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The Oxford handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible /

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This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the Writings, the third division of the Hebrew Bible canon, from historical, literary, and canonical perspectives through the contributions of twenty-eight scholars. Included is the postexilic period of ancient Israel when most of the Writings were...

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Other Authors: Morgan, Donn F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
Subjects:
Bible. > Hagiographa > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Aspects of Jewish Reception of the Ketuvim (Writings) / Alan Cooper
  • The Writings in the Hellenistic and Roman Period / Timothy H. Lim
  • The Wisdom of Desire in the Song of Songs / Carey Walsh
  • Reimagining Community Past and Present in Ezra and Nehemiah / Melody D. Knowles
  • Chronicles and the Writings / John C. Endres
  • Reading Daniel as Part of the Writings / Ralph W. Klein
  • Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman
  • Nascent Judaism: The Writings and the History of Religions / Jon L. Berquist
  • Ancient Near Eastern Religions and the Writings / Daniel C. Snell
  • Moving Texts: The Writings in Western Music and Visual Arts / Roger Ferlo
  • The Writings in the Christian Bible / Mark W. Elliott
  • Esther's Frame within the Writings / Timothy J. Stone
  • Lamentations and Canon: Conversations in the Dark / Scott Ellington
  • Cultic Traditions in the Writings: Priests and Levites in the Post-Exilic Period / Mark A. Leuchter
  • Apocalyptic Visions and Revisions of the End in the Writings / Bennie H. Reynolds III
  • Post-Exilic Prose Traditions in the Writings: Novella Writers, Story Tellers, and History Writers / Thomas M. Bolin
  • The Book of Job in the Context of the Writings / Katharine J. Dell
  • Reading Psalms Sapientially in the Writings / William P. Brown
  • Studying The Writings As Post-Exilic Literature and Canon / Donn F. Morgan
  • Post-Exilic Poetic Traditions in the Writings / S. E. Gillingham
  • The Divine Human Encounter in the Hebrew Wisdom of the Writings and the Confucian Analects / Archie Chi-Chung Lee
  • The Writings and Canon: Enduring Issues and Legacy / Donn F. Morgan
  • The Canonical Shape and Function of the Writings / Timothy J. Stone
  • Qoheleth in the Writings / Erhard S. Gerstenberger
  • Ruth: A Reading of Scripture / A. Graeme Auld
  • The Reception of the Writings and their place in the Biblical Canon / Lee Martin McDonald
  • Reading Proverbs as a Book in the Writings / Julius Steinberg
  • Archeology of the Post-Exilic Period and the Writings / Benjamin D. Gordon
  • Wisdom Traditions and the Writings: Sage and Scribe / James L. Crenshaw
  • The Early Post-Exilic Period in the Writings (Cyrus through Ezra-Nehemiah) / Lester L. Grabbe.