The shape of the Writings /

Are the Writings a miscellaneous collection of books, as is so often asserted, or do they have a purposeful design or arrangement? Over the past 35 years, there has been a significant amount of scholarly interest in the shape of the Law, Former Prophets, Twelve Minor Prophets and the Psalms, while e...

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Other Authors: Steinberg, Julius, 1972- (Editor), Stone, Timothy J., 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2015.
Series:Siphrut ; 16.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Historical Formation of the Writings in Antiquity by Julius Steinberg and Timothy J. Stone; Final Forms of the Writings: The Jewish and Christian Traditions by Peter Brandt; A Wandering Moabite: Ruth-A Book in Search of a Canonical Home by Stephen Dempster; Thoughts on the "Davidization" of the Psalter by Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Erich Zenger; Reading Job following the Psalms by Will Kynes; The Place of Wisdom Literature in an Old Testament Theology: A Thematic and Structural-Canonical Approach by Julius Steinberg.
  • The Search for Order: The Compilational History of Ruth by Timothy J. StoneThe Associative Effects of Daniel in the Writings by Amber Warhurst; Chronicles as the Intended Conclusion to the Old Testament Canon by Hendrik J. Koorevaar; Torah-Binding and Canon Closure On the Origin and Canonical Function of the Book of Chronicles by Georg Steins; "A Threefold Cord Is Not Quickly Broken": Interpretation by Canonical Division in Early Judaism and Christianity by Stephen B. Chapman; Response by John Barton; Response by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi; Response by Christopher R. Seitz; Index of Authors.