Traditions in Transformation
Turning Points in Biblical Faith
Edited by Baruch Halpern and Jon D. Levenson
Traditions in Transformation
Turning Points in Biblical Faith
Edited by Baruch Halpern and Jon D. Levenson
Fourteen studies contributed in honor of Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Biblical and Other Oriental Language at Harvard University. Contributors include: J. A. Miles, Jr., C. L’Heureux, B. Halpern, W. Janzen, R. B. Coote, R. J. Clifford, J. D. Levenson, R. E. Friedman, R. Polzin, J. S. Ackerman, L. J. Greenspoon, J. D. Purvis, J. J. Collins, and A. Y. Collins.
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Preface
An Appreciation
Radical Editing: Redaktionsgeschichte and the Aesthetic of Willed Confusion - John A. Miles, Jr.
Searching for the Origins of God - Conrad E. L’Heureux
The Uneasy Compromise: Israel between League and Monarchy - Baruch Halpern
Withholding the Word - Waldemar Janzen
Yahweh Recalls Elijah - Robert B. Coote
In Zion and David A New Beginning: An Interpretation of Psalm 78 - Richard J. Clifford
From Temple to Synagogue: 1 Kings 8 - Jon D. Levenson
From Egypt to Egypt: Dtr1 and Dtr2 - Richard Elliott Friedman
Reporting Speech in the Book of Deuteronomy: Toward A Compositional Analysis of the Deuteronomic History - Robert Polzin
Satire and Symbolism in the Song of Jonah - James S. Ackerman
The Origin of the Idea of Resurrection - Leonard J. Greenspoon
The Samaritan Problem: A Case Study of Jewish Sectarianism in the Roman Era - James D. Purvis
Patterns of Eschatology at Qumran - John J. Collins
Myth and History In The Book of Revelation: The Problem of Its Date - Adela Yarbro Collins
Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index
Scripture Index
Language Index
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