Reading Genesis - Ten Methods

Informationen zum Autor Ronald Hendel is Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor-in-chief of the Oxford Hebrew Bible, a new critical edition of the Hebrew Bible, and author, most recently, of Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible (2005). Professor Hendel also serves as a columnist for the Biblical Archaeology Review. Klappentext Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship. Zusammenfassung Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship. Essays by ten eminent scholars cover the perspectives of literature! gender! memory! sources! theology! and the reception of Genesis in Judaism and Christianity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Ronald Hendel; 1. Literature Robert Alter; 2. Cultural memory Ronald Hendel; 3. Sources and redaction Robert S. Kawashima; 4. Gender and sexuality Ronald Hendel, Chana Kronfeld and Ilana Pardes; 5. Inner-biblical interpretation Yair Zakovitch; 6. Rabbinic interpretation Dina Stein; 7. Interpretation in the early church Richard A. Layton; 8. Translation Naomi Seidman; 9. Modern literature Ilana Pardes; 10. Modern theology John J. Collins.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald S. Hendel
• Con la collaborazione di: Ronald Hendel (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521518611
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51861-1
• Pagine: 246
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Christianity, Judaism, Literary theory, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments, Old Testaments