First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods (Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible) 9781575068398, 1575068397

Isaiah 1–39 uses the unique term אלילים―usually translated as “idols”― more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Usin

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First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods (Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible)
9781575068398, 1575068397

Isaiah 1–39 uses the unique term אלילים―usually translated as “idols”― more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Usin

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Isaiah 1–39 uses the unique term אלילים—usually translated as “idols”— more than anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Usin

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This book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety of disciplines to provid

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Those who have spent time within earshot of a crying baby know the stress this sound can induce. Considerable scientific

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A lengthy history of readers’ struggles with Joel lies behind Merx’s characterization of the book as “the problem child

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The essays by Shemaryahu Talmon (1920-December 15, 2010) presented in this fourth volume of his collected studies in Eng

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These critical readings present the history of ancient Israel, from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian period, as it rel

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These essays explore the idea of the city in the Hebrew Bible by means of thematic and textual studies. The essays are u

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