École doctorale Pratiques et théories du sens, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, 2015. — 404 p. According to the initial verse of the Book of Ruth, the story takes place during the period of the Judges. However, its place in the Hebrew Bible canon, where it is revealed in Writings (Ketuvim), as well as linguistic aspects of the text, has led scholars to believe that the book was...
Brill, 2016. — xxii, 354 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 143). In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work...
Fribourg; Göttingen: Academic Press; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982. — XXVIII, *114, 666 p. — (Orbis biblicus et Orientalis; 50,1). Table de l'Avant-Propos. Avant-Propos. Table de l'Introduction. Premiere partie: L'histoire de la critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament depuis ses origines jusqu'aJ .D. Michaelis. Deuxieme partie: Le comite pour l'analyze textuelle de l'Ancien...
Fribourg; Göttingen: Academic Press; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986. — VII, 157 p. — (Orbis biblicus et orientalis; 73). L‘international Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies s‘est réunie à Vienne en août 1980. Johan Lust y a présenté une communication sur la Septante ancienne d‘Ezéchiel, livre oû celle-ci est nettement plus brève que le Texte Massorétique. Emanuel Tov,...
Mohr Siebeck, 2015. — 316 p. — (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 97). In dieser Studie fragt Hannes Bezzel nach Saul, dem ersten König Israels, nicht als einer historischen Gestalt der "frühen Königszeit", sondern als literarischer Person, deren Entwicklung er diachron in den Blick nimmt. Einsatzpunkt ist die "frühe Rezeptionsgeschichte" bis zum Ende des ersten nachchristlichen...
Brill, 2012. — xiv, 318 p. — (Septuagint Commentary Series). In 1 Esdras Michael Bird presents a commentary on this much-neglected text based on its witness in Codex Vaticanus as part of the next installment of the Septuagint Commentary Series. Containing material that parallels 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, 1 Esdras is featured in the Septuagint and Christian Apocrypha....
Westminster John Knox Press, 1988. — 368 p. — (Old Testament Library). This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O'Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the author of Sage, Priest, Prophet: Religious and Intellectual...
Mohr Siebeck, 2006. — 369 p. — (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 47). The character of Saul and his place within the history, theology, and ideology of ancient Israel have fascinated interpreters for centuries. This book surveys the field of Saul's studies. It includes in the first instance essays detailing Saul's place within the biblical narrative and its constituent parts...
De Gruyter, 2004. — 805 p. — (Fontes Et Subsidia Ad Bibliam Pertinentes 3). The relationships between the many different versions of Tobit present a famous and important problem for text critics and historians of Judaism; however, the study of the subject has been hindered by the lack of any single, reliable collection. This book brings together, for the first time, a wide...
Peeters Pub & Booksellers, 2022. — 769 p. — (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensuium, 328). This volume contains the proceedings of the 69th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (February 1-3, 2021), which focused on new perspectives in the research into the books of 1-4 Maccabees. The contributions explore the relevance of literary approaches to the Maccabean books,...
Andrés Piquer Otero and Pablo A. Torijano Morales (eds.). — Brill, 2020. — xiv, 462 p. — (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 185). This volume contains a collection of the author’s life-long study (along with some new research written specifically for this book) of the text of 1-2 Kings, some of them translated into English for the first time. Julio Trebolle’s career has...
Brill, 2017. — 289 p. — (Vetus Testamentum. Supplements 175). This volume offers a thematic study of an integral part of the Hebrew text of Esther, namely, violence. In The Dynamics of Violence and Revenge in the Hebrew Book of Esther, Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz makes the first-ever monographic research on the topics of hostility and the mechanisms of revenge as expressed by...
Brill, 2016. — xiv, 242 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 142). In this book, Helen Paynter offers a radical re-evaluation of the central section of Kings. Reading with attention to the literary devices of carnivalization and mirroring, she demonstrates that it contains a florid satire on kings, prophets, and nations. Building on the work of humorists, literary...
Second ed. — New York: Doubleday, 1965. — XXXVI, 268 p. — (The Anchor bible 13). II Chronicles (Volume 13 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible Commentary series) is a crucial book for historians of the biblical period and students of the Bible. Like I Chronicles, it has been both over- and undervalued. In recent years it has, certainly, suffered undue neglect. However, II Chronicles...
Brill, 2019. — xii, 220 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 178) In Esther in Diaspora, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka presents a new approach to the book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He argues that, whereas previous interpretations have emphasized an association with the Jewish festival of Purim, a theory-nuanced concept of diaspora offers the key to reading Esther....
Word Books, 1977. — 109 p. — (Discovery Books) Tucked away in the Bible in an obscure corner of the Old Testament is the little book of Esther. It is a delightful story of human love and palace intrigue set in the days of Israel's captivity under the Median-Persian Empire. It tells of a captive Jewish maiden who, through an amazing series of incidents, was elevated to the...
Word Books, 1977. — 109 p. — (Discovery Books) Tucked away in the Bible in an obscure corner of the Old Testament is the little book of Esther. It is a delightful story of human love and palace intrigue set in the days of Israel's captivity under the Median-Persian Empire. It tells of a captive Jewish maiden who, through an amazing series of incidents, was elevated to the...
Cambridge University Press, 2019. — 285 p. — (Old Testament Theology) 1 and 2 Kings unfolds an epic narrative that concludes the long story of Israel's experience with institutional monarchy, a sequence of events that begins with the accession of Solomon and the establishment of the Jerusalem temple, moves through the partition into north and south, and leads inexorably toward...
Inter-Varsity Press, 1979. — 172 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) "The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth." So begins Derek Kidner in this...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1985. — 98 p. — (Old Testament Guides) In this masterly introduction to the book of Judges by an acknowledged authority on the material, the student is offered a guide to the main issues of interpretation, including the writing of history in Judges, the Deuteronomistic context, the structure of the book and its origin. The considerable amount of recent...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. — 102 p. — (Old Testament Guides) A comprehensive introduction to the critical issues raised by scholarship on both books of Samuel. The often intricate problems are dealt with clearly and engagingly; the chapters deal with the Deuteronomistic History, the Shiloh tradition, the Ark narrative, the rise of the monarchy, the reign of Saul, the story...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. — 104 p. — (Old Testament Guides) As the only historical source available for the period of the Jewish return from the Babylonian exile and its aftermath, the books of Ezra and Nehemiah are crucial for those who would study not only the political, but also the religious and social history of the Old Testament. In this valuable addition to the...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. — 102 p. — (Old Testament Guides) A comprehensive introduction to the critical issues raised by scholarship on both books of Samuel. The often intricate problems are dealt with clearly and engagingly; the chapters deal with the Deuteronomistic History, the Shiloh tradition, the Ark narrative, the rise of the monarchy, the reign of Saul, the story...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1985. — 98 p. — (Old Testament Guides) In this masterly introduction to the book of Judges by an acknowledged authority on the material, the student is offered a guide to the main issues of interpretation, including the writing of history in Judges, the Deuteronomistic context, the structure of the book and its origin. The considerable amount of recent...
T. & T. Clark Publishers, 2004. — 280 p. The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary, this...
A&C Black, 1988. — 260 p. The Triumph of Irony in the Book of Judges focuses on the literary quality of the book of Judges. Klein extrapolates the theme of irony in the book of Judges, seeking to prove that it is the main structural element. She points out how this literary device adds to the overall meaning and tone of the book, and what it reveals about the culture of the...
Cambridge University Press, 1975. — 244 p. — (Cambridge Bible Commentary) The Book of Judges forms part of that section of the Old Testament known as the 'Historical Books'. These books are theological interpretations of history, the word of God revealed in the events of Israel's past. The Book of Judges describes the continuing attempts of the Israelites to settle in central...
JSOT Press, 1987. — 285 p. — (Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series; 46) Eminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb’s commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. It discusses not only...
JSOT Press, 1987. — 285 p. — (Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series; 46) Eminently readable, exegetically thorough, and written in an emotionally warm style that flows from his keen sensitivity to the text, Barry Webb’s commentary on Judges is just what is needed to properly engage a dynamic, narrative work like the book of Judges. It discusses not only...
Www.academia.edu, 2008. — 37 p. Tobit is presented as a Jew who belongs to the tribe of Naphtali (in the northern kingdom of Israel). Though his capture during the reign of the Assyrian king Shalmanesser (726-722 BCE, but see 2 Kgs 15:29) locates most of the story’s events in the Eastern Diaspora, the first part of Tobit’s life is lived out in the land of Israel. The chronology...
IVP, 1973. — 310 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) The book of Judges presents Israel's human frailty, the nation's need for both spiritual and political deliverance, and God's use of flawed human leaders to guide and preserve his chosen people through a dark period of their history. The book of Ruth tells a smaller story within this larger narrative, showing God...
Inter-Varsity Press, 1979. — 172 p. — (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) "The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth." So begins Derek Kidner in this...
Brill. 2013. — 529 p. — (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden, Book 19). — ISBN: 9004241981; ISBN13: 9789004241985 In this MPIL volume, Janet Dyk and Percy van Keulen implement computer science, linguistic analysis, and text-historical insights in treating the differences between the Hebrew and Syriac versions of Kings. Applying the distinct disciplines helped in...