Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393082695
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Chronicles the ancient history of Israel and its prophets, from Samson to Elijah.
Language: en
Pages: 928
Pages: 928
Robert Alter’s award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible continues with the stirring narrative of Israel’s ancient history. To read the books of the Former Prophets in this riveting Robert Alter translation is to discover an entertaining amalgam of hair-raising action and high literary achievement. Samson, the vigilante superhero of Judges,
Language: en
Pages: 3500
Pages: 3500
A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the original. A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture. Capturing its brilliantly compact
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
The King and the Land offers an innovative history of space and power in the biblical world. Stephen C. Russell shows how the monarchies in ancient Israel and Judah asserted their power over strategically important spaces such as privately-held lands, religious buildings, collectively-governed towns, and urban water systems. Among the
Language: en
Pages: 237
Pages: 237
In Late Antiquity, the biblical text served as the fundamental source of reference for Syriac intellectuals in their thinking about political power. Manolis Papoutsakis takes this point seriously and explains in detail the different exegetical steps by which certain attitudes to imperial power were reached.
Language: en
Pages: 681
Pages: 681
This detailed look at all 66 Bible books in a single volume contains helpful introductions to the 10 major units of Scripture plus maps, charts, and in-depth sidebars.
Language: en
Pages: 456
Pages: 456
The Former Prophets of the Hebrew Bible includes the books of Joshua through 2 Kings, a narrative of ancient Israel's history of some seven hundred years from the "conquest" of Canaan to the exile, when Israel lost the land. From a critical perspective the narrative is a composite document incorporating
Language: en
Pages: 656
Pages: 656
Reading Joshua can be, frankly, a jarring experience. Serious, troubling questions about God’s attitude toward his created peoples arise, questions with noeasy answer. But the book of Joshua presents itself, warts (and wars!) and all, and asks readers to let it tell its story from its point of view and
Language: en
Pages: 1586
Pages: 1586
An Old Testament commentary written by women with theological training for women with an emphasis on passages of importance to women.
Language: en
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Books about Commentary on the Old Testament ...: Joshua, by D. Steele and Judges to II Samuel, by M.S. Terry
Language: en
Pages: 463
Pages: 463
Books about The Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets, Translated ... with a Commentary ... by E. Henderson ... Second Edition