| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 348 pages) |
| Series |
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; v. 115 |
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 115. 0083-5889
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE THE JUBILEE AND ITS HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER TWO ANTECEDENTS OF THE JUBILEE LEGISLATION; CHAPTER THREE THE LIFE-SETTING (SITZ-IM-LEBEN) OF THE JUBILEE; CHAPTER FOUR THE JUBILEE AS TEXT: SETTING, STRUCTURE, EXEGESIS OF LEVITICUS 25; CHAPTER FIVE THE JUBILEE IN OTHER PENTATEUCHAL TEXTS; CHAPTER SIX PERTINENT TEXTS IN KINGS AND JEREMIAH; CHAPTER SEVEN THE JUBILEE IN THE LATTER PROPHETS; CHAPTER EIGHT THE JUBILEE IN THE WRITINGS; CHAPTER NINE THE JUBILEE IN SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE; CHAPTER TEN THE JUBILEE AT QUMRAN |
| Summary |
Beginning with the historical origins of the jubilee in ancient Israel, this book traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee through the "Old Testament", "Second Temple" literature", and "Qumran" documents, demonstrating a tendency toward eschatological re-readings with the passage of time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-325) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Jubilee (Judaism)
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Sabbatical year (Judaism)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Jubilee (Judaism)
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Sabbatical year (Judaism)
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Jubeljaar (bijbel)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9047410564 |
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9789047410560 |
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1281400262 |
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9781281400260 |
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9786611400262 |
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6611400265 |
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