Congress volume Munich 2013 / edited by Christl M. Maier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congressn (21st : 2013 : Munich, Germany)

Contributor:

Maier, Christl M., 1962- editor.

Series:

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; 0083-5889 v. 163.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 463 pages : portrait ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Language Note:

In German, English, and French.

Summary:

This volume presents the main lectures of the 21st Congress of the, International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOR) held in Munich, Germany, in August 2013. Seventeen internationally distinguished scholars present their current research on the Hebrew Bible, including the literary history of the Hebrew text, its Greek translation and history of interpretation. Some focus on archeological sources and the reconstruction of indent Israelite religion while others discuss the formation of the biblical text and its impact for cultural memory. The volume gives readers a representative view of the most recent developments in the study of the Old Testament. Book jacket.

Contents:

Die Entstehung des Judentums als Gegenstand der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft / Christoph Levin

Alexander der Grosse in der alttestamentlichen Überlieferung : eine Spurensuche und ihre theologischen Implikationen / Beate Ego

Texts, text-forms, editions, new compositions and the final products of Biblical literature / Zipora Talshir

Is the Book of Jubilees a commentary on Genesis or an intended replacement? / James Kugel

"My God is YHWH" : the composition of the Elijah stories in 1-2 Kings / Steven L. McKenzie

Die Midrasch-Exegese im Dienst der Literarkritik : zum Beispiel, Krieg und Frieden in Dtn 2,24-32 / Shimon Gesundheit

Les enjeux socio-historiques de la composition d'ensemble du livre des Nombres / Olivier Artus

Les écrivains déuteronomistes travaillaient-ils en Babylonie ou en Palestine? / Jacque Vermeylen

Forschungsgeschichte als Rezeptionsgeschichte in nuce / Irmtraud Fischer

From Paraleipomenon to early reader : the implications of recent Chronicles studies for Pentateuchal criticism / Louis C. Jonker

Alte Stücke, späte Brücke? : zur Rolle des Buches Numeri in der jüngeren Pentateuchdiskussion / Christian Frevel

Prophetic "postcolonialism" : performing the disaster of the Spanish Conquest on the stage of Jeremiah / Yvonne Sherwood

Humor und Ironie in der jahwistischen Urgeschichte / Akio Tsukimoto

Archaeology and the Bible : reflections on historical memory in the Deuteronomistic history / Amihai Mazar

Reshaping the memory of Zedekiah and his period in Chronicles / Ehud Ben Zvi

Recent discoveries at Tayinat (ancient Kunulua/Calno) and their Biblical implications / Timothy P. Harrison

Die Anfänge des Jesajabuchs / Konrad Schmid.

Notes:

Papers presented at the 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament held in Munich, Germany, August 4 to 9, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004278233

9004278230

OCLC:

887450823