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These books, from what are often called the twelve prophets, continue to recount the story of the return from Babylonian exile. They speak with immediacy and power to the generation that was responsible for writing down and organizing the Hebrew Scriptures and founding Judaism as a religion, not just an ethnic identity. Haggai demonstrates how not to be a prophet, as his wildly optimistic and date-specific predictions don't come true. Zechariah then...
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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is, aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments.
The third edition is, presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been, added to the volume for the first time.
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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is, aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments.
In order to enhance classroom use, Collins's major text has now been, divided into four volumes, one for each major part of the Hebrew Bible. This volume...
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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is, aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments.
In order to enhance classroom use, Collins's major text has now been, divided into four volumes, one for each major part of the Hebrew Bible. This volume...
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A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic essays organized in five sections, Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy complements and enriches Collins's well-known book The Apocalyptic Imagination.
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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most popular introductory textbooks in colleges and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is, aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments.
The third edition is, presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been, added to the volume for the first time.
In order...
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Biblical scholars today often sound as if they are, caught in the aftermath of Babel, a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. Yet is this confusion necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics see the recent profusion of critical approaches as a welcome opportunity for the emergence of diverse new techniques. In The Bible after Babel noted biblical scholar John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical,...
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Daniel, with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literture is Volume XX of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a form-critical analysis of every book and each unit in the Hebrew Bible. Fundamentally exegetical, the FOTL volumes examine the structure, genre, setting, and intention of the biblical literature in question. They also study the history behind the form-critical discussion of the material, attempt to bring...
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