Smend, Rudolf, 1932-

'The unconquered land' and other Old Testament essays : selected studies / by Rudolf Smend ; edited by Edward Ball and Margaret Barker ; with translations by Margaret Kohl. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2013. - xvii, 277 p. ; 24 cm. - Society for Old Testament study . - Society for Old Testament study .

1. Moses as historical figure -- 2. The Ten Commandments -- 3. The covenant formula -- 4. Elements of historical thinking in the Old Testament -- 5. The unconquered land -- 6. The place of the state in the Old Testament -- 7. The Biblical and historical Elijah -- 8. The word of Yahweh to Elijah: thoughts on the composition of 1 Kings 17-10 -- 9. Amos's No -- 10. "The end has come": an Amos saying in the priestly code -- 11. Eating and drinking: a piece of worldliness in the Old Testament -- 12. Lowth in Germany -- 13. De Wette and the relationship between historical Biblical criticism and philosophical system in the nineteenth century -- 14. Post-critical scriptural interpretation -- 15. Trends. Old Testament scholarship in the twentieth century: a retrospect.

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BS1171.3 / .S57 2013