The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190212438,9780190900526,0190212438,0190900520

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• ISBN-10: 0190900520
• ISBN-13: 9780190900526
• Author:  Donn Morgan
  

This Oxford Handbook is a serious resource for the study of the literature of the Writings (Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Esther, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Daniel) of the Hebrew Bible, including its context and its scriptural/canonical shape and reception. A first section provides an overview of the post-exilic period in which much of the Writings was written, focusing on history, archeology, and the development of major literary traditions, all of which provide the context for understanding and interpreting this literature. A second section contains creative studies of the books in the Writings, focusing on structure, purpose, and distinctive characteristics of this very diverse literature. A third section looks at the Writings from larger and longer perspectives including the ancient Near East, developing Judaism and Christianity, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, music and the arts, and its canonization and reception by Judaism and Christianity. This handbook has a focus on the special character and shape of the Writings as scripture and canon, including the recurring issues of diversity and difference, dates of canonization, its special relationship to other scripture and canon (Torah, Prophets, New Testament), and its interpretation in religious and non-religious communities.

Table contents:

1. Studying the Writings as Postexilic Literature and Canon

Part I History

2. The Writings in the Early Postexilic Period (Cyrus through Ezra-Nehemiah)

3. The Writings in the Hellenistic and Roman Period

4. Archaeology of the Postexilic Period and the Writings

Part II Institutional and Literary Traditions

5. Cultic Traditions in the Writings: Priests and Levites in the Postexilic Period

6. Wisdom Traditions and the Writings: Sage and Scribe

7. Apocalyptic Visions and Revisions of the End in the Writings

8. Postexilic Prose Traditions in the Writings: Novella Writers, Storytellers, and History Writers

9. Postexilic Poetic Traditions in the Writings

Part III Literature

10. Reading Psalms Sapientially in the Writings

11. The Book of Job in the Context of the Writings

12. Reading Proverbs as a Book in the Writings

13. Lamentations and Canon: Conversations in the Dark

14. Ruth: A Reading of Scripture?

15. Esther’s Frame within the Writings

16. Qoheleth in the Writings

17. The Wisdom of Desire in the Song of Songs

18. Reimagining Community Past and Present in Ezra and Nehemiah

19. Chronicles and the Writings

20. Reading Daniel as Part of the Writings

Part IV Later Interpretation

21. Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls

22. Nascent Judaism: The Writings and the History of Religions

23. Ancient Near Eastern Religions and the Writings

24. The Divine–Human Encounter in the Hebrew Wisdom of the Writings and the Confucian Analects

25. Moving Texts: The Writings in Western Music and Visual Arts

26. The Reception of the Writings and Their Place in the Biblical Canon

27. The Canonical Shape and Function of the Writings

28. Aspects of Jewish Reception of the Ketuvim (Writings)

29. The Writings in the Christian Bible

30. The Writings and Canon: Enduring Issues and Legacy

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