Land and Calendar - The Priestly Document from Genesis 1 to Joshua 18

Informationen zum Autor Philippe Guillaume received a doctorate from Geneva in 2002 and his Habilitation from Bern in 2008. He practices Biblical archeology at Megiddo. Awarded a Visiting Fellowship he works with Professor Diana Edelman at the University of Sheffield on land tenure in Persian Yehud. Zusammenfassung Examines the notion of the land and its conquest. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and presentation of the Pg hypothesis and present research The Priestly Document translated (fairly literal English) Part 1 The sabbatical calendar as basis of the Priestly Document Chapter 1 Creation of the Sabbath (Genesis 1.1-2.4) Chapter 2 Intercalation of the Sabbatical Calendar (Genesis 5; 25; Exodus 36) Chapter 3 The Sabbatical Calendar in the Flood Narrative (Genesis 6-9) Chapter 4 Yearly Festivals (Leviticus 23*) Chapter 5 Seventh Year and Jubilee as Nexus between Time and Land (Leviticus 25*) Part 2 The land as key theme of the Priestly Document     Chapter 6 The Land in Genesis Chapter 7 The Land in Exodus and Leviticus Chapter 8 The Land in Numbers and Deuteronomy Chapter 9 The Land in Joshua Conclusion: theological profile! date and setting in the Persian period Appendix: Synopsis of recent delimitations of the Priestly Document Indices Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Guillaume
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780567322005
• ISBN: 978-0-567-32200-5
• No. of pages: 256
• 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 > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments