Temple and Worship in Biblical Israel

Zusatztext "Each essay has been thoroughly researched and many conclude with substantial bibliographies which help to make this volume a very valuable resource. It represents scholarship at its highest level. The interplay between the essays produces another level of insight in to the significance of temple and worship in the development of Israel's identity and self-understanding. Highly recommended." J.E. Tollington SOTS/JSOT Booklist! 2006 Informationen zum Autor John Day is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the University of Oxford! and Fellow & Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall! Oxford. He has written or edited numerous books and articles! and in 2014 is President of the Society for Old Testament Study. Zusammenfassung Examines the subject of Temple and Worship in biblical Israel, ranging from their ancient Near Eastern and archaeological background, through the Old Testament and Late Second Temple Judaism, and up to the New Testament. This work investigates attitudes to the Temple in the Septuagint, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Inhaltsverzeichnis 104495094

Product details

• Authors: John Day, John (EDT) Day
• Assisted by: John Day (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2007
• EAN: 9780567045713
• ISBN: 978-0-567-04571-3
• No. of pages: 584
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Ancient / Biblical Israel, Judaism, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis