ISBN: 9780521020213 - studies on the testament of job (society for new testament studies monograph, 66, band 66) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. This book attempts to remedy the deficiency of scholarly material in the area with a well-balanced treatment of its central concerns. Editor(s): Knibb, Michael A.; Horst, Pieter W. van der. Series Editor(s): Court, John. Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . .…

Zustand: New. This book attempts to remedy the deficiency of scholarly material in the area with a well-balanced treatment of its central concerns. Editor(s): Knibb, Michael A.; Horst, Pieter W. van der. Series Editor(s): Court, John. Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Bringing together as it does papers delivered at the 1986 and 1987 meetings of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas Pseudepigrapha Seminar, this collection takes as its theme the Testament of Job. For much of the modern period the Testament of Job has been one of the lesser-known pseudepigraphic products of early Judaism, and this book attempts to remedy the deficiency of scholarly material in the area with a well-balanced treatment of its central concerns. Approximately the length of the New Testament book of Romans, the Testament celebrates the virtue of patience through a folkloristic elaboration of the Biblical story of Job. Yet the Testament adopts from the Biblical story scarcely more than the framework, much of it highlighting themes unusual in both early Christian and early Jewish writings. From the viewpoint of the history of religions it is of interest for its image of Satan, its ecstaticism and its emphasis on magic; it sheds light on the Jewish background of the early Christian phenomenon of glossolalia; and it is intriguing because of the remarkable role it assigns to women. The contributors to this volume are all distinguished scholars, and they provide an accessible introduction to this relatively neglected ancient document.…