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Covenant as context : essays in honour of E.W. Nicholson

Print Book, English, 2003
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2003
Aufsatzsammlung Bund Gottes Altes Testament
XL, 426 Seiten ; 22 cm
9780199250745, 019925074X
249299671
Contributorsix
Abbreviationsxi
Introduction: Ernest Nicholson's Contribution to Old Testament Studies (by J.A. Emerton)xvii
Ernest Nicholson's Main Publicationsxxxvii
1. A Disputed Sense in a Covenant Context: On the Interpretation of Genesis 15:6
BERTIL ALBREKTSON
1(10)
2. Reflections on the Covenant with Noah
JAMES BARR
11(12)
3. Covenant in Old Testament Theology
JOHN BARTON
23(16)
4. The Davidic Covenant in the Isaiah Tradition
RONALD E. CLEMENTS
39(32)
5. Covenant, Oath, and the Composition of the Pentateuch
GRAHAM DAVIES
71(20)
6. Why Does God 'Establish' rather than 'Cut' Covenants in the Priestly Source?
JOHN DAY
91(20)
7. Covenant and Creation in Relationship
KATHARINE J. DELL
111(24)
8. Canonical Text, Covenantal Communities, and the Patterns of Exegetical Culture: Reflections on the Past Century
MICHAEL FISHBANE
135(28)
9. Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9
ROBERT P. GORDON
163(28)
10. Moses and the Covenant in The Assumption of Moses and the Pentateuch
WILLIAM HORBURY
191(18)
11. Recounting the Tetrateuch
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE
209(26)
12. Covenant and Law in Ben Sira
OTTO KAISER
235(26)
13. The Middle of the Old Testament
WILLIAM MCKANE
261(24)
14. The Covenant People: Max Weber and the Historical Understanding of Ancient Israel
A.D.H. MAYES
285(26)
15. The Story of the First Commandment: The Book of Joshua
PATRICK D. MILLER
311(14)
16. An Overlooked Term in Old Testament Theology Perhaps
DAVID J. REIMER
325(22)
17. Yahweh and His People in Lamentations
R.B. SALTERS
347(24)
18. 'The Idea of Covenant Has its History': On the Life and Work of Otto Procksch (1874-1947)
RUDOLF SMEND
371(22)
19. Isaiah I and the Covenant Lawsuit
H.G.M. WILLIAMSON
393(14)
Index of Biblical References407(10)
Author Index417(6)
General Index423