The T&T Clark Bible Backgrounds Collection is an invaluable help for placing the biblical world within the context of surrounding cultures, governments, economies, and physical climates. You'll learn about the complex and deeply significant history of human sacrifice, the political climate of Israel through the years, how societal pillars like marriage evolved through the years, and the religious context of biblical figures. Gathered here are archaeologists, sociologist, anthropologists, historians, and biblical scholars who provide clear and balanced access into the societies occupied by Abraham, David, Nehemiah, Jesus, and Paul.

Die Kohlhammer Studienbücher Theologie, konzipiert für das Studium an der Hochschule, für das Selbststudium wie auch für die Weiterbildung, führen in alle Bereiche der katholischen Theologie ein. Sie stellen in didaktisch überzeugend strukturierter Form das Grundwissen der einzelnen Disziplinen dar, informieren über den aktuellen Diskussionsstand und leisten einen originären Beitrag zur Weitergabe der christlichen Tradition in Kirche und Gesellschaft.

Dieses Studienbuch führt in den großen (katholischen) Kanon des christlichen Alten Testaments ein: Das Alte Testament als Heilige Schrift der Juden und der Christen; Die Bücher der Tora/Pentateuch; Die Bücher der Geschichte; Die Bücher der Weisheit; Die Bücher der Prophetie. Die Entstehung der einzelnen Bücher wird so in ihren zeit- und religionsgeschichtlichen Kontext eingeordnet, dass diese als Niederschlag der Glaubensgeschichte Israels sichtbar wird. Ausdrücklich reflektiert wird der Doppelc...

Intermarriage and group identity in the second temple period is investigated from different points of view with regard to methodology and analyzed texts. With an introduction to the history of research and a summarizing final section, the individual contributions are associated with the larger context of the recent debate. The diversity of texts on mixed marriage within the Hebrew Bible and related scripture will be shown and emphasized and the question of continuity and discontinuity as well as the socio-historical background of marriage restrictions is discussed. Covering a wide range of texts from the Hebrew Bible as well as from the Elephantine, Qumran and several pseudepigrapha, like Jubilees, Mixed Marriages’ focus is on possible counter texts with a more positive notion of foreign wives, in addition to restrictive and prohibitive texts. These different approaches will illuminate the dynamics of the construction of group identity, culminating in conflicts concerning...

Dieses Studienbuch stellt die Geschichte Israels von den Anfängen bis zum Bar-Kochba-Aufstand 132-135 n. Chr. dar. Das für Exegese und Theologiestudium unverzichtbare Wissen vermittelt der Autor verständlich und vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Forschung. Er zieht für seine Darstellung alle verfügbaren Quellen heran. Exemplarisch wird aufgezeigt, wie diese Quellen zu interpretieren sind und wo die Grenzen der Rekonstruktion von Geschichte liegen. Dazu führt er in den Stand der archäologischen u...

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