Politics And Theopolitics In The Bible And Postbiblical Literature

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Politics and Theopolitics in the Bible and Postbiblical Literature

Author : Henning Graf Reventlow
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1850754616
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Theopolitics in the Bible and Postbiblical Literature written by Henning Graf Reventlow and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains papers from the third symposium held by the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, with the aim of furthering dialogue between Jewish and Christian biblical scholars. The papers examine the ways in which political issues and events are reflected in the Bible and in the postbiblical literature, the term 'theopolitics' expressing the conviction of both communities that the politics of human life have always been and continue to be subject to the rule and providence of God. The hope of the symposium is that through examination of the ways in which Jews and Christians have reflected upon political and ethical theories there may arise new possibilities for better mutual understanding.

Sex Working and the Bible

Author : Avaren Ipsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317490673
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Sex Working and the Bible written by Avaren Ipsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. 'Sex Working and the Bible' examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are set within both a practical and theoretical framework. This radical book offers a new, more inclusive way of approaching issues of gender, sexuality and prostitution in the Bible.

Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period

Author : Oded Lipschits
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575065614
Total Pages : 745 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period by : Oded Lipschits

Download or read book Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period written by Oded Lipschits and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2003, a conference was held at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), focusing on the people and land of Judah during the 5th and early 4th centuries B.C.E.— the period when the Persian Empire held sway over the entire ancient Near East. This volume publishes the papers of the participants in the working group that attended the Heidelberg conference. Participants whose contributions appear here include: Y. Amit, B. Becking, J. Berquist, J. Blenkinsopp, M. Dandamayev, D. Edelman, T. Eskenazi, A. Fantalkin and O. Tal, L. Fried, L. Grabbe, S. Japhet, J. Kessler, E. A. Knauf, G. Knoppers, R. Kratz, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, H. Liss, M. Oeming, L. Pearce, F. Polak, B. Porten and A. Yardeni, E. Stern, D. Ussishkin, D. Vanderhooft, and J. Wright. The conference was the second of three meetings; the first, held at Tel Aviv in May 2001, was published as Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period by Eisenbrauns in 2003. A third conference focusing on Judah and the Judeans in the Hellenistic era was held in the summer of 2005, at Münster, Germany, and will also be published by Eisenbrauns.

Glimpses of a Strange Land

Author : Cyril S. Rodd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567614573
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Glimpses of a Strange Land written by Cyril S. Rodd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging book Cyril Rodd questions many of the assumptions that lie behind recent studies of Old Testament ethics. He views the 'strangeness' of the biblical world and wonders whether there is an Old Testament ethics in the modern sense of the word - finding rather that the Old Testament writers did not regard many of today's ethical dilemmas as problems at all.Dr Rodd examines all the Old Testament writings on five ethical issues: the poor, war, treatment of animals, ecology and the position of women. He considers their validity and relevance for today and discusses the extent to which they can be referred to for authority - or for inspiration and guidance..

The Babylon Complex

Author : Erin Runions
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823257363
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The Babylon Complex written by Erin Runions and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. culture and politics. Political citations of Babylon range widely, from torture at Abu Ghraib to depictions of Hollywood glamour and decadence. In political discourse, Babylon appears in conservative ruminations on democratic law, liberal appeals to unity, Tea Party warnings about equality, and religious advocacy for family values. A composite biblical figure, Babylon is used to celebrate diversity and also to condemn it, to sell sexuality and to regulate it, to galvanize war and to worry about imperialism. Erin Runions explores the significance of these shifts and contradictions, arguing that together they reveal a theopolitics that tries to balance the drive for U.S. dominance with the countervailing ideals and subjectivities of economic globalization. Examining the confluence of cultural formations, biblical interpretations, and (bio)political philosophies, The Babylon Complex shows how theopolitical arguments for war, sexual regulation, and political control both assuage and contribute to anxieties about waning national sovereignty. Theoretically sophisticated and engaging, this remarkable book complicates our understanding of how the Bible affects U.S political ideals and subjectivities.

Social Memory among the Literati of Yehud

Author : Ehud Ben Zvi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110546515
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Social Memory among the Literati of Yehud written by Ehud Ben Zvi and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ehud Ben Zvi has been at the forefront of exploring how the study of social memory contributes to our understanding of the intellectual worldof the literati of the early Second Temple period and their textual repertoire. Many of his studies on the matter and several new relevant works are here collected together providing a very useful resource for furthering research and teaching in this area. The essays included here address, inter alia, prophets as sites of memory, kings as sites memory, Jerusalem as a site of memory, a mnemonic system shaped by two interacting ‘national’ histories, matters of identity and othering as framed and explored via memories, mnemonic metanarratives making sense of the past and serving various didactic purposes and their problems, memories of past and futures events shared by the literati, issues of gender constructions and memory, memories understood by the group as ‘counterfactual’ and their importance, and, in multiple ways, how and why shared memories served as a (safe) playground for exploring multiple, central ideological issues within the group and of generative grammars governing systemic preferences and dis-preferences for particular memories.

A Brief History of Heaven

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470779918
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Heaven written by Alister E. McGrath and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book by one of today's best-known Christian writers explores the history of heaven, from its origins in biblical writings to its most recent representations. A short, accessible book on the history of heaven. Draws together representations of heaven by a wide range of writers, theologians, politicians and artists. Covers literary works such as Dante's Divine Comedy, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and the poems of George Herbert. Considers discussions by Marx and Freud of heaven's role in society. Based on serious scholarship but is ideal for the non-specialist who wants to learn more about the idea of heaven. Alister E. McGrath is one of today's best-known Christian writers.

Judges and Ruth (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

Author : Kenneth C. Way
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493405357
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Judges and Ruth (Teach the Text Commentary Series) written by Kenneth C. Way and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused Biblical Scholarship to Teach the Text The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of Scripture. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key themes of the passage and sections dedicated to understanding, teaching, and illustrating the text. The newest Old Testament release in this innovative commentary series is Kenneth C. Way's treatment of Judges and Ruth.

Tanak

Author : Marvin A. Sweeney
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451414358
Total Pages : 1301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Tanak written by Marvin A. Sweeney and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 1301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though 'biblical theology' has long been considered a strictly Christian enterprise, Marvin A. Sweeney here proposes a Jewish theology of the Hebrew Bible, based on the importance of Tanak as the foundation of Judaism and organized around the major components: Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets), and Kethuvim (Writings). Sweeney finds the structuring themes of Jewish life: the constitution of the nation Israel in relation to God; the disruption of that ideal, documented by the Prophets; and the reconstitution of the nation around the Second Temple in the Writings. Throughout he is attentive to tensions within and among the texts and the dialogical character of Israel's sacred heritage" -- Publisher description.

Judges and Ruth

Author : Victor H. Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521000666
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Judges and Ruth written by Victor H. Matthews and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text

Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts

Author : Joshua W. Jipp
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004258000
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts written by Joshua W. Jipp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In light of the connection between hospitality and piety to the gods in the ancient Mediterranean, Luke ends his second volume in this manner to portray Gentile hospitality as the appropriate response to Paul’s message of God’s salvation -- a response that portrays them as hospitable exemplars within the Lukan narrative and contrasts them with the Roman Jews who reject Paul and his message.

David and Zion

Author : Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 1575060922
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book David and Zion written by Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2004 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. J. M. Roberts was graduated from Harvard University, taught at The Johns Hopkins University, and then spent the bulk of his teaching career at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he influenced and was well loved by several generations of students. Here, 21 colleagues and former students contribute essays that reflect Roberts' core interests.

Casting Down the Host of Heaven

Author : Cat Quine
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004424393
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Casting Down the Host of Heaven written by Cat Quine and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Casting Down the Host of Heaven Cat Quine analyses the ambiguous nature of the Host and explores the role of ritual in the polemic against their worship. Although commonly assumed to be YHWH’s divine army, the book reveals their non-military and fluid nature. Quine demonstrates that it was the fluidity of the Host and their roles in the divine realm that permitted the creation of wide-ranging polemic against their worship. Her analysis shows that this polemic was expressed in ritual terms which persuaded its audiences, both ancient and modern, of its legitimacy and authority.

Understanding Old Testament Ethics

Author : John Barton
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664225964
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Old Testament Ethics written by John Barton and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the world's most widely respected biblical scholars, this volume sets out detailed recommendations for the future of the discipline.

WealthWise

Author : Michael S. Moore
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725289644
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book WealthWise written by Michael S. Moore and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the first two books in this series (WealthWatch and WealthWarn), this volume attempts to do two things: (a) examine the primary socioeconomic motifs in the Bible from a comparative intertextual perspective, and (b) trace the trajectory formed by these motifs through Tanak into early Jewish and Nazarene texts. Where WealthWatch focuses on Torah and WealthWarn focuses on the Prophets, WealthWise focuses on wisdom literature. The texts examined here include the Instructions of Shuruppak, Codex Hammurabi, the Poem of the Pious Sufferer (Ludlul bel nemeqi), the Babylonian Theodicy, the Shamash Hymn, the Dialogue of Pessimism, various Hittite texts, the Proverbs of Ahiqar, 4QInstruction, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon, plus Luke’s “Sermon on the Plain” and the Epistle of James.

Reconciling Violence and Kingship

Author : Marty Alan Michelson
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227901223
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Reconciling Violence and Kingship written by Marty Alan Michelson and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful reading of the stories at the end of Judges and in 1 Samuel, Reconciling Violence and Kingship demonstrates that events surrounding Saul have significance independent of David and preceding David's kingship. Michelson argues that Saul's kingship is uniquely important in establishing the person of the king, who was inaugurated in order to minimize violence.

Whispering the Word

Author : Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611644437
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Whispering the Word written by Jacqueline E. Lapsley and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles of gender equality and their faith in the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament. Writing in response to feminist biblical scholars who approach the Old Testament with a hermeneutic of suspicion, Jacqueline Lapsley offers Christian feminists strategies to hear the subtle ideas and voices of the less powerful within the Old Testament texts. Reading and interpreting a number of Old Testament narratives in which women are prominent, Lapsley considers how these stories may reflect God's word for us. In doing so, she demonstrates how the narrative often attempts to shape the moral response of the reader by revealing the intricacy and complexity of the moral world evoked. In this gentle shaping of the reader's ethical sensibilities, she argues, is where God may be whispering a word for us.