. Maxwell Miller -- The religion and institutions of ancient Israel : toward a contextual theology of the scriptures / Erhard A. Gerstenberger -- The future of social justice research in the Hebrew scriptures : questions of authority and relevance / Norman C. Habel --Old Testament theology / Brevard S. Childs.

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