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Additional Physical Format: | (DLC) 2008023035 |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernhard Lang |
ISBN: | 9781315253473 131525347X |
OCLC Number: | 1330979666 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages : illustrations.) |
Contents: | Pt. 1. Introduction. Biblical studies as a vocation : sketch of an academic self-portrait -- The Hebrew God : a very short summary -- pt. 2. Wealth, fertility, and the good life : the third function. God and the good life -- Peasant poverty : rent capitalism in the days of Amos -- Women's work, household and property in three Mediterranean societies : a comparative essay on Proverbs 31:10-31 -- A Zoroastrian prophecy of resurrection : a new reading of Ezekiel 37 -- Joseph the Diviner : careers of a biblical hero -- The forbidden fruit : an ancient myth and its transformation in Genesis 2-3 -- pt. 3. War and violence : the second function. The three sins of Samson the warrior -- Cosmic battles : 'traditional' and 'Utopian' monotheism in biblical times -- pt. 4. Rules, wisdom, and prophetic acts : the first function. Lady Wisdom : poetry, polytheism, and psychology : a pilgrim's progress -- Games prophets play : street theatre and symbolic acts in biblical Israel -- The number ten and the iniquity of the fathers : a new interpretation of the Decalogue -- A Hellenistic literary canon in the Hebrew Bible : the 'Writings' -- The riddle of the Lord's Supper : a new solution. |
Series Title: | Society for Old Testament Study monographs. |
Responsibility: | Bernhard Lang. |
Abstract:
These essays are organised into three sections: 'Wealth, Fertility and the Good Life - the Third Function', 'War and Violence - the Second Function' and 'Rules, Wisdom, and Prophetic Acts - the First Function'.
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