Jeremiah's "Little Book of Consolation" is an intruiging text that provokes a series of interpretative difficulties. Is the text originally from Jeremiah? Can it be construed as a literary coherence or is a complex literary process of emergence to be accepted? What is meant by the 'New Covenant'? In this monograph Jer...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:338
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Bob Becking
ISBN:9789004160323
The essays in this volume focus on the interpretation of the Book of Psalms and comparable texts in the Hebrew Bible. A variety of methods is applied to the ancient texts. Some essays concentrate on composition and structure...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:306
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Bob Becking
ISBN:9789004096332
2 Kings 17 narrates the fall of Samaria. The cuneiform inscriptions dealing with this event are prima facie contradictory: the conquest is ascribed to both Shalmaneser V and Sargon II. This work investigates the surmise of H. Tadmor that Samaria was conquered twice...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:154
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Bob Becking;Pieter W van der Horst;Karel Van Der Toorn
ISBN:9789004111196
This text presents a reference on the gods, angels, demons, spirits and semi-divine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books.;This revised edition features 30 new entries...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:960
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Bob Becking;Pieter W van der Horst;Karel Van Der Toorn
ISBN:9789004103139
This text is designed as a work of reference on the gods, angels, demons, spirits and semi-divine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books. Arranged in the order of the Latin alphabet...more details Format:hardback Pages:960
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Bob Prof Dr Becking
ISBN:9789004171046
At the fiftieth anniversary of the Old Testament Society of South Africa a conference was organized on the theme Exile and Suffering. This volume contains a selection of the papers presented...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:286
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Bob E J H Becking
ISBN:9789004208698
Liberalism and Orthodoxy can only be succesfull as strategies for coping with change in society when they will be able to outline a recognisable and authentic framework for religiously informed pratcises and ethics....more details Format:Hardcover