Exploring The Religion Of Ancient Israel

Author : Aaron Chalmers
Publisher : SPCK Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel written by Aaron Chalmers and published by SPCK Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new textbook, Aaron Chalmers examines the major religious offices mentioned in the Old Testament (including prophet, priest, sage and king) alongside the beliefs and practices of the common people, giving students a unique introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel.

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567032167
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah written by Francesca Stavrakopoulou and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays draws together specialists in the field to explain, illustrate and analyze this religious diversity in Ancient Israel.

Author : Michael Fishbane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198263252
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel written by Michael Fishbane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1985-08-15 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning study which analyzes the phenomenon of textual analysis in ancient Israel, exploring the tradition of exegesis prior to the development of biblical interpretation in early classical Judaism and the earliest Christian communities.

Author : Rainer Albertz
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575066688
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family and Household Religion in Ancient Israel and the Levant written by Rainer Albertz and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past several decades, family and household religion has become a topic of Old Testament scholarship in its own right, fed by what were initially three distinct approaches: the religious-historical approach, the gender-oriented approach, and the archaeological approach. The first pursues answers to questions of the commonality and difference between varieties of family religion and describes the household and family religions of Mesopotamia, Syria/Ugarit, Israel, Philistia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Gender-oriented approaches also contribute uniquely important insights to family and household religion. Pioneers of this sort of investigation show that, although women in ancient Israelite societies were very restricted in their participation in the official cult, there were familial rituals performed in domestic environments in which women played prominent roles, especially as related to fertility, childbirth, and food preparation. Archaeologists have worked to illuminate many aspects of this family religion as enacted by and related to the nuclear family unit and have found evidence that domestic cults were more important in Israel than has previously been understood. One might even conceive of every family as having actively partaken in ritual activities within its domestic environment. Family and Household Religion in Ancient Israel and the Levant analyzes the appropriateness of the combined term family and household religion and identifies the types of family that existed in ancient Israel on the basis of both literary and archaeological evidence. Comparative evidence from Iron Age Philistia, Transjordan, Syria, and Phoenicia is presented. This monumental book presents a typology of cult places that extends from domestic cults to local sanctuaries and state temples. It details family religious beliefs as expressed in the almost 3,000 individual Hebrew personal names that have so far been recorded in epigraphic and biblical material. The Hebrew onomasticon is further compared with 1,400 Ammonite, Moabite, Aramean, and Phoenician names. These data encompass the vast majority of known Hebrew personal names and a substantial sample of the names from surrounding cultures. In this impressive compilation of evidence, the authors describe the variety of rites performed by families at home, at a neighborhood shrine, or at work. Burial rituals and the ritual care for the dead are examined. A comprehensive bibliography, extensive appendixes, and several helpful indexes round out the masterful textual material to form a one-volume compendium that no scholar of ancient Israelite religion and archaeology can afford not to own.

Author : Nahum M. Sarna
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0307761479
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Book of Psalms written by Nahum M. Sarna and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a lifetime of study of the Hebrew Bible by a mature scholar whose love of the Tanakh, and especially of the Psalter, shines through on every page.

Author : Nahum M. Sarna
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0307760693
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Exodus written by Nahum M. Sarna and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Exodus records the pivotal events in the formation of biblical Israel—the deliverance from slavery, the leadership of Moses, the wilderness wanderings, and the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Bible scholar Nahum Sarna, whose widely praised Understanding Genesis has become a standard text, examines and illuminates the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures—Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new foreword to this edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.

Author : Rudolf Kittel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Religion of the People of Israel written by Rudolf Kittel and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195091281
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Israelite Religion written by Susan Niditch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Israelite Religion offers a brief, accessible, and perceptive account of the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Israelites, analyzing the complex and varied ways in which they present and preserve themselves in the Hebrew Bible. Drawing on the most recent literary scholarship and archaeological evidence, the author provides a compelling account of how the culture of the Israelites changed over three great historical periods--the distant pre-monarchic age, the monarchies of Israel and Judah, and the Babylonian exile and return. The heart of the book is a rich description of the Israelites' religious life as revealed in the Hebrew Bible. Exploring how they described their experience of God, Niditch draws out consistent themes in the Biblical stories. Most importantly, she allows us to see the world through the Israelites' eyes as she reconstructs both their habits and their larger worldview. Ideal for introduction to the Bible and introduction to religion courses, this insightful, subtly nuanced portrait is also easily understandable to general readers. It brings to life this ancient people whose legacy continues to influence and captivate the world today.

Author : Eric M. Trinka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000544087
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Mobility, Migration, and Religion in Ancient Israel and Its World written by Eric M. Trinka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between mobility, lived religiosities, and conceptions of divine personhood as they are preserved in textual corpora and material culture from Israel, Judah, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. By integrating evidence of the form and function of religiosities in contexts of mobility and migration, this volume reconstructs mobility-informed aspects of civic and household religiosities in Israel and its world. Readers will find a robust theoretical framework for studying cultures of mobility and religiosities in the ancient past, as well as a fresh understanding of the scope and texture of mobility-informed religious identities that composed broader Yahwistic religious heritage. Cultures of Mobility, Migration, and Religion in Ancient Israel and Its World will be of use to both specialists and informed readers interested in the history of mobilities and migrations in the ancient Near East, as well as those interested in the development of Yahwism in its biblical and extra-biblical forms.

Author : Phillip G. Camp
Publisher : Leafwood Publishers & Acu Press
ISBN 13 : 9780891123798
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Praying with Ancient Israel written by Phillip G. Camp and published by Leafwood Publishers & Acu Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praying with Ancient Israel surveys large portions of the Old Testament-including sections that are often overlooked, such as Ruth & Esther, the Prophets, and Wisdom Literature-and shows how each offers a vital, unique perspective on prayer. Also, since prayer touches every aspect of life, this book addresses how a theology of prayer in the Old Testament has abiding significance for Christians today. The hope is that Praying with Ancient Israel will provide fuel for the fire as you study about prayer and grow more deeply in communion with God.