Covenant As Context Essays in Honour of E. W. Nicholson

by Mayes, A. D. H.; Salters, R. B.

• ISBN13: 9780199250745
• ISBN10: 019925074X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The topic of Old Testament covenant has been a long-standing focus of many of Ernest Nicholson's publications, and it is wholly appropriate that it should serve as a framework for this collection. The essays explore this topic from a variety of perspectives: literary, exegetical, historical, religious, and theological, and demonstrate its continuing vitality as a basis for original work in Old Testament study. The contributions include a substantial evaluation of Ernest Nicholson's writings.

Author Biography

A. D. H. Mayes is Erasmus Smith's Professor of Hebrew, Trinity College, Dublin R. B. Salters was formerly Senior Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament, University of St Andrews

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction: Ernest Nicholson's Contribution to Old Testament Studies (by J.A. Emerton)	xvii
Ernest Nicholson's Main Publications	xxxvii
1. A Disputed Sense in a Covenant Context: On the Interpretation of Genesis 15:6
BERTIL ALBREKTSON	1	(10)
2. Reflections on the Covenant with Noah
JAMES BARR	11	(12)
3. Covenant in Old Testament Theology
JOHN BARTON	23	(16)
4. The Davidic Covenant in the Isaiah Tradition
RONALD E. CLEMENTS	39	(32)
5. Covenant, Oath, and the Composition of the Pentateuch
GRAHAM DAVIES	71	(20)
6. Why Does God 'Establish' rather than 'Cut' Covenants in the Priestly Source?
JOHN DAY	91	(20)
7. Covenant and Creation in Relationship
KATHARINE J. DELL	111	(24)
8. Canonical Text, Covenantal Communities, and the Patterns of Exegetical Culture: Reflections on the Past Century
MICHAEL FISHBANE	135	(28)
9. Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9
ROBERT P. GORDON	163	(28)
10. Moses and the Covenant in The Assumption of Moses and the Pentateuch
WILLIAM HORBURY	191	(18)
11. Recounting the Tetrateuch
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE	209	(26)
12. Covenant and Law in Ben Sira
OTTO KAISER	235	(26)
13. The Middle of the Old Testament
WILLIAM MCKANE	261	(24)
14. The Covenant People: Max Weber and the Historical Understanding of Ancient Israel
A.D.H. MAYES	285	(26)
15. The Story of the First Commandment: The Book of Joshua
PATRICK D. MILLER	311	(14)
16. An Overlooked Term in Old Testament Theology Perhaps
DAVID J. REIMER	325	(22)
17. Yahweh and His People in Lamentations
R.B. SALTERS	347	(24)
18. 'The Idea of Covenant Has its History': On the Life and Work of Otto Procksch (1874-1947)
RUDOLF SMEND	371	(22)
19. Isaiah I and the Covenant Lawsuit
H.G.M. WILLIAMSON	393	(14)
Index of Biblical References	407	(10)
Author Index	417	(6)
General Index	423