What is this babbler trying to say? : essays on biblical interpretation / Michael S. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Michael S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2016.

Summary:

This book is a collection of revised-and-updated essays about the Hebrew Bible written by a North American scholar over a period of several decades. Subdivided into three parts--Torah, Prophecy/Apocalyptic, and Wisdom--these seventeen essays attempt to model for younger scholars and students what the discipline of biblical interpretation can look like, attending carefully to literary, historical, canonical, and comparative intertextual methods of investigation.

Contents:

Part 1. Torah. Another look at Balaam

Balaam the "prophet?"

Role preemption in the Israelite priesthood

Part 2. Prophecy and apocalyptic. Yahweh's day

Jeremiah's progressive paradox

Jeremiah's identity crisis

The laments in Jeremiah and 1QH: mapping the metaphorical trajectories

Jehu's coronation and purge of Israel

Big dreams and broken promises: Solomon's treaty with Hiram

Searching in Sheba: the desire for "biblical literacy"

Resurrection and immortality: two motifs navigating confluent theological streams in Dan 12:1-4

Part 3. Wisdom and other writings. Ruth the Moabite and the blessing of foreigners

To king or not to king: a canonical-historical approach to Ruth

Job's texts of terror

Human suffering in Lamentations

Bathsheba's silence

"Wise women" or "wisdom woman?" A biblical study of gender roles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498208536

1498208533