Hebrew Bible and Ancient Versions: Selected Essays of Robert P. GordonRoutledge, 22. apr 2016 - 408 pages Robert Gordon gathers together his most important essays on the Old Testament and on the ancient versions, adding an introduction which gives background comment and reflections on each essay. The Old Testament essays are divided into three groups: The Narrative Tradition', 'Prophecy from East to West', and 'Across, Behind and Beyond the Text'. The essays on the ancient versions are divided into two sections: 'The Text and the Versions' and 'The Targums, Chiefly to the Prophets'. |
Contents
Preface | |
Introduction | |
Narrative Analogy in 1 | |
Narrative Art in the | |
WordPlay and VerseOrder in 1 Samuel xxiv 58 | |
Covenant and Apology in 2 Samuel 3 | |
Compositeness Conflation and the Pentateuch | |
Wisdom in Old Testament Narrative | |
Comparativism and the God of Israel | |
History | |
Source Study in 1 Kings XII 24anα | |
Provenance Perspective | |
Converse Translation in the Targums and Beyond | |
Robert Lowth and the Book of Isaiah | |
Alexander Sperber and the Study of the Targums | |
Terra Sancta and the Territorial Doctrine of the Targum | |
Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9 | |
A Story of Two Paradigm Shifts | |
Prophecy at Mari and in Ancient | |
Where Have All the Prophets Gone? The Disappearing | |
Present Trends and Future Directions | |
the Philistines in the Old Testament | |
The Targumists as Eschatologists | |
the Prophets | |
Dialogue and Disputation in the Targum to the Prophets | |
The Ephraimite Messiah and the Targums to Zechariah | |
Index of Biblical References | |
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Hebrew Bible and Ancient Versions: Selected Essays of Robert P. Gordon R. P. Gordon Limited preview - 2006 |
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Versions: Selected Essays of Robert P. Gordon Robert P. Gordon Limited preview - 2016 |
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