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Approaches to the 'Chosen Place': Accessing a Biblical Concept by Rannfrid I. Thelle
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Deuteronomy's command to restrict cultic practice to one "chosen place" has occupied a central position in scholars' understandings of the book and their reconstruction of Israelite political and religious history. The debates about the date of Deuteronomy, its proposed connections to "Josiah's reform", ...Show more
Brotherhood and Inheritance: A Canonical Reading of the Esau and Edom Traditions by Bradford A. Anderson
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This study offers a canonical reading of the Esau and Edom traditions, examining the portrayal of Esau and Edom in Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the prophetic material. First, it is argued that the depiction of Esau and his descendants in Genesis and Deuteronomy is, on the whole, positive. Second, it is put ...Show more
Ecclesiastes and Scepticism by Stuart Weeks
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Scholars often view the apparent scepticism of Ecclesiastes in terms of a reaction against the more confident assertions found in works like Proverbs, and the book does indeed seem to deny the possibility of humans shaping their future or changing their fate through informed action. What appears to conc ...Show more
Land of Our Fathers: The Roles of Ancestor Veneration in Biblical Land Claims by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
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Category: No Category | Series: Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Ancestor veneration plays important- and hitherto overlooked- socio-religious and ideological roles in various and competing territorial claims as presented in the Hebrew Bible.
The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe by Diana Vikander Edelman
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Grabbe's distinguished colleagues and friends offer their reflections on the practice and theory of history writing, on the cu
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