In der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft wird derzeit die Frage nach der lokalen Herkunft des Gottes Yahwe, nach seiner typologischer Einordnung in das Pantheon Syriens, Israels/Palastinas und Nordarabiens in der spaten Bronzezeit und fruhen Eisenzeit sowie nach den Anfangen der kultischen Verehrung Yahwes heftig diskutiert. Die in diesem Band gesammelten Beitrage gehen dieser Frage aus archaologischer und literaturgeschichtlicher Perspektive nach. Dazu werden samtliche gegenwartig verfugbaren epigraphischen und ikonographischen Befunde ausgewertet und die einschlagigen alttestamentlichen...
In der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft wird derzeit die Frage nach der lokalen Herkunft des Gottes Yahwe, nach seiner typologischer Einordnung in das ...
Philo von Alexandria, der etwas altere Zeitgenosse des Paulus, ist der wichtigste Reprasentant des alexandrinischen Judentums. An der Schnittstelle von biblischer Uberlieferung sowie platonischer und stoischer Philosophie bieten die Schriften Philos eine ganz eigenstandige judische Anthropologie und Kosmologie, Eschatologie und Ethik. Otto Kaiser, emeritierter Alttestamentler an der Philipps-Universitat Marburg und einer der besten Kenner des judischen Schrifttums der hellenistisch-romischen Zeit, fuhrt mit dieser Aufsatzsammlung in das Denken und die Schriftauslegung Philos ein. Er bietet...
Philo von Alexandria, der etwas altere Zeitgenosse des Paulus, ist der wichtigste Reprasentant des alexandrinischen Judentums. An der Schnittstelle vo...
The essays deal with developments during the period from the liquidation of the Judean state to the conquests of Alexander the Great. This was a critical time in the Near East and the Mediterranean world in general. It marked the end of the great Semitic empires until the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D., decisive changes in religion, with appeal to a creator-deity in Deutero-Isaiah, Babylonian Marduk cult, and Zoroastrianism.For the survivors of the Babylonian conquest in a post-collapse society the issue of continuity, with different groups claiming continuity with the past and...
The essays deal with developments during the period from the liquidation of the Judean state to the conquests of Alexander the Great. This was a criti...
In his articles Stefan Reif s articles have dealt with Jewish biblical exegesis and the close analysis of the evolution of Jewish prayer texts. Some fourteen of these that appeared in various collective volumes are here made more easily available, together with a major new study of Numbers 13, an introduction and extensive indexes. Reif attempts to establish whether there is any linguistic, literary and exegetical value in the traditional Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew Bible for the modern scientific approach to such texts and whether such an approach itself is always free of...
In his articles Stefan Reif s articles have dealt with Jewish biblical exegesis and the close analysis of the evolution of Jewish prayer texts. Som...
This collection of 24 essays reflects broader trends of research on Ben Sira in the past two decades. The author is not only concerned with the complex textual problems of the book, but also with what light may be shed on it by the application of approaches from cultural and feminist studies. She examines, for example, the gender theamtic, the usage of metaphorical language, and the issue of scent and fragrance in the text of Ben Sira.
This collection of 24 essays reflects broader trends of research on Ben Sira in the past two decades. The author is not only concerned with the com...
The book of Jeremiah poses a challenge to biblical scholarship in terms of its literary composition and textual fluidity. This study offers an innovative approach to the problem by focusing on an instructive case study. Building on the critical recognition that the prophecy contained in Jer 10:1-16 is a composite text, this study systematically discusses the various literary strands discernible in the prophecy: satirical depictions of idolatry, an Aramaic citation, and hymnic passages. A chapter is devoted to each strand, revealing its compositional development--from the earliest recoverable...
The book of Jeremiah poses a challenge to biblical scholarship in terms of its literary composition and textual fluidity. This study offers an innovat...
