Focusing biblical studies : the crucial nature of the Persian and Hellenistic periods : essays in honor of Douglas A. Knight / edited by Jon L. Berquist, Alice Hunt.
Contributor(s): Berquist, Jon L
| Hunt, Alice | Knight, Douglas A
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TextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies: 544.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: New York : T & T Clark, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xxii, 255 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567628947; 0567628949Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography | Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D. -- Historiography | Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D | Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D | Knight, Douglas A., 1943-Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; "Publications of Douglas A. Knight" : pages [xvii]-xxii.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 East | BS1171.3 .F638 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903298913 |
"A Continuum imprint"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Publications of Douglas A. Knight" : pages [xvii]-xxii.
Introduction / Alice Hunt -- Part I : history and contexts -- Another look at the Tenth Commandment / Jack M. Sasson -- The origins of Judah / Philip R. Davies -- Shechem revisited : the formation of biblical collective memory / Niels Peter Lemche -- Persian period Jerusalem and Yehud rejoinders / Israel Finkelstein -- Jackals and ostriches honoring God : the zoological gaze in the Isaiah Scroll / Ken Stone -- Part II : texts and history -- Betraying the text : creation narratives in their and our context / Annalisa Azzoni -- Judges as a parody of leadership in the Persian period / Kristin A. Swanson -- The Persian period and the shaping of prophetic literature / Robert R. Wilson -- "Digging in the claws" : Daniel 4 and the predatory nature of empire / Deborah Appler --
Ruth and Esther as models for the formation of God's people : engaging liberationist critiques / Cheryl B. Anderson -- Reading Persian dominion in Nehemiah : multivalent language, co-option, resistance, and cultural survival / Herbert R. Marbury -- The journey from voluntary to obligatory silence (reflections on Psalm 39 and Qoheleth) / James L. Crenshaw -- How do extrabiblical sociopolitical data illuminate obscure biblical texts? the case of Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 (Heb. 5:7-8) / Norman Gottwald -- The chronicler buries Saul / Jennifer L. Koosed -- The conservatism of Pseudo-Solomon / David Penchansky -- Was the Judaism of the Dead Sea Scrolls a mystery religion? / Peter J. Haas -- Conclusion : the future focus of biblical studies / Jon L. Berquist.