Creation Covenant And The Beginnings Of Judaism

Author : Ari Mermelstein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004281657
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creation, Covenant, and the Beginnings of Judaism written by Ari Mermelstein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an unprecedented event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees, the Animal Apocalypse, and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and redemption, history unfolds as a series of static, repeating patterns that simultaneously account for the disappointments of the Second Temple period and confirm the eternal nature of the covenant. As iterations of timeless, cyclical patterns, the difficult post-exilic present and the glorious redemption of the future emerge as familiar, unremarkable, and inevitable historical developments.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hillel Katzir
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483653323
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Covenant written by Hillel Katzir and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship of the Jewish people with God can be seen as like that of parent and child: as much as the parent cares for the child, the parent must prepare the child for adulthood by gradually stepping back and allowing the child to take ever greater responsibility. This overview of Jewish history sees God as preparing the Jewish people in just this way, for partnership with God in the ongoing project of bringing order to a chaotic world in order to complete an unfinished Creation; and, by setting an example, to invite all of humanity into that partnership as well.

Author : Robert W. Jenson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867049
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covenant and Hope written by Robert W. Jenson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covenant and Hope centers around two main themes in Jewish-Christian dialogue: "Covenant, Mission, and Relation to the Other" and "Hope and Responsibility for the Human Future." In the first section scholars from both faiths analyze the idea of covenant, how it determines their religious commitments, behavior, and theology, and how their covenantal theology shapes their relations with people outside their religious communities. The second section focuses on the foundation for religious hope, how belief in the future can be nourished, and on our practical and philosophic responsibility to work for a better human future.

Author : Ellen Juhl Christiansen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004103337
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Covenant in Judaism and Paul written by Ellen Juhl Christiansen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines covenant identity and rituals suggesting that while in Palestinian Judaism several rituals affirm covenant belonging, for Paul covenant is not ritually affirmed, since baptism marks entry into Christ or the church rather than into the covenant.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Maggid
ISBN 13 : 9781592640218
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covenant and Conversation written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Maggid. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume of his long-anticipated five-volume collection of parashat hashavua commentaries, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity, and destiny. Chief Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy, and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under Gods sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant Conversation allows us to experience Chief Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.

Author : F. Michael Colacuori
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1645597121
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restarting Genesis; A Covenant View of Creation written by F. Michael Colacuori and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Bible seem difficult to understand? Have you switched to a modern translation to make it easier? Literary devices such as hyperbole and apocalyptic language appear frequently and may limit our understanding more than the translation. Most of the Bible is expressed in terms of covenant, an important concept that is also not well understood and which is seldom explained by our churches. If we fail to understand such concepts, we will be unlikely to fully appreciate the entire Bible. Those who would applaud our difficulty and would like to dismantle our belief system entirely may have attempted to discredit early Genesis more than any other portion of scripture. If Genesis 1:1 is not true, where does that leave the rest of the Bible? Did Jesus actually die for my sins? Is God, himself, a myth? If apparent conflicts go unresolved, it becomes easier to question the relevance of the entire Bible. The resolution of much of the difficulty lies in gaining an understanding of covenant creation. If you have ever thought that the Bible is full of errors, think again. It was not written to people in the culture of the 21st century western world. It was written to a people who lived 2,000 or more years ago in a culture which had a different way of thinking, of using words, and even numbers. I hope to show that the Bible is highly accurate and relevant for today's reader. To understand it the way the original hearers would have, we must get inside the mind of the ancient near easterner. This book attempts to bring the Bible into focus for today. It is not necessary to change its teaching or to alter doctrine. However, gaining an understanding for today requires a new way of looking at it. I hope to make that possible for you, today's 21st century western reader.

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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780802136107
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis written by and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "the most radical repackaging of the Bible since Gutenberg", these Pocket Canons give an up-close look at each book of the Bible.

Author : Ari Mermelstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108831559
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism written by Ari Mermelstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a theoretical account of the relationship between power, emotion, and identity through an analysis of ancient Jewish texts.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : The Toby Press/KorenPub
ISBN 13 : 1592640206
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covenant & Conversation written by Jonathan Sacks and published by The Toby Press/KorenPub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible.