In Search of True Wisdom : Essays in Old Testament Interpretation in Honour of Ronald E. Clements
The distinguished authors whose essays appear in this volume (marking the seventieth birthday of Ronald Clements, who until his retirement, was the Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies, King's College London) include John Barton, Walter Brueggemann, Brevard Childs, John Rogerson, Rolf Rendtorff, Hugh Williamson, the late Norman Whybray, Graeme Auld, Richard Coggins. The theme of the volume reflects Clements's recent interest in 'wisdom' as an interpretative framework, and the essays address the role of theology and hermeneutics in biblical exegesis, through an examination of meth
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Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1999
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Preface
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Ronald Ernest Clements: An Appreciation
History-Interpretation-Theology: Issues in Biblical Religion
Canon and Old Testament Interpretation
Enabling Silent Lips to Speak: Literary Criticism in the Service of Old Testament Interpretation
The Role of Old Testament Theology in Old Testament Interpretation
Hermeneutical Reflections on C. Vitringa, Eighteenth-Century Interpreter of Isaiah
Walking in God's Ways: The Concept of Imitatio Dei in the Old Testament
Frontiers and Borders in the Old Testament. Noah, Abraham and Moses: God's Covenant Partners
The Theology of Exodus
On 'Seeing' the Trees while Missing the Forest: The Wisdom of Characters and Readers in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings
'From One Degree of Glory to Another': Themes and Theology in Isaiah
'Because of You!': An Essay about the Centre of the Book of the Twelve
'When the Towers Fall': Interpreting Nahum as Christian Scripture
Wisdom, Suffering and the Freedom of God in the Book of Job
Sitting Loose to History: Reading the Book of Lamentations without Primary Reference to its Original Historical Setting. Theology and Hermeneutics in the Books of Chronicles
Index of References
Index of Authors
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