Toward understanding the Hebrew canon
Subtitle: a form-critical approach
By: Martin J. Buss
Series: Hebrew Bible Monographs -- 61; Hebrew Bible monographs -- 61.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sheffield, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781909697164
Subjects: Bible; Canon; Textual Criticism
Description: This book explores in an original and reflective way the relations between the linguistic forms, ideas and life involvements of biblical genres. The various forms of the Hebrew Bible reflect and correspond to the richly diverse life experiences of the Hebrew people, which include varied legal, culticand erotic interactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-186) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The language of the divine "I"; title: Self-theory and theology; title: The meaning of history; title: The distinction between civil and criminal law in ancient Israel; title: Logic and Israelite law; title: Law and ethics in traditional China and Israel; title: Pentads of ancient India and the Biblical Decalogue; title: Prophecy in ancient Israel; title: An anthropological perspective upon prophetic call narratives; title: Role and selfhood in Hebrew prophecy; title: Tragedy, comedy, and irony in Hosea; title: The psalms of Asaph and Korah; title: Dialogue in and among genres; title: Hosea as a canonical problem: with attention to the Song of Songs.