Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536257
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
What if the Hebrew Bible wasn't meant to be read as 'revelation'? What if it's not really about miracles or the afterlife – but about how to lead our lives in this world? The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture proposes a new framework for reading the Bible. It shows how biblical authors used narrative and prophetic oratory to advance universal arguments about ethics, political philosophy and metaphysics. It offers bold new studies of biblical narratives and prophetic poetry, transforming forever our understanding of what the stories of Abel, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and David and the speeches of Isaiah and Jeremiah, were meant to teach. The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture assumes no belief in God or other religious commitment. It assumes no previous background in Bible. It is free of disciplinary jargon. Open the door to a book you never knew existed. You'll never read the Bible the same way again.
The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture
Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521176670
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This book offers a new framework for reading the Bible as a work of reason.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521176670
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This book offers a new framework for reading the Bible as a work of reason.
The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture
Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536257
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
What if the Hebrew Bible wasn't meant to be read as 'revelation'? What if it's not really about miracles or the afterlife – but about how to lead our lives in this world? The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture proposes a new framework for reading the Bible. It shows how biblical authors used narrative and prophetic oratory to advance universal arguments about ethics, political philosophy and metaphysics. It offers bold new studies of biblical narratives and prophetic poetry, transforming forever our understanding of what the stories of Abel, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and David and the speeches of Isaiah and Jeremiah, were meant to teach. The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture assumes no belief in God or other religious commitment. It assumes no previous background in Bible. It is free of disciplinary jargon. Open the door to a book you never knew existed. You'll never read the Bible the same way again.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536257
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
What if the Hebrew Bible wasn't meant to be read as 'revelation'? What if it's not really about miracles or the afterlife – but about how to lead our lives in this world? The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture proposes a new framework for reading the Bible. It shows how biblical authors used narrative and prophetic oratory to advance universal arguments about ethics, political philosophy and metaphysics. It offers bold new studies of biblical narratives and prophetic poetry, transforming forever our understanding of what the stories of Abel, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and David and the speeches of Isaiah and Jeremiah, were meant to teach. The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture assumes no belief in God or other religious commitment. It assumes no previous background in Bible. It is free of disciplinary jargon. Open the door to a book you never knew existed. You'll never read the Bible the same way again.
John Locke's Political Philosophy and the Hebrew Bible
Author: Yechiel J. M. Leiter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428185
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
John Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible. Why?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428185
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
John Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible. Why?
God and Politics in Esther
Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107132053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107132053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.
Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible
Author: Shira Weiss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Elucidates the Scriptural moral tradition by subjecting ethically challenging biblical texts to moral philosophical analysis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Elucidates the Scriptural moral tradition by subjecting ethically challenging biblical texts to moral philosophical analysis.
Jewish Concepts of Scripture
Author: Benjamin D. Sommer
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
What do Jews think scripture is? How do the People of the Book conceive of the Book of Books? In what ways is it authoritative? Who has the right to interpret it? Is it divinely or humanly written? And have Jews always thought about the Bible in the same way? In seventeen cohesive and rigorously researched essays, this volume traces the way some of the most important Jewish thinkers throughout history have addressed these questions from the rabbinic era through the medieval Islamic world to modern Jewish scholarship. They address why different Jewish thinkers, writers, and communities have turned to the Bible—and what they expect to get from it. Ultimately, argues editor Benjamin D. Sommer, in understanding the ways Jews construct scripture, we begin to understand the ways Jews construct themselves.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
What do Jews think scripture is? How do the People of the Book conceive of the Book of Books? In what ways is it authoritative? Who has the right to interpret it? Is it divinely or humanly written? And have Jews always thought about the Bible in the same way? In seventeen cohesive and rigorously researched essays, this volume traces the way some of the most important Jewish thinkers throughout history have addressed these questions from the rabbinic era through the medieval Islamic world to modern Jewish scholarship. They address why different Jewish thinkers, writers, and communities have turned to the Bible—and what they expect to get from it. Ultimately, argues editor Benjamin D. Sommer, in understanding the ways Jews construct scripture, we begin to understand the ways Jews construct themselves.
The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion
Author: Jaco Gericke
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN: 1589837088
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This study pioneers the use of philosophy of religion in the study of the Hebrew Bible. After identifying the need for a legitimate philosophical approach to Israelite religion, the volume traces the history of interdisciplinary relations and shows how descriptive varieties of philosophy of religion can aid the clarification of the Hebrew Bible’s own metaphysical, epistemological, and moral assumptions. Two new interpretative methodologies are developed and subsequently applied through an introduction to what the biblical texts took for granted about the nature of religious language, the concept of deity, the properties of Yhwh, the existence of gods, religious epistemology, and the relation between religion and morality.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN: 1589837088
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This study pioneers the use of philosophy of religion in the study of the Hebrew Bible. After identifying the need for a legitimate philosophical approach to Israelite religion, the volume traces the history of interdisciplinary relations and shows how descriptive varieties of philosophy of religion can aid the clarification of the Hebrew Bible’s own metaphysical, epistemological, and moral assumptions. Two new interpretative methodologies are developed and subsequently applied through an introduction to what the biblical texts took for granted about the nature of religious language, the concept of deity, the properties of Yhwh, the existence of gods, religious epistemology, and the relation between religion and morality.
From Jesus to Christ
Author: Paula Fredriksen
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300164106
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300164106
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
The Question of God's Perfection
Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387986
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Question of God’s Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387986
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Question of God’s Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources.
Theology of the Hebrew Bible, Volume 1
Author: Marvin A. Sweeney
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 0884143023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Diverse approaches to biblical theology This volume presents a collection of studies on the methodology for conceiving the theological interpretation of the Hebrew Bible among Jews and Christians as well as the treatment of key issues such as creation, the land of Israel, and divine absence. Contributors include Georg Fischer, SJ, David Frankel, Benjamin J. M. Johnson, Soo J. Kim, Wonil Kim, Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Julia M. O’Brien, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Marvin A. Sweeney, and Andrea L. Weiss. Features: Examination of metaphor, repentance, and shame in the presence of God Ten essays addressing the nature of biblical theology from a Jewish, Christian, or critical perspective Discussion of the changes that have taken place in the field of biblical theology since World War II
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 0884143023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Diverse approaches to biblical theology This volume presents a collection of studies on the methodology for conceiving the theological interpretation of the Hebrew Bible among Jews and Christians as well as the treatment of key issues such as creation, the land of Israel, and divine absence. Contributors include Georg Fischer, SJ, David Frankel, Benjamin J. M. Johnson, Soo J. Kim, Wonil Kim, Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Julia M. O’Brien, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Marvin A. Sweeney, and Andrea L. Weiss. Features: Examination of metaphor, repentance, and shame in the presence of God Ten essays addressing the nature of biblical theology from a Jewish, Christian, or critical perspective Discussion of the changes that have taken place in the field of biblical theology since World War II