Sweeney, Marvin A. (Marvin Alan), 1953-
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2012.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-511) and index.
- Introduction. The Tanak as the foundation of Judaism Christian Old Testament theology Jewish Biblical theology The task of Jewish Biblical theology — The Torah. Overview The Toledoth/generations sequence in the Torah : The creation of heaven and earth, The generations of heaven and earth : human beings, The generations of Adam : problems in human development, The generations of Noah : the flood, The generations of Noah : the spread of humans over the earth, The generations of Shem : history of the Semites, The generations of Terah : Abraham and Sarah, ancestors of Israel, The generations of Ishmael, The generations of Isaac : Jacob/Israel and neighbors, The generations of Esau/Edom, The generations of Jacob/Israel, The generations of Aaron and Moses : Israel under the guidance of the Levites — The former prophets. Overview The Book of Joshua The Book of Judges The Book of Samuel The Book of Kings — The latter prophets. Overview The Book of Isaiah The Book of Jeremiah The Book of Ezekiel The Book of the Twelve Prophets : Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi — The Ketuvim/Writings. Overview The Book of Psalms The Book of Proverbs The Book of Job The Five Megillot : Overview, The Song of Songs, The Book of Ruth, The Book of Lamentations, The Book of Qoheleth, The Book of Esther The Book of Daniel The Book of Ezra-Nehemiah The Book of Chronicles — Conclusion. Some concluding thoughts.
- Though ‘biblical theology’ has long been considered a strictly Christian enterprise, Marvin A. Sweeney here proposes a Jewish theology of the Hebrew Bible, based on the importance of Tanak as the foundation of Judaism and organized around the major components: Torah, Nevi’im (Prophets), and Kethuvim (Writings). Sweeney finds the structuring themes of Jewish life: the constitution of the nation Israel in relation to God the disruption of that ideal, documented by the Prophets and the reconstitution of the nation around the Second Temple in the Writings. Throughout he is attentive to tensions within and among the texts and the dialogical character of Israel’s sacred heritage –Publisher description.
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