Poets, prophets, and sages : essays in Biblical interpretation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordis, Robert, 1908-1992
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1971]
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Table of Contents:
  • world statesman
  • Micah's vision of the end-time
  • All men's book: the book of Job
  • The temptation of Job
  • The wisdom of Koheleth
  • The Song of songs. The Bible: its origin, growth, and meaning
  • Primitive democracy in ancient Israel
  • The structure of Biblical poetry
  • The heptad as an element of Biblical and rabbinic style
  • Quotations in Biblical, oriental, and rabbinic literature
  • The social background of wisdom literature
  • The knowledge of good and evil in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea scrolls
  • The composition and structure of Amos
  • Hosea's marriage and message
  • Isaiah: prophet, thinker,