Cribb Speaking on the Brink of Sheol

Form and Message of Old Testament Death Stories
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3620-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 43, 366 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Biblical Studies

Since its inception at the beginning of the twentieth century, form criticism has diminished in popularity and use in recent years. Bryan H. Cribb’s studies demonstrates that, if appropriately modified, form criticism still has much to add to Old Testament studies. Using a synchronic and inductive approach to the text, Cribb engages in a form critical study of nine “death stories” in the Old Testament. In so doing, he not only provides substantial support for the existence of this genre, but he also shows how remarkably fruitful such a study can be in revealing the messages of these accounts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cribb, Bryan Howard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Block, Daniel I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- List of Tables (page 7)
- Foreword (page 9)
- Preface (page 13)
- Acknowledgments (page 15)
- Abbreviations (page 17)
- Introduction (page 19)
- 1 Methodology (page 23)
- Methodological Considerations (page 23)
- Methodological Steps/Structure of the Study (page 31)
- 2 Death in Israel and in the Ancient Near East (page 37)
- ANE and Israelite Sources on Death (page 38)
- A Brief Survey of Thanatological Beliefs (page 44)
- Conclusion (page 66)
- 3 Death Accounts in the Ancient Near East and Israel and the Old Testament Genre of Death Story (page 69)
- ANE Death Accounts (page 70)
- A Survey of Biblical Death Accounts (page 82)
- The Classification Question (page 91)
- Typical Form of Death Stories in the Old Testament (page 96)
- 4 Form Critical Exegesis of the Death Stories in the Old Testament (page 111)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Sarah (Gen 23:1-20) (page 112)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Abraham (Gen 24:1-25:11) (page 125)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Jacob (Gen 47:28-50:14) (page 150)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Joseph (Gen 50:22-26) (page 183)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Aaron (Num 20:22-29) (page 194)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Moses (Deut 31:1-34:12) (page 203)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Joshua (Josh 23:1-24:30) (page 246)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of David (1 Kgs 1:1-2:12) (page 269)
- Excursus on the Chronicler's Presentation of David's Death (page 297)
- Exegesis of the Death Story of Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:1-21) (page 302)
- Excursus on the Chronicler's Presentation of Hezekiah's Death (page 320)
- 5 Conclusions (page 321)
- Success and Significance of the Study's First Objective (page 323)
- Success and Significance of the Study's Second Objective (page 323)
- Conclusion (page 331)
- Appendix (page 333)
- Bibliography (page 345)
- Index (page 363)