The responsive self: personal religion in Biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian and Persian periods
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sour Grapes, Suffering, and Coping with Chaos: Outlook on the Individual -- 2. Personal Religion in Ecclesiastes and Job: Conventional Wisdom, Responses in the First-Person Voice, and the Problem of Suffering -- 3. From Incantation and Lamen...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven and London
Yale University Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Niditch, Susan, 1950-, The responsive self] (2018) (Gaines, Jason M. H.)
Book Review (2018) (Herbst, John W.) |
| Series/Journal: | The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babylonia
/ Bible
/ Literature
/ Early Judaism
/ Self
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism
History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Self Religious aspects |
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Volltext (Aggregator) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sour Grapes, Suffering, and Coping with Chaos: Outlook on the Individual -- 2. Personal Religion in Ecclesiastes and Job: Conventional Wisdom, Responses in the First-Person Voice, and the Problem of Suffering -- 3. From Incantation and Lament to Autobiography -- 4. The Negotiating Self: Vowing and Personal Religion -- 5. Material Religion, Created and Experienced: Burial Sites, Symbolic Visions, and Sign Acts -- 6. Experiencing the Divine Personally: Heavenly Visits and Earthly Encounters 7. Characterization and Contrast: Dynamics of the Personal in Late-Biblical Narration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Scripture Index -- A -- F -- N -- S |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0300166532 |