Yahwist's Landscape Nature and Religion in Early Israel

Name: Yahwist's Landscape Nature and Religion in Early Israel
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ISBN: 9780195092059

ISBN-10: 0195092058

ISBN-13: 9780195092059

Edition: 1996

Authors: Theodore Hiebert

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The present ecological crisis has created new interest in and criticism of biblical attitudes toward nature. In this book Theodore Hiebert offers a comprehensive examination of the ideology of a single biblical author--the Yahwist (J), writer of the oldest narrative sections of Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers. Hiebert argues the importance of reading J in its ancient Near Eastern context. His analysis incorporates evidence concerning the ecologies, economies, and religions of the ancient Levant drawn from recent work in archaeology, history, social anthropology, and comparative religion. Hiebert finds that despite the limitations of J's world view (and the world in which it took shape), J's…

Book details

List price: $195.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 9.57" wide x 6.50" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Abbreviations



The "Problem" of Nature in the Bible



The Primeval Age



The Ancestors in Canaan



The Southern Narratives



The Bible and Nature: Ancient Israelite Views and Modern Environmental Theologies


Appendix



Sources of the Pentateuch



Sections with Hebrew/English Verse Number Differences


Notes


Index