Barton John (ed.) The Hebrew Bible. A Critical Companion

Princeton University Press, 2016.John Barton
List of Contributors
The Hebrew Bible in Its Historical and Social Context
The Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament
John Barton
The Historical Framework
Biblical and Scholarly Portrayals of the Past
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Social and Cultural History of Ancient Israel
Katherine Southwood
Israel in the Context of the Ancient Near East
Anthony J. Frendo
Major Genres of Biblical Literature
The Narrative Books of the Hebrew Bible
Thomas Römer
The Prophetic Literature
R. G. Kratz
Legal Texts
Assnat Bartor
The Wisdom Literature
Jennie Grillo
The Psalms and Poems of the Hebrew Bible
Susan Gillingham
Major Religious Themes
Monotheism
Benjamin D. Sommer
Creation
God and World
Hermann Spieckermann
The Human Condition
Hilary Marlow
God’s Covenants with Humanity and Israel
Dominik Markl
Ethics
C. L. Crouch
Religious Space and Structures
Stephen C. Russell
Ritual
Diet, Purity, and Sacrifice
Seth D. Kunin
The Study and Reception of the Hebrew Bible
Reception of the Old Testament
Alison Gray
Historical-Critical Inquiry
Christoph Bultmann
Literary Approaches
David Jasper
Theological Approaches to the Old Testament
R.W.L. Moberly
Political and Advocacy Approaches
Eryl W. Davies
Textual Criticism and Biblical Translation
Carmel McCarthy
To Map or Not to Map? A Biblical Dilemma
Adrian Curtis
Index of Scripture
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects