Hebrew Bible and Ancient Versions: Selected Essays of Robert P. Gordon

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 375 pàgines
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.
 

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Narrative Analogy in 1 Samuel 2426
5
Narrative Art in the Old Testament
22
WordPlay and VerseOrder in 1 Samuel xxiv 58
33
Covenant and Apology in 2 Samuel 3
39
Compositeness Conflation and the Pentateuch
47
Who Made the Kingmaker? Reflections on Samuel and the Institution
57
Wisdom in Old Testament Narrative Traditions
70
Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9
85
History or Midrash?
213
Source Study in 1 Kings XII 24ano
233
the MT and Versions at 2 Samuel
242
Provenance Perspective and Translation
250
Robert Lowth and the Book of Isaiah in Particular
278
Alexander Sperber and the Study of the Targums
295
The Targumists as Eschatologists
303
Terra Sancta and the Territorial Doctrine of the Targum to the Prophets
317

A Story of Two Paradigm Shifts
101
Prophecy at Mari and in Ancient Israel
120
Present Trends and Future Directions
149
the Philistines in the Old Testament
157
A Response
169
Comparativism and the God of Israel
180
Contemporizing in the Targum to the Prophets
327
Dialogue and Disputation in the Targum to the Prophets
338
The Ephraimite Messiah and the Targums to Zechariah 12 10
347
Index of Biblical References
357
Index of Authors Cited
367
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Sobre l'autor (2006)

Robert P. Gordon is Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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