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9781800504516: The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes (Religion in 5 Minutes)
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ISBN 10: 1800504519 ISBN 13: 9781800504516
Editorial: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2024

Sinopsis

The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes deals with the essentials anyone entering the fascinating world of biblical scholarship needs to master. Concise and jargon-free chapters present the nature of the biblical texts and the different methodologies that have been developed to understand them. In addition, major issues that standard introductions tend to dodge are considered in a balanced way, providing the pros and cons for each position.


Suitable for beginning students and the general reader, this book offers eighty-three brief essays on a range of fascinating questions about biblical texts and their study, such as:


•  What is Old Testament theology?

•  Who wrote the Hebrew Bible?

•  What is a covenant?

•  Can archaeology prove the truth of biblical texts?

•  Is the Hebrew Bible "pro-choice" or "pro-life"?

•  How does the Hebrew Bible deal with ecological issues?

•  How does the Old Testament deal with LGBTQIA issues?

•  What do the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the biblical text?

•  Can one be religious in a scientific world?

•  Why are there two versions of Israel's past in the Hebrew Bible?

•  Are there myths in the Hebrew Bible?


Based on the latest research, each essay is written by an expert on the topic. They offer concise, thoughtful answers along with suggestions for further reading, making the book ideal for both classroom use and personal study.

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Acerca de los autores

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo. Her own research focuses on the history, archaeology, and literature of the southern Levant, the development of early forms of Judaisms, and ancient Near Eastern literature viewed from the perspective of social memory. She has thirteen seasons of excavation experience in Israel. While her research tends to focus on the Iron Age and Persian period, she is interested in earlier and later periods and a wide range of topics. Current interests include local responses to imperialism, royal ideology, the development of technology and agriculture, everyday life, issues involving religion and ritual, burial and afterlife beliefs, diaspora studies, migration studies, frontier studies, social memory, ancient economies, and ancient political organization. Her numerous publications include 17 authored or edited books, 44 chapters in edited volumes, 14 articles in refereed journals, 58 dictionary and encyclopedia articles, and 128 book reviews (as of 2/2015).

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Editorial
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1800504519
ISBN 13 
9781800504516
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
464
Editor
Guillaume Philippe, Edelman Diana V.
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