The Old Testament : a literary history / Konrad Schmid ; translated by Linda M. Maloney.

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Schmid, Konrad, 1965- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2012.
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xiv, 321 pages : maps ; 24 cm

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    Renowned Hebrew Bible scholar Konrad Schmid here provides a comprehensive discussion of the task, history, and conditions of the history of Old Testament literature. He carefully considers the dynamics of language, orality, literacy, and the range of social and political conditions that shaped Israel's writing at each period of the people's history and explores the significance of the transformation of various writings into "Scripture" and a biblical canon.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Purpose, history, and problems of a literary history of the Old Testament
    • The beginnings of ancient Israel's literature among the Syro-Palestinian city-states before the advent of the Assyrians (tenth-eighth centuries B.C.E.)
    • The literature of the Assyrian period (eighth-seventh centuries B.C.E.)
    • The literature of the Babylonian period (sixth century B.C.E.)
    • The literature of the Persian period (fifth-fourth centuries B.C.E.)
    • The literature of the Ptolemaic period (third century B.C.E.)
    • The literature of the Seleucid period (second century B.C.E.)
    • Becoming Scripture and the genesis of the canon.
    ISBN
    • 9780800697754 ((alk. paper))
    • 0800697758 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2011042063
    OCLC
    738360485
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