God of the Fathers : conceptualizations of divinity in Genesis and Deuteronomy : a festschrift for Bill T. Arnold / edited by David B. Schreiner, Mark A. Awabdy, and Drew S. Holland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnold, Bill T., honoree.

Schreiner, David B., editor.

Awabdy, Mark A., 1981- editor.

Holland, Drew S., editor.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte ; Bd. 32.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte, 1439-619X ; Band 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Biblical teaching.

God.

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xii, 419 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2026.

Summary:

"In the history of Old Testament research, only a few scholars have contributed exegetical commentaries (accompanied by monographs, chapters, and articles) on both of the Pentateuch’s framing books. Professors Samuel Rolles Driver and Gerhard von Rad laid a foundation upon which Rev. Dr. Bill T. Arnold has built through his writings on Genesis and Deuteronomy. Professor Arnold also belongs to the lineage of renaissance men and women from past generations and has a profound knowledge of ancient Near Eastern history and religion, Hebrew syntax and lexicology, comparative Semitics, biblical hermeneutics, source and redaction criticism, and nuanced theological and ecclesial reflection. God of the Fathers honors his academic legacy by assembling the first known catalog of essays on conceptualizations of Israel’s deity from both the opening and closing books of the Torah for the scholarly community. The title alludes to the appellative for Yhwh that extends from the Patriarchal History through Exodus 4, then disappears from usage, but reappears in Deuteronomy, prompting the essayists to discover and present fresh insights on the theological discourse of the ancient sources of these authoritative texts of the Hebrew scriptures." --Publisher.

Contents:

Notes of appreciation and celebration from colleagues and advisees

Testamonia / David B. Schreiner, Mark A. Awabdy, Drew S. Holland

Genesis.

'God of the fathers' in Genesis 12-50 considered in its cognitive environment / John H. Walton

God's character in the primeval history / Georg Fischer

Divinization : a real problem in the primeval history (and beyond)? / Brent A. Strawn

The language of creation : the name of God and the naming of creatures / Benjamin Kilchör

The holiness anthropology of Genesis 1 / Mark A. Awabdy

Sabbath in a holiness creation narrative / Drew S. Holland

The punishment of Cain and the God of mercy / Brian Shockey

Genesis 22 : anti-pilgramage, anti-God? / Mark S. Smith

"The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father" (Gen 31:53a) / Christoph Levin

Deuteronomy.

Die Differenz von Erzählzeit und erzählter Zeit als Schlüssel zu einer narrativen Rechtshermeneutik im Deuteronomium / Eckart Otto

The love of God in Deuteronomy : on the origins of an overstretched metaphor / Jan Christian Gertz

Centralization and conceptions of God / Jim Wilson

Adultery and covenant fidelity : the ideology of the Deuteronomic family laws / Alison K. Hawanchak

Divine voices in the song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32) / Jean-Pierre Sonnet

Indeed, all his ways are just (Deut 32:4) : divine and human morality in Deuteronomy and Plato's Euthyphro / Paavo N. Tucker

Ancient West Asian Contexts of Genesis and Deuteronomy.

No blood on his hands / Kyle R. Greenwood

Amorite religion in light of the Amorite-Akkadian bilingual tablets / Richard S. Hess

Spaces for the gods : built with human hands but percieved as divine construction / Nancy L. Erikson

"He went to his [fathers]" in the Tel Dan inscription : once again, the Aramaic preterite / K. Lawson Younger, Jr.

Reception History of Genesis and Deuteronomy.

Genesis 32 in two acts / Steven L. McKenzie

The name theology in Deuteronomy, 2 Samuel 7 and 1 Kings 8 : a case of divine presence or a new kind of king? / Sandra L. Richter

Torturing a beaten horse? : the Deuteronomistic historian and the abuse of animals in Joshua / Lawson G. Stone

The 'second law' among the scripture and early Judaism and the Jesus tradition / Ben Witherington, III.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783447125321

3447125322

OCLC:

1591808760

Publisher Number:

9783447125321