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The Forsaken Firstborn

Author : Roger Syrén
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567427943
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book The Forsaken Firstborn written by Roger Syrén and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative book combines literary and historical methods to examine the phenomenon of the 'forsaken firstborn' in Genesis. The dignity of the firstborn sons of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph-Ishmael, Esau, Reuben and Manasseh-is disregarded in the narrative and the rights inherent in their status are taken from them and conferred on a younger brother. One might easily compare this with the motif in many folktales of the youngest son outdoing his elder brothers in cleverness and skill. But unlike the folklore motif, in the book of Genesis the younger brother's success is not due to any courageous deed or heroic feat on his own part. Instead the displacement of the elder by the younger is usually the result of somebody else's initiative and achievement.

The Firstborn Son in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

Author : Kyu Seop Kim
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900439494X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Firstborn Son in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity written by Kyu Seop Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a study of the meaning of the firstborn son in the New Testament paying specific attention to the concept of primogeniture in the Old Testament and Jewish literature.

Studies in the Book of Genesis

Author : André Wénin
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042909342
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Book of Genesis written by André Wénin and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Articles ... présentés lors du 48e Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense organisé à Louvain les 28, 29 et 30 juillet 1999..."--Pref.

When Brothers Dwell Together

Author : Frederick E. Greenspahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195082532
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book When Brothers Dwell Together written by Frederick E. Greenspahn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although primogeniture is commonly assumed to have prevailed throughout the world and firstborns are regarded as most likely to achieve success, many of the most prominent figures in biblical literature are younger offspring, including Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon. Central to the plot of most biblical stories, the sibling relationships depicted are rarely harmonious, and the surprising preference for younger siblings is an intriguing and unexplained pattern. Using evidence from a wide range of disciplines. Frederick E. Greenspahn presents a seminal interpretation of this phenomenon. In this study, he demonstrates that ancient Israelite fathers were in fact free to choose their primary heirs. The Bible's propensity for younger offspring, Greenspahn shows, reflects neither a legally mandated norm nor a protest against the prevailing custom, but rather conforms to a widespread folk motif, evoking innocence, vulnerability, and destiny. Within the biblical context, this theme heightens God's role in supporting ostensibly unlikely heroes. Drawing on the resources of law, anthropology, folklore, and linguistics, Greenspahn shows how, in portraying younger siblings triumphing over older ones, these tales serve as complex parables of God's relationship to his chosen people, and reflect Israel's own discomfort with the contradiction between its theology of election and the reality of political weakness.

The First Bible of the Church

Author : Mogens Müller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567634175
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book The First Bible of the Church written by Mogens Müller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Bible of the Church describes of the shape of the Jewish Bible at the time of the New Testament, with a special focus on the significance of the Greek translation, the Septuagint. The Jewish defence of the Septuagint version and its reception into the early Church makes it a representative of the Jewish Bible tradition fully on a par with the Hebrew Bible. This fact is especially important because the Septuagint is extensively used in the New Testament writings, whereby it-and not the Hebrew Bible (the Masoretic text)-is the most obvious candidate for the title of the first Bible of the Church.

The Chronicler's Genealogies

Author : James T. Sparks
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589833651
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book The Chronicler's Genealogies written by James T. Sparks and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110899647
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice written by Francesca Stavrakopoulou and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hebrew Bible portrays King Manasseh and child sacrifice as the most reprehensible person and the most objectionable practice within the story of 'Israel'. This monograph suggests that historically, neither were as deviant as the Hebrew Bible appears to insist. Through careful historical reconstruction, it is argued that Manasseh was one of Judah's most successful monarchs, and child sacrifice played a central role in ancient Judahite religious practice. The biblical writers, motivated by ideological concerns, have thus deliberately distorted the truth about Manasseh and child sacrifice.

God, Justice, and Society

Author : Jonathan Burnside
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199759219
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book God, Justice, and Society written by Jonathan Burnside and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the real meaning of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth'? Where did the idea for the 'Jubilee 2000' and 'Drop the Debt' campaigns come from? Here, Burnside looks at aspects of law and legality in the Bible, from the patriarchal narratives in the Hebrew Bible through to the trials of Jesus in the New Testament.

Birth in Babylonia and the Bible

Author : Stol
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004494618
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Birth in Babylonia and the Bible written by Stol and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilising material spanning 3000 years, this book examines childbirth in the Biblical and Babylonian world. Stol's scholarship has an extraordinary range. He follows the mother and child from conception to weaning, analyzing a variety of different texts and topics. He deals, for example, with the vicissitudes and procedures of labor and delivery, delivery with magical plants and amulets, and with legal issues relating to abortion or to the liability of the wet-nurse. Many of the texts are rich and distinctive. Babylonian incantations to facilitate birth describe the child moving "over the dark sea" and, like a ship, reaching "the quay of life". His discussions are supplemented with relevant examples drawn from Greek and Roman sources, Rabbinic literature, and modern ethnographic material from traditional Middle Eastern societies. The last chapter, written by F.A.M. Wiggermann, deals with the horrible baby-snatching demon, Lamastum. This book is a fully re-worked edition of a volume originally written in Dutch (1983). Both authors teach at the Free University (Amsterdam).

Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives

Author : Janice P. De-Whyte
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900436630X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives written by Janice P. De-Whyte and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Janice Ewurama De-Whyte offers a reading of the Hebrew Bible barrenness narratives. Barrenness was the threat to female honour and the lineage’s continuity. Therefore, the word “wom(b)an” visually underscores the centrality of the productive womb to female identity.

Evangelical Dictionary of Theology

Author : Daniel J. Treier
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493410776
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Evangelical Dictionary of Theology written by Daniel J. Treier and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics. Readable and reliable, this work features new articles on topics of contemporary relevance to world Christianity and freshened articles on enduring theological subjects, providing comprehensive A-Z coverage for today's theology students. The author base reflects the increasing diversity of evangelical scholars. Advisory editors include D. Jeffrey Bingham, Cheryl Bridges Johns, John G. Stackhouse Jr., Tite Tiénou, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer.

Valuable and Vulnerable

Author : Julie Faith Parker
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1930675860
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Valuable and Vulnerable written by Julie Faith Parker and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as women in the Bible have been overlooked for much of interpretative history, children in the Bible have fascinating and compelling stories that scholars have largely ignored. This groundbreaking book focuses on children in the Hebrew Bible. The author argues that the biblical writers recognized children as different from adults and used these ideas to shape their stories. She provides conceptual and historical frameworks for understanding children and childhood, and examines Hebrew terms related to children and youth. The book introduces a new methodology of childist interpretation and applies it to the Elisha cycle (2 Kings 2-8), which contains forty-nine child characters. Combining literary insights with social-scientific evidence, the author demonstrates that children play critical roles in the world of the text as well as the culture that produced it.

History and Traditions of Early Israel

Author : André Lemaire
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004275746
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book History and Traditions of Early Israel written by André Lemaire and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is published as a Festschrift on the occasion of the 70th birthday of professor Eduard Nielsen (Copenhagen). In accordance with the main themes of Eduard Nielsen's scholarly works the articles concentrate on the history of early Israel, i.e. Israel before the classical prophets in the 8th century B.C., and on literary traditions referring to this phase of Israelite history. The articles are concerned with topics in the Books of the Pentateuch, with the epoch of King David, as well as with archaeology, Canaanite traditions etc. Eduard Nielsen's bibliography is included at the end of the book.

Chaos or Covenant?

Author : Michael S. Moore
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666780812
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Chaos or Covenant? written by Michael S. Moore and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to introduce the Pentateuch to (under)graduate students by approaching it from the perspective of five theological polarities: chaos-creation (Genesis), slavery-freedom (Exodus), defilement-holiness (Leviticus), wilderness-homeland (Numbers), and conflict-covenant (Deuteronomy). It examines these polarities in light of other great texts from the ancient Near East (and Qur'an) in the hope of ushering the reader into a deeper understanding of the one God revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Samuel

Author : Graeme Auld
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146745351X
Total Pages : 1672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Samuel written by Graeme Auld and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Auld’s introduction to and concise commentary on First and Second Samuel. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Kings

Author : Roger Tomes
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467453544
Total Pages : 1672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Kings written by Roger Tomes and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Tomes’ introduction to and concise commentary on First and Second Kings. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Chronicles

Author : Richard J. Coggins
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467453579
Total Pages : 1672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Chronicles written by Richard J. Coggins and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Coggin’s introduction to and concise commentary on First and Second Chronicles. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.