Bringing the Hidden to Light: The Process of Interpretation : Studies in Honor of Stephen A. GellerKathryn F. Kravitz, Diane M. Sharon Geller is Irma Cameron Milstein Professor of Bible at Jewish Theological Seminary. Geller's attention to language and interest in applying the methods of literary analysis to the Hebrew Bible are reflected in his work throughout his career. He has addressed such topics as "The Dynamics of Parallel Verse" in Deuteronomy 32, the "Language of Imagery in Psalm 114," and the literary uses of "Cleft Sentences with Pleonastic Pronoun." Combining a historical orientation with deep exegeses of individual texts, he has focused on the contribution that the literary approach might make to the study of biblical religion. He has developed what he terms a "literary theology," in which, by examining the literary devices in the passage under consideration, he has been able to formulate emerging religious ideas that the ancient writers did not express in systematic treatises. His method is illustrated in his studies of texts that represent the major religious traditions of the Hebrew Bible; these studies have been collected in Sacred Enigmas, published in 1997. The essays in this volume were contributed by colleagues, friends, and students of Stephen A. Geller to mark the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Marc Z. Brettler, Alan Cooper, Frank Moore Cross, Stephen Garfinkel, Edward L. Greenstein, Robert A. Harris, S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Kathryn F. Kravitz, Anne Lapidus Lerner, David Marcus, Yochanan Muffs, Benjamin Ravid, Michael Rosenbaum, Raymond P. Scheindlin, William M. Schniedewind, Diane M. Sharon, Benjamin D. Sommer. |
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... Creation : A Literary - Theological Study , Part 2. ” SBLSymS . “ The ' Still , Small Voice ' : 1 Kings 19 and the Roots of Intolerance in Biblical Religion . ” Festschrift for Raymond P. Scheindlin . I " Syntax and Meaning in Psalm 93 ...
... creation. Thus, the biblical story of cre- ation first describes the physical creation of the universe and of humanity and then tells us how people came to be part of the world. It defines their place in the universe by telling how they ...
... creation of man, when only the gods existed. The gods worked within an or- ganized administration in which some were administrators and others did the actual physical work of digging canals and maintaining the irrigation system that was ...
... creation of the world , ch . 5 , which gives the genealogical line of Adam through Noah . Then , in chs . 6–8 we have a parallel account of the Flood . In this source , too , there follows an acceptance of humankind , for in ch . 9 ...
... creation account of both sources. Rather, P was composed or re- vised in reaction to J's treatment of basic human issues. Each source deals with the same issues, but each source deals with these issues in diametrically op- posed ways ...