Yours Faithfully: Virtual Letters from the Bible

ISBN-13: 9781904768326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 172 str.

Philip R. Davies

Opis

'Yours Faithfully' presents an anthology of virtual letters from the Bible, in which leading scholars imagine correspondence between biblical characters. Each letter conveys the insights that a given character might have and, together, the letters provide a rich sense of the concerns which propel and characters who inhabit the Bible. The letters are written in a range of styles - from the strictly historical to the very contemporary - and embrace the serious and the playful. The aim is to offer a commentary on familiar texts and events and to continue a long tradition of retelling stories from the Bible.

Spis treści

Introduction: In Praise of Virtual Letters (Philip Davies); 1. Sarah to Abraham (David Holgate, Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme, Salisbury); 2. Isaac to Abraham (Yvonne Sherwood, University of Glasgow); 3. Sarah to Rebekah (Vicki Jensen, Wichita State University); 4. Pharaoh Ramses to Moses (Roland Boer, Monash University, Australia); 5. Aaron to Miriam (Claudia Camp, Texas Christian University); 6. Jephthah's daughter to her father (Philip Davies); 7. Samson to Delilah (Roger Ryan, Vicar of St. Mary's Church, London); 8. Shmuel ben Elkanah to Achish (Alastair Hunter, University of Glasgow); 9. Absalom to David (Athalya Brenner, University of Amsterdam); 10. Salu to Zur (John Jarick, St Stephen's House, Oxford); 11. Ahitophel to Absalom (Jonathan Magonet, Leo Baeck College, London); 12. Ahitophel to Eliam (Hugh Pyper, University of Leeds); 13. Ahab to Obadiah (Stuart Lasine, Wichita State University); 14. Ahab to The Writer of 2 Kings (Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta); 15. Athaliah to Elijah (Julie Kelso, University of Queensland); 16. The Big Fish to Jonah (Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta); 17. Nineveh to Judah (Julia M. O'Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary); 18. Jeremiah to Ezekiel (Mark Brummitt, Manchester Partnership for Theological Education); 19. Between Zedekiah and Jeremiah (Bob Becking, University of Utrecht); 20. Haggai to Zechariah (Diana Edelman, University of Sheffield); 21. Zechariah to Haggai (Diana Edelman, University of Sheffield); 22. Esther to her Mother (Lilian Klein, American University, Washington DC); 23. John the Baptizer to Jesus of Nazareth (Robert Webb, McMaster Divinity School, Hamilton); 24. Jesus of Nazareth to his Mother Mary (Jorunn Okland, University of Sheffield); 25. Judas Iscariot to James; James to his Family (Richard Walsh, Methodist College, North Carolina); 26. A Greek Woman to Jairus (George Aichele, Adrian College, Michigan); 27. Pilate's Wife to her Husband (Louise Lawrence, University of Glasgow); 28. Publius Philostratus to an Author (Philip Davies); 29. Onesimus to Paul (Bert Jan Peerbolte, Kampen University); 30. 'Jezebel' of Thyatira to John of Patmos (Ian Boxall, St Stephen's House, Oxford); 31. Letter to Bible Authors (Yvonne Sherwood, Alastair Hunter and Philip Davies)

O autorze

Philip R. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.