Gamla testamentets exegetik

The Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry carry themselves differently from those of the Pentateuch, the histories or the prophets. The divine voice does not peal from Sinai, there are no narratives carried along by prophetic interpretation nor are oracles declaimed by a prophet. Here Scripture often speaks in the words of human response to God and God's world.

The first five books of the Old Testament lay the foundation on which the rest of Scripture stands. This dictionary is an encyclopaedic treatment of their major themes, events and figures, and of recent developments in Pentateuchal studies.

Edited by Bill T. Arnold and Hugh G. M. Williamson, the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books is the second volume in IVP's Old Testament dictionary series. This volume picks up where the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch left off--with Joshua and Israel poised to enter the land--and carries us through the postexilic period. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament, this encyclopedic work is characterized by in-depth articles focused on key topics, many of them written by noted experts. The history of Israel forms the skeletal structure of the Old Testament. Understanding this history and the biblical books that trace it is essential to comprehending the Bible. The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books is the only reference book focused exclusively on these biblical books and the history of Israel…

Study the meaning and significance of Old Testament words in depth without having to know Hebrew or Greek. A combination theological dictionary and lexicon.

Highly professional Bible tool, using very focused in-depth articles to cover the linguistic history and usage history of the Hebrew and now Aramaic words in the Hebrew Testament.

An indispensable and incomparable reference work, this translation of the Theologisches Handworterbuch zum Alten Testament makes accessible for the first time in English a wealth of theological insight. In these volumes outstanding scholars provide in-depth and wide-ranging investigations of the historical, semantic, and theological meanings of Old Testament concepts.

Das »Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive« erleichtert das Verständnis der alttestamentlichen Texte und erschließt die Bedeutung ihrer Themen und Motive. Rund 120 Artikel beschreiben die altorientalischen Wurzeln zu jedem Motiv und erwähnen die Wirkungsgeschichte, die zumeist über das Neue Testament in die abendländische Literatur-, Kunst- und Musikgeschichte führt. Das Nachschlagewerk wendet sich sowohl an Nicht-Theologen, an Literaturwissenschaftler oder Kunsthistoriker, die in ihrer Arbeit mit alttestamentlichen Motiven und Themen konfrontiert sind, als auch an Theologen. Es ist ein unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel und ein umfassendes, anschauliches Überblickswerk, das mit vielen Verweisen für den Gebrauch in Studium und Forschung ideal ist.