7200751The Shape of the Writingshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-shape-of-the-writings-9781575063744/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6745902/image.jpg?v=6387086592724000009431048MXNPenn State University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>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 examinations of the shape of the Writings were almost nonexistent until very recently. The 11 essays in this volume explore this often-neglected issue from a variety of critical perspectivesreader-centered approaches, canonical, structural-canonical, and redactionalmade more robust by the mix of German- and English-language scholarship on this question, including 4 articles translated from German into English. Essays range from the historical development of the collection, to analysis of the collections different arrangements, to the relationship of books and subcollections within the Writings, to the reception of the collection in Jewish and Christian sources. Every book in the Writings is discussed, with particular attention given to Job, Ruth, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The volume closes with 3 critical responses from John Barton, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Christopher Seitz.</p>...6852869The Shape of the Writings9431048https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-shape-of-the-writings-9781575063744/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6745902/image.jpg?v=638708659272400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781575063744_W3siaWQiOiI4ODBhNDRiMC1mN2E4LTRmYWYtYjdjNi1hZGZhZWY5NTMwOTYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjEwMjQsImRpc2NvdW50IjoxMDMsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6OTIxLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0yM1QxODowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOnRydWV9XQ==9781575063744_<p>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 examinations of the shape of the Writings were almost nonexistent until very recently. The 11 essays in this volume explore this often-neglected issue from a variety of critical perspectivesreader-centered approaches, canonical, structural-canonical, and redactionalmade more robust by the mix of German- and English-language scholarship on this question, including 4 articles translated from German into English. Essays range from the historical development of the collection, to analysis of the collections different arrangements, to the relationship of books and subcollections within the Writings, to the reception of the collection in Jewish and Christian sources. Every book in the Writings is discussed, with particular attention given to Job, Ruth, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The volume closes with 3 critical responses from John Barton, Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Christopher Seitz.</p>...9781575063744_Penn State University Presspreventa9781575063744_9781575063744Rachel MarieInglésMéxico2015-09-09T00:00:00+00:00Penn State University Press