The land of Israel in Bible, history, and theology

The land of Israel in Bible, history, and theology studies in honour of Ed Noort / [electronic resource] : edited by Jacques van Ruiten and J. Cornelis de Vos. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - 1 online resource (xvii, 471 p.) : ill. - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 124 0083-5889 ; . - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 124. .

Includes bibliographical references and index. "A bibliography of Ed Noort": p. [431]-440.

Translator's competence and intention in LXX-Joshua 2 / "Sound the trumpet!" : redaction and reception of Joshua 6:2-25 / "Is this not written in the book of Jashar?" (Joshua 10:13c) : references to extra-biblical books in the Bible / The geographical shape of the unconquered land in Joshua 13:2-5 MT and LXX / "Holy Land" in Joshua 18:1-10 / "And the land was subdued before them-- "? : some remarks on the meaning of [kavash] in Joshua 18:1 and related texts / Conquest of the land, loss of the land : where does Joshua 24 belong? / Moses' preparation of the march to the Holy Land : a dialogue with Rolf P. Knierim on Numbers 1:1-10:10 / Understanding the Pentateuch by structuring the desert : Numbers 21 as compositional joint / From Joshua to Samuel : some remarks on the origin of the book of Judges / Judges 5 reconsidered : which tribes? what land? whose song? / The land in the book of Hosea / The land in the Psalms / Reversal of a motif : the land is given into the hand of the wicked : the gift of land in some Wisdom texts / Tobija und Nehemia : ihre Feindschaft und deren Motive / Der heilige Ort im Leben und Glauben Altisraels / Volk ohne Land : Überlegungen zur religiösen Neuorientierung des jüdischen Volkes in der persischen Diaspora / Land and covenant in Jubilees 14 / New Jerusalem at Qumran and in the New Testament / The desecration of "the most holy temple of all the world" in the "Holy Land" : early Jewish and early Christian recollections of Antiochus' "abomination of desolation" / The Mountain of Transfiguration in the New Testament and in later tradition / Josua im Urteil einiger Freidenker / The truth and nothing but the truth : piety, prophecy, and the hermeneutics of suspicion in 1 Kings 22 / Monotheism and violence : how to handle a dangerous biblical tradition / "And Jacob set up a pillar at her grave-- " : material memorials and landmarks in the Old Testament / The fascination for the Holy Land during the centuries / Bedouin poetry and landscape / Theo A.W. van der Louw -- Michaël N. van der Meer -- Kristin De Troyer -- Cornelis den Hertog -- J. Cornelis de Vos -- Ute Neumann-Gorsolke -- Mladen Popović -- Horst Seebass -- Christian Frevel -- Klaas Spronk -- Raymond de Hoop -- Gert Kwakkel -- Patrick D. Miller -- Emke Jelmer Keulen -- Klaus-Dietrich Schunck -- Walter Dietrich -- Ruth Kossmann -- Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten -- Florentino García Martínez -- George H. van Kooten -- Ton Hilhorst -- Cornelis Houtman -- Eep Talstra -- Rainer Albertz -- Rüdiger Schmitt -- C.H.J. de Geus -- Eveline J. van der Steen.


Twenty-four contributions in English and 4 in German.

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Noort, Edward--Bibliography.


Bible--History.
Bible.--O.T.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Palestine in the Bible.
Palestine in Judaism.
Land tenure--Biblical teaching.
RELIGION--Biblical Reference.


Palestine--History.


Electronic books.

BS1199.P26 / L365 2009eb

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