Treasures Old and New
by Blenkinsopp, JosephFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-01
Publisher(s): Eerdmans Pub Co
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Author Biography
Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O'Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His other books include The Pentateuch. An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible, A History of Prophecy in Israel, and the three-volume Anchor Bible commentary on Isaiah
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. x |
| Memory, Tradition, and the Construction of the Past in Ancient Israel | p. 1 |
| Old Testament Theology and the Jewish-Christian Connection | p. 18 |
| Creation, the Body, and Care for a Damaged World | p. 36 |
| Sacrifice and Social Maintenance in Ancient Israel | p. 53 |
| YHVH and Other Deities: Conflict and Accommodation in the Religion of Israel | p. 67 |
| Gilgamesh and Adam: Wisdom through Experience in Gilgamesh and in the Biblical Story of the Man, the Woman, and the Snake | p. 85 |
| Structure, Theme, and Motif in the Succession History (2 Samuel 11-20; 1 Kings 1-2) and the History of Human Origins (Genesis 1-11) | p. 102 |
| The Judge of All the Earth (Genesis 18:22-33) | p. 120 |
| Biographical Patterns in Biblical Narrative: Folklore and Paradigm in the Jacob Story | p. 137 |
| What Happened at Sinai? Structure and Meaning in the Sinai-Horeb Narrative (Exodus 19-34) | p. 155 |
| Deuteronomy and the Politics of Postmortem Existence | p. 175 |
| "We Pay No Heed to Heavenly Voices": The "End of Prophecy" and the Formation of the Canon | p. 192 |
| Bibliography | p. 208 |
| Index of Subjects and Names | p. 216 |
| Index of Biblical Texts | p. 220 |
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