Open-mindedness in the Bible and beyond [electronic resource] : a volume of studies in honour of Bob Becking / edited by Marjo C.A. Korpel and Lester L. Grabbe.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Other Authors: Becking, Bob (honouree.)
Korpel, Marjo C. A. (Marjo Christina Annette), 1958- (Editor)
Grabbe, Lester L. (Editor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English; one contribution in German.
Published: London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015.
Series:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 616.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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Variant Title:
Open mindedness in the Bible and beyond
Openmindedness in the Bible and beyond
Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Open-mindedness for understanding the formation of the Pentateuch: the challenge of Exodus 19-20 / Rainer Albertz
  • Empire! '...and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52.31-34: fact or fiction? / Hans M. Barstad
  • Ben Sira and Song of songs: what about parallels and echoes? / Pancratius C. Beentjes
  • Open-mindedness and planning for the future of academic studies in ancient Israel history / Ehud Ben Zvi
  • Isaiah 24-27: spacing a prophetic vision / Willem A. M. Beuken
  • Einübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispiele für Zivilcourage in den Samuelbüchern / Walter Dietrich
  • Swords or ploughshares?: the transition from the Late Bronze to the early Iron Age in northern Jordan / Meindert Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen
  • Penetrating the legend: in quest of the historical Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe
  • Joseph, the pastor and the conqueror of evil by using good: observations on Genesis 50.15-21 in Dutch children's and family Bibles / Cornelis Houtman
  • The myth of the reborn nation / Izaak J. de Hulster
  • Leading scholars and the interpretation of Scripture: the case of LXX Haggai 2.1-9 / Arie van der Kooij
  • Memories of exile and return in the book of Ruth / Marjo C.A. Korpel
  • The question of Job / Peter Machinist
  • The open mind of the man born blind (John 9) / Maarten J.J. Menken
  • Jerusalem: nightmare and daydream in Micah / Johannes C. de Moor
  • Four notes on the ancient Near Eastern Marzeaḥ / Nadav Na'aman
  • The abolition of the cult of the dead kings in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43.6-9) / Herbert Niehr
  • A human and a deity with conflicting morals (Qohelet 2.26) / Paul Sanders
  • A prophet contest: Jeremiah 28 reconsidered / Klaas A.D. Smelik
  • Comparing the book of Judges to Greek literature / Klaas Spronk
  • Speaking of gods: dimensions of the divine in the ancient Near East / Karel van der Toorn
  • Is the critical, academic study of the Bible inextricably bound to the destinies of theology? / Christoph Uehlinger
  • Biblical studies and the art of civilization maintemance / Anne-Mareike Wetter
  • A new divine title in Isaiah 10.17 / H.G.M. Williamson.