Glory and Power, Ritual and Relationship
The Sinai Covenant in the Postexilic Period
The book's point of departure is the return from the Exile, which is presented as an opportunity for Jews, primarly those in Judah, to interpret anew the relationship between God and Israel. The relationship had traditionally been thought of as a covenant, and central to the book's thesis is that post-exilic writers used a paradigm that was essentially that of the pre-exilic Mosiac covenant, i.e. a pact between God and humanity conditioned by the latter's observance of the law. The first part of the book describes the process whereby the Mosaic covenant was renovated and its content brought up to date. In this discussion, familiar topoi of Se…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-567-25830-4
- EAN: 9780567258304
- Produktnummer: 29845067
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'297 KB
Über den Autor
Richard Bautch is Associate Dean of Humanities and Associate Professor of Humanities at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.
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