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Poets, prophets, and sages : essays in Biblical interpretation /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1971]Description: x, 436 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253166551 (Hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221 Gor 1971
LOC classification:
  • BS1192 .G65 1971
Contents:
The Bible: its origin, growth, and meaning.--Primitive democracy in ancient Israel.--The structure of Biblical poetry.--The heptad as an element of Biblical and rabbinic style.--Quotations in Biblical, oriental, and rabbinic literature.--The social background of wisdom literature.--The knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls.--The composition and structure of Amos.--Hosea's marriage and message.--Isaiah: prophet, thinker, world statesman.--Micah's vision of the end-time.--All men's book: the book of Job.--The temptation of Job.--The wisdom of Koheleth.--The Song of songs.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 221 Gor 1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 17152

Includes bibliographical references.

The Bible: its origin, growth, and meaning.--Primitive democracy in ancient Israel.--The structure of Biblical poetry.--The heptad as an element of Biblical and rabbinic style.--Quotations in Biblical, oriental, and rabbinic literature.--The social background of wisdom literature.--The knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls.--The composition and structure of Amos.--Hosea's marriage and message.--Isaiah: prophet, thinker, world statesman.--Micah's vision of the end-time.--All men's book: the book of Job.--The temptation of Job.--The wisdom of Koheleth.--The Song of songs.

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