Past, Present, Future
The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets
Biographical note
Johannes C. de Moor, Ph.D. (1971), Free University, Amsterdam, is Professor of Semitic Languages at the Theological University Kampen, The Netherlands. He has published extensively on Ugaritic, Classical Hebrew and Targumic Aramaic. He is editor of several international series and journals.
Harry F. van Rooy D.Litt (1977), Potchefsroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa) is Professor of Old Testament at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and Director of Research of the Faculty of Theology. He is at present chairperson of the Old Testament Society of South Africa. His publications include Studies on the Syriac Apocryphal Psalms (Oxford University Press, 1999).
Harry F. van Rooy D.Litt (1977), Potchefsroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa) is Professor of Old Testament at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and Director of Research of the Faculty of Theology. He is at present chairperson of the Old Testament Society of South Africa. His publications include Studies on the Syriac Apocryphal Psalms (Oxford University Press, 1999).
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This survey will fascinate all those interested in the current debate about the history of Israel and the prophetic understanding of history.
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Jermiah 30--31 remains an intruiging text. This monograph defends the thesis that these chapters are composed of ten Sub-Cantos and that they should be construed as a the conceptual coherence as based on the idea of divine changeability. Ancient near Eastern parallels help to map the mental ...
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The Babylonian period has often been construed as a time of distress and suffering. The essays in this volume - a selection of papers read at the 50th Anniversary of the SSOTS - discuss this theme from a variety of angles.
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This book discusses women in a polytheistic and monotheistic society by analyzing their social and religious position according to the literary and non-literary texts of Ugarit and Israel.
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This study concentrates on four narratives in the Old Testament in which books, esp. the Book of the Torah, play a key role: Deuteronomy 9-10 and 31:24-26, 2 Kings 22-23, Jeremiah 36, and Nehemiah 8. The literary analysis shows that the Book of the Torah occupies a strategic position and plays a ...
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This exegetical study consists of a thorough discussion of creation texts in the books of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah and a critical examination of some popular views on creation in the Bible.
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This study involves a detailed analysis of Psalms 7, 17, 18, 26, and 44 (text, philology, exegesis). It presents a new hypothesis with respect to the interpretation of the psalmists’ claims regarding their upright behaviour towards God or men.
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Who were the prophets of Israel? Historically spoken the prophets have become elusive personalities. In this volume they are rediscovered as literary characters drawn by the gifted artists and theologians who shaped the prophetic books of the Old Testament.
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The papers of an Utrecht Symposium on Exile and Return tackle the problems involved with a variety of methods and reading strategies. How did people religiously cope with the changed and shifting situation? What do we really know about the period under consideration?
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Delimitation of structural units has always been a controversial subject in Old Testament exegesis. Yet all translation and interpretation depends on it. In this work hitherto largely unexplored, but highly relevant, evidence found in ancient Hebrew, Greek and Syriac manuscripts is evaluated.
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