The Apocalypse of Isaiah Metaphorically Speaking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Apocalypse of Isaiah Metaphorically Speaking write by Brian Doyle. This book was released on 2000. The Apocalypse of Isaiah Metaphorically Speaking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The analysis of metaphors constitutes an ideal point of entry into the exegesis of Biblical Hebrew poetic texts because it forces the exegete to examine the said text from a variety of perspectives. How can one discern the presence of metaphorical speech? What are the various types of metaphorical speech available to and employed by the biblical poet? How does the structure of a piece of Hebrew poetry carry its metaphorical dimensions? How did the biblical poet make use of the various types of metaphor and to what end? Can we ultimately gain access to the poet's meaning? The present study endeavours to provide at least a partial answer to these questions. In maintaining focus on the biblical text, moreover, the author hopes to anchor some of the abstractions of metaphorical theory with chosen examples taken from the so-called 'Apocalypse of Isaiah'. The Hebrew prophets constitute fertile ground in their use of metaphorical language for speaking the unspeakable, especially concerning the relationship between the people and God.
Hosea 2
Hosea 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hosea 2 write by Brad E. Kelle. This book was released on 2005. Hosea 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The complex and, at times, violent metaphorical discourse of Hosea 2 has elicited a variety of interpretive approaches. This study explores the text from the perspective of rhetorical criticism. The classical conception of rhetoric as the art of persuasion and the function of metaphor within persuasive discourses and social settings correlate with the oracular characteristics of Hosea 2 and illuminate its use of specific metaphors. A reading of Hosea 2 from this perspective proposes that the prophets of Israel may have functioned in a manner similar to the orators of ancient Greece, who delivered extended rhetorical discourses designed to discern meaning in contemporary events and to persuade audiences. This study offers a distinctively political reading of Hosea 2 that explores the text as a metaphorical and theological commentary on the political and religious dynamics in Israel at the close of the Syro-Ephraimitic War (731-730 BCE). "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)"
Thus Says the LORD
Thus Says the LORD - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thus Says the LORD write by John J. Ahn. This book was released on 2009-11-16. Thus Says the LORD available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work assembles contributions from North America's leading Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars in honor of a highly respected biblical scholar, whose work on biblical prophets has been especially influential. Within the list are former teachers, current colleagues, and former students who are now colleagues in their own right, representing a wide range of denominational traditions represented—Roman Catholics, Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, etc. The book is divided into major two sections with a brief introduction by the editors, John Ahn and the Stephen Cook. Here, a brief biography and the academic career of Robert Wilson's contribution to the guild (with a bibliography at the end of this section) and more over, at a personal level, his ceaseless work in helping to transform and reform the "new" Yale Divinity School and his impact in molding the Ph.D. program in HB/OT in the Religious Studies Department of the Graduate School at Yale University. Part I hold the essays on the Former Prophets and Part II on the Latter Prophets.
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1)
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) write by Lester L. Grabbe. This book was released on 2006-07-27. A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the first of four volumes on A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Yehud - the Aramaic name for Judah - during the Persian Period. Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them 'speak' to us through the fog of centuries? This first volume, Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events of Judah at the time.
Psalms and Liturgy
Psalms and Liturgy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Psalms and Liturgy write by Dirk J. Human. This book was released on 2004-12-01. Psalms and Liturgy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers unique insights into the Psalms and sketches a variety of interpretive possibilities. The exposition of Psalm texts against the background of their different historical and/or cultic settings in the ancient Near East sets a firm basis for their reapplication in the liturgy today. In the history of interpretation the Psalms have also proven themselves to be natural texts for liturgical use. This scholarly effort thus portrays in various ways the importance of the Psalms for their reviving interpretation and application in the liturgy. Contributors include: Marcel Bernhard, Georg P. Braulik, Brian Doyle, Alphonso Groenewald, Dirk J. Human, Jorg Jeremias, Louis C. Joner, Jurie H. le Roux, Eckhart Otto, Nick A. Schuman, Stephanus D. Snyman, Hans-Ulrich Steymans, Pieter M. Venler and Cas J.A. Vos. JSOTS 410
