Opening Israels Scriptures

Author : Ellen F. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190260548
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opening Israel's Scriptures written by Ellen F. Davis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles, which gives powerful insight into the complexity and inexhaustibility of the Hebrew Scriptures as a theological resource. Based on more than two decades of lectures on Old Testament interpretation, Ellen F. Davis offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to the core concepts, literary patterns, storylines, and theological perspectives that are central to Israel's Scriptures. Underlying the whole study is the primary assumption that each book of the canon has literary and theological coherence, though not uniformity. In both her close readings of individual texts and in her broad demonstrations of the coherence of whole books, Davis models the best practices of contemporary exegesis, integrating the insights of contemporary scholars with those of classical theological resources in Jewish and Christian traditions. Throughout, she keeps an eye to the experiences and concerns of contemporary readers, showing through multiple examples that the critical interpretation of texts is provisional, open-ended work--a collaboration across generations and cultures. Ultimately what she offers is an invitation into the more spacious world that the Bible discloses, which challenges ordinary conceptions of how things "really" are.

Author : Ellen Frances Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190260552
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opening Israel's Scriptures written by Ellen Frances Davis and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellen F. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190260564
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opening Israel's Scriptures written by Ellen F. Davis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles, which gives powerful insight into the complexity and inexhaustibility of the Hebrew Scriptures as a theological resource. Based on more than two decades of lectures on Old Testament interpretation, Ellen F. Davis offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to the core concepts, literary patterns, storylines, and theological perspectives that are central to Israel's Scriptures. Underlying the whole study is the primary assumption that each book of the canon has literary and theological coherence, though not uniformity. In both her close readings of individual texts and in her broad demonstrations of the coherence of whole books, Davis models the best practices of contemporary exegesis, integrating the insights of contemporary scholars with those of classical theological resources in Jewish and Christian traditions. Throughout, she keeps an eye to the experiences and concerns of contemporary readers, showing through multiple examples that the critical interpretation of texts is provisional, open-ended work--a collaboration across generations and cultures. Ultimately what she offers is an invitation into the more spacious world that the Bible discloses, which challenges ordinary conceptions of how things "really" are.

Author : Ellen F. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139473611
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture written by Ellen F. Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the theology and ethics of land use, especially the practices of modern industrialized agriculture, in light of critical biblical exegesis. Nine interrelated essays explore the biblical writers' pervasive concern for the care of arable land against the background of the geography, social structures, and religious thought of ancient Israel. This approach consistently brings out neglected aspects of texts, both poetry and prose, that are central to Jewish and Christian traditions. Rather than seeking solutions from the past, Davis creates a conversation between ancient texts and contemporary agrarian writers; thus she provides a fresh perspective from which to view the destructive practices and assumptions that now dominate the global food economy. The biblical exegesis is wide-ranging and sophisticated; the language is literate and accessible to a broad audience.

Author : Craig A. Evans
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474230598
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul and the Scriptures of Israel written by Craig A. Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is an 'echo' of Scripture? How can we detect echoes of the Old Testament in Paul, and how does their detection facilitate interpretation of the Pauline text? These are questions addressed by this collection of essays from the SBL programme unit Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. The first part of the book reports its vigorous 1990 discussion of Richard Hays's 'Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul', including contributions by Craig Evans, James Sanders, William Scott Green and Christiaan Beker, as well as a response by R.B. Hays. The second part of the book studies specific passages where reference is made to the Old Testament explicitly or allusively. The contributors here are James Sanders, Linda Belleville, Carol Stockhausen, James Scott, Nancy Calvert and Stephen Brown.

Author : Dave Hunt
Publisher : Harvest House, Limited, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781565073340
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cup of Trembling written by Dave Hunt and published by Harvest House, Limited, Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many trouble spots in the world today, none rivals Jerusalem for ultimate significance. Zechariah prophesied that in the last days God would make Jerusalem a "cup of trembling" and a "burdensome stone" for the whole world. Today's world has its eyes on Jerusalem, believing that the next world war will break out over this city. Jerusalem is indeed a "cup of trembling" and will continue to be so in spite of false peace initiatives.

Author : Michael J. Gorman
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493406175
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scripture and Its Interpretation written by Michael J. Gorman and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top-notch biblical scholars from around the world and from various Christian traditions offer a fulsome yet readable introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. The book concisely introduces the Old and New Testaments and related topics and examines a wide variety of historical and contemporary interpretive approaches, including African, African-American, Asian, and Latino streams. Contributors include N. T. Wright, M. Daniel Carroll R., Stephen Fowl, Joel Green, Michael Holmes, Edith Humphrey, Christopher Rowland, and K. K. Yeo, among others. Questions for reflection and discussion, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary are included.

Author : Yoram Hazony
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521176670
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture written by Yoram Hazony and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new framework for reading the Bible as a work of reason.

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 : Craig A. Evans
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul and the Scriptures of Israel written by Craig A. Evans and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is an 'echo' of Scripture? How can we detect echoes of the Old Testament in Paul, and how does their detection facilitate interpretation of the Pauline text? These are questions addressed by this collection of essays from the SBL programme unit Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. The first part of the book reports its vigorous 1990 discussion of Richard Hays's 'Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul', including contributions by Craig Evans, James Sanders, William Scott Green and Christiaan Beker, as well as a response by R.B. Hays. The second part of the book studies specific passages where reference is made to the Old Testament explicitly or allusively. The contributors here are James Sanders, Linda Belleville, Carol Stockhausen, James Scott, Nancy Calvert and Stephen Brown. This is the first of a series of volumes from the Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity unit presenting informed and critical scholarship on the function of older scripture in later scripture."--Bloomsbury Publishing