Judaica Gesamtverzeichnis/general Catalogue 1996-2001 [antikvár]

Literatur, Religion und Philosophie - Literature, Religion and Philosophy Altes Testament: Allgemeine Themen Old Testament Studies: Themes and Motifs Courtney, Richárd The Birth ofGod The Moses Play and Monotheism in Ancient Israel New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1997. XIV, 235 pp., 8 fig. American University Studies: Series 26, Theatre Arts. Vol. 26 ISBN 0-8204-3055-2 hardback sFr. 59.- / 1 * 37.80 / DM 74.- / öS 492.- / 2** 35.30 / FF 236.- / BF 1475.- / L 27.- / US-$ 44.95 Modern scholarship shows a startiing fact - that belief in one God originated with Moses and became the basis of the Jewish Bible and the Old Testament in a ritual drama, The Play of Moses, first created by Joshua as the Israelites crossed the Jordán and performed it at Schechem. This play was altered over time into The Play of Dávid. Remnants of this ritual drama are to be found in The Book of 7, written hundreds of years later - afíer the time of Solomon - and it was severely suppressed by priests returning from the Exile hundreds of years after that. The Play of Moses is the hidden basis of the modern Jewish and Christian religions. Getui, Mary / Holter, Knut / Zinkuratire, Victor (eds.) Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa Papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament in Nairobi, October 1999 New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2001. IX, 246 pp. Bible and Theology in Africa. Vol. 2 ISBN 0-8204-4978-4 hardback sFr. 86.- / 1 * 55.20 / DM 108.- / OS 717.- / 2** 51.60 / FF 344.- / BF 2150 - / L 36.- / US-$ 57.95 This book is a collection of papers read at the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament in Nairobi, October 1999. Thirty biblical scholars and theologians - mainly from Eastern Africa, but somé alsó from South Africa and Europe - came together to discuss what it means to interpret the Old Testament in Africa today. Their contributions fali in five parts: (i) a mapping of the social, historical, and academic context of Old Testament studies in Africa; (ii) exegetical studies of how Africa is portrayed by the Old Testament; (iii) exaniples of how the African socio-religious experience can serve as comparative material for interpretation of the Old Testament; (iv) examples of how Old Testament texts are experienced as relevant to contemporary African readers; and (v) various aspects of the efforts of translating the Old Testament in Africa today. Holter, Knut Yahweh in Africa Essays on Africa and the Old Testament New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien. 2000. VIII, 162 pp. Bible and Theology in Africa. Vol. 1 ISBN 0-8204-4934-2 hardback sFr. 76 - / 1 * 48.60 / DM 95.- / OS 634 - / 2** 45.40 / FF 304.- / BF 1900 - / L 32 - / US-$ 50.95 The twentieth century made the Old Testament an African book. As the ancient texts have been translated into numerous languages and cultures throughout the continent, grass-root readers have found them to reflect their own experience of life, and the growing number of African Old Testament scholars have made various studies where the texts are read in the light of the African religio- and socio-cultural tradition. The present essay collection presents and analyses different aspects of the Old Testament readings in Africa. In particular, their socio-intellectual context is emphasized, and it is argued that Western Old Testament scholarship would benefit from acquainting itself with African readings of the Old Testament. Kallai, Zecharia Biblical Historiography and Historical Geography Collection of Studies Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien, 1998. 284 pp., 2 fig,. 3 tab., 1 graph. Beitrage zur Erforschung des Altén Testaments und des Antiken Judentums. Vol. 44 ISBN 3-631-32395-6 / US-ISBN 0-8204-3536-8 pb. sFr. 68.- / 1 * 42.90 / DM 84 - / öS 567.- / 2** 40.10 / FF 272.- / BF 1700 - / L 31.- / US-$ 48.95 This volume comprises studies in the fields of historical geography and historiography in biblical tinies. Both aspects contribute significant insights into seri bal tradition and illuminate modes of literary composition. These are indispensible for any evaluation of the historical information embodied in the ancient