This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the …
Focusing on the phenomenon of prophecy in the ancient Near East, this study offers a comparison between parts of First Isaiah and the Assyrian prophecies. In the first part, the …
Diese Untersuchung der kulturellen, politischen und okonomischen Beziehungen zwischen Israel und Agypten vom 10. bis zum 6. vorchristlichen Jahrhundert basiert auf biblischen und …
English summary: What is Israel? There is hardly a more matter-of-fact term in the Old Testament, yet academic debate provides many different answers to this question. Kristin …
When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA) embarked on a project for human-powered flight, they faced the problem of needing someone who would be …
The article argues that the pre-Priestly Jacob story is mainly a unified and coherent composition that was written in Judah in about the mid-6th century BCE. It was composed as …
The article addresses the controversial issue of the formation of'biblical Israel'in biblical historiography. It begins by presenting the political-cultural struggle between Assyria and …
The volume deals with the Septuagint version of Isaiah 23, the Oracle of Tyre. The text of this chapter serves as an illustration of a comprehensive method of analysis which is described …
The prophetic books of the Old Testament offer a fascinating collection of oracles, poetic images, and theological ideas. Among the most prominent themes are those of judgment …