This commentary interprets the book of Amos as handed down in the Hebrew Bible: as a collection of the words of a prophet who emerges in the eighth century BCE and proclaims the end of the kingdom of Israel due to the social and ritual transgressions of its upper class, but in the end announces a safe future in abundant prosperity for survivors of the catastrophe from Judah and Israel.
This commentary interprets the book of Amos as handed down in the Hebrew Bible: as a collection of the words of a prophet who emerges in the eighth century BCE and proclaims the end of the kingdom of Israel due to the social and ritual transgressions of its upper class, but in the end announces a safe future in abundant prosperity for survivors of the catastrophe from Judah and Israel.
This commentary places the ancient Jewish Tobit narrative in the broader context of the history of the tradition by analysing both the ideas it contains about ancient medicine and its conception of the Torah.
This commentary places the ancient Jewish Tobit narrative in the broader context of the history of the tradition by analysing both the ideas it contains about ancient medicine and its conception of the Torah.
The Bible, and the Old Testament in particular, has often been used to justify unequal gender relations, restrictive sexual morality, and the prohibition of same-sex relationships.
Prominente Texte der Aufstiegserzählung Davids erzählen von Geschwistern: die Salbung des unerwarteten Königskandidaten, seine erste Qualifikation gegen den Philister Goliat und schließlich der Bruderkrieg zwischen den Häusern Davids und Sauls.
This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context.
This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context.
The original conclusion of the Gospel of Mark has always been a subject of debate and already led early groups of recipients of the text to devise alternative endings.
Im Zuge des cultural turn wurde auch in der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft die Nahrungsaufnahme auf ihre symbolischen Aspekte, kulturellen und historischen Kontexte hin untersucht.
Bei den sogenannten Hodayot handelt es sich um eine antike Schriftrolle mit bis 1948 unbekannten Lobliedern, die zu den ersten in der Nähe von Qumran gefundenen Rollen gehört und deren Benennung auf die Einleitungsformel "Ich lobe dich, Herr" zurückgeht.
Der Migrationsbegriff, der in der Geschichte des ältesten Christentums bis vor wenigen Jahren nur eine untergeordnete Rolle gespielt hat, birgt ein hohes Erschließungspotential für antike und insbesondere frühchristliche Texte.
For the first time, the present commentary brings together all relevant aspects necessary to understand and appreciate this late portion of Old Testament Scripture: textual criticism; detailed philological and literary analysis; the text's two-fold historical context in its Hellenistic environment, on the one hand, and in the biblical tradition on the other; and ultimately the very innovative theology of the book of Wisdom.
This Bible study book is based on an innovative approach that aims to present the content of each book of the New Testament with the help of structural tables & revealing the way in which the Bible texts are structured, the lines of argumentation and the main topics discussed by the New Testament authors.
