Divine Commitment and Human Obligation

by Freedman, David Noel; Huddlestun, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780802838155
• ISBN10: 0802838154
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Volume I of this set collects forty-three of David Noel Freedman's best shorter pieces on the themes of history and religion--from "The 'House of Absalom' in the Habakkuk Scroll" (1949) to "Editing the Editors: Translation and Elucidation of the Text of the Bible" (1993).

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	viii	(7)
Preface	xv	(11)
Acknowledgments	xxvi	(2)
Abbreviations	xxviii
1. The "House of Absalom" in the Habakkuk Scroll (1949)	1	(2)
2. Note on Genesis (1953)	3	(5)
3. The Book of Ezekiel (1954)	8	(23)
4. The Babylonian Chronicle (1956)	31	(12)
5. The Unity of the Bible (1956)	43	(7)
6. The Prayer of Nabonidus (1957)	50	(3)
7. The Slave of Yahweh (1959)	53	(19)
8. History and Eschatology: The Nature of Biblical Religion and Prophetic Faith (1960)	72	(10)
9. The Name of the God of Moses (1960)	82	(6)
10. The Chronicler's Purpose (1961)	88	(6)
11. Kaufmann's The Religion of Israel (review) (1962)	94	(5)
12. Pentatecuh (1962)	99	(34)
13. The Continuing Revolution in Biblical Research (1963)	139	(13)
14. The Law and the prophets (1963)	139	(13)
15. On Method in Biblical Studies: The Old Testament (1963)	152	(9)
16. Modern Scripture Research and Ecumenism (1963)	161	(7)
17. Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: The Covenant Theme (1964)	168	(11)
18. The Hebrew Old Testament and the Ministry Today: An Exegetical Study of Leviticus 19:18b (1964)	179	(6)
19. Archaeology and the Future of Biblical Studies: The Biblical Languages (1965)	185	(15)
20. Toward a Common Bible? (1965)	200	(11)
21. Religious Freedom and the Old Testament (1966)	211	(7)
22. The Biblical Idea of History (1967)	218	(15)
23. The Old Testament at Qumran (1968)	233	(8)
24. Reader Response: An Essay on Jewish Christianty (1969)	241	(8)
25. "Mistress Forever": A Note on Isaiah 47:7 (1970)	249	(2)
26. "Son of Man, Can These Bones Live?: The Exile (1975)	251	(16)
27. Canon of the Old Testament (1976)	267	(12)
28. The Deuteronomic History (1976)	279	(7)
29. The Age of David and Solomon (1979)	286	(28)
30. Problems of Textual Criticism in the Book of Hosea (1979)	314	(16)
31. Temple without Hands (1981)	330	(11)
32. The Earliest Bible (1983)	341	(9)
33. Discourse on Prophetic Discourse (1983)	350	(17)
34. Headings in the Books of the Eighth-Century Prophets (1987)	367	(16)
35. "Who Is Like Thee among the Gods?": The Religion of Early Israel (1987)	383	(20)
36. Yahweh of Samaria and His Asherah (1987)	403	(6)
37. When God Repents (1989)	409	(38)
38. W. F. Albright as Historian (1989)	447	(10)
39. The Nine Commandments: The Secret Progress of Israel's Sins (1989)	457	(13)
40. The Formation of the Canon of the Old Testament: The Selection and Identification of the Torah as the Supreme Authority of the Postexilic Community (1990)	470	(15)
41. Dinah and Shechem, Tamar and Amnon (1990)	485	(11)
42. The Symmetry of the Hebrew Bible (1992)	496	(25)
43. Editing the Editors: Translation and Elucidation of the Text of the Bible (1993)	521