In prophetic and poetic literature of the Old Testament references to textual participants are inconsistent with regard to their gender, number and person characteristics. Oliver Glanz for the first t
In "The Role of Zion/Jerusalem in Isaiah 40 55: A Corpus-Linguistic Approach" Reinoud Oosting offers a linguistic and literary analysis of the Biblical Hebrew text of Isaiah 40-55, focusing on the dep
The book of Isaiah uses both prose and poetry to engage readers in a drama of great emotion and intensity. Although the circumstances under which this book took its present form remain in scholarly di
The books of Ezekiel and Daniel provide some of the most memorable stories and images of the Old Testament.Ezekiel, the wild prophet of the Babylonian exile, gave us images of the blazing wheeled thro
An expert on the world of ancient Israel introduces students to the Hebrew Prophets in this substantially revised and expanded edition of a successful text.
Daniel lived as an exile in a hostile country, yet when he committed himself in faith to serve his limitless God, he achieved the impossible. How did Daniel maintain his bold witness for God in spite
Despite the return of the Hebrews from the Babylonian exile, selfishness, apathy and despair crippled their community spirit. In response to this distress, God raised up three prophetic voices in Jeru
This is a study of the historical books from Joshua to Ezra-Nehemiah, the Literary Prophets from Amos to Joel, and the prophetic midrashim of Jonah and Daniel with an emphasis on the faith and theolog
Moses is portrayed through the use of royal motifs, such as his abandonment at birth, flight from Pharaoh, portrayal as a shepherd, as a semi-divine figure, temple builder, military general, and lawgi
In this newest installment to the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible series, Terry Eddinger provides a practical guide for students and teachers working through the Hebrew text of Malachi. Eddinger a
This volume brings together aspects of contemporary study of cultural geography and selected passages from prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The aim is to identify how the image of t
The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah is a literary analysis of every text in Isaiah in which the Assyrians explicitly or implicitly feature. In addition, a few texts regarded by dominant vo
The formation of the Book of the Twelve is one of the most vigorously debated subjects in Old Testament studies today. This volume assembles twenty-four essays by the world s leading experts, providin
As part of a larger study to determine whether the 13th-century Aramaic Zohar was a product of an unbroken literary tradition dating to second-century Palestine, Damsma (Hebrew and Jewish studies, U.
A practitioner of textual criticism, Lilly (religious studies, Western Kentucky U.) examines the Greek manuscript of Ezekiel, first published in the late 1930s and now known as p967, as a functioning
This Eerdmans Critical Commentary volume is Shalom Paul's comprehensive, all-inclusive study of the oracles of an anonymous prophet known only as Second Isaiah who prophesied in the second half of the
