God's Word for Our World, Vol. 2

by Ellens, Deborah L.; Ellens, J. Harold; Kalimi, Isaac; Knierim, Rolf

• ISBN13: 9780826469755
• ISBN10: 0826469752
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John DeVries, noted Old Testament Scholar.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Rolf P. Knierim
Abbreviations	x
List of Contributors	xiii
Introduction: Biblical Theology and Text-Critical Studies	1	(5)
J. Harold Ellens
On Worldviews in the Bible of the Christians	6	(18)
Rolf P. Knierim
The Holiness of God in Contemporary Jewish and Christian Biblical Theology	24	(13)
Thomas B. Dozeman
Delitzsch in Context	37	(9)
Bill T. Arnold
David B. Weisberg
Empire Re-Affirmed: A Commentary on Greek Psalm 2	46	(17)
Albert Pietersma
Midrash Psalms Shocher Tov: Some Theological and Methodological Features and a Case Study---The View of God	63	(14)
Isaac Kalimi
Sinuhe, Jonah and Joseph: Ancient `Far Travelers' and the Power of God	77	(5)
Edmund S. Meltzer
Prophets and Prophecy in Targum Jonathan to the Prophets	82	(16)
Moshe Aberbach
Israelites, Judeans and Iranians in Mesopotamia and Adjacent Regions	98	(30)
Ran Zadok
Jew and Non-Jew in the Roman Period in Light of their Play, Games, and Leisure-Time Activities	128	(13)
Joshua Schwartz
Jewish and Christian Historiography in the Sixteenth Century: A Comparison of Sebastian Munster and David Gans	141	(18)
Dean Phillip Bell
Minjung Theology's Biblical Hermeneutics: An Examination of Minjung Theology's Appropriation of the Exodus Account	159	(18)
Wonil Kim
Revisiting Aspects of Bultmann's Legacy	177	(22)
Rolf P. Knierim
Repentance in the Context of Lukan Soteriology	199	(17)
Robert C. Tannehill
On Punishment in the Hebrew Bible	216	(17)
Rolf P. Knierim
Biblical Metaphors as Psychological Agents that Legitimate Violence in Society	233	(12)
J. Harold Ellens
Capital Punishment in Light of Biblical Interpretation	245	(23)
Rolf P. Knierim
Renaissance Artists and Biblical Exegetes	268	(11)
Samuel Terrien
The Work of Simon John De Vries	279	(8)
Index of References	287	(11)
Index of Authors	298