Paris: Gabalda, 1949. — LXIV, 481 p. — (Études Bibliques). On désigne communément sous le titre de « livres des Maccabées » quatre productions littéraires de la période hasmonéenne et hérodiemie dont deux sont entrées dans le canon chrétien et deux restées au rang des apocryphes. Pour avoir porté dès le temps d’Eusèbe les titres de IIIe et de IVe livres des Maccabées, ces deux...
École doctorale Pratiques et théories du sens, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, 2015. — 404 p. According to the initial verse of the Book of Ruth, the story takes place during the period of the Judges. However, its place in the Hebrew Bible canon, where it is revealed in Writings (Ketuvim), as well as linguistic aspects of the text, has led scholars to believe that the book was...
Brill, 2016. — xxii, 354 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 143). In Hollow Men, Strange Women, Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel's experience during its Settlement of Canaan as narrated in the Book of Judges. Written under Assyrian suzerainty in the reign of Manasseh, Judges is both a theological commentary on the Settlement and an esoteric work...
Fribourg; Göttingen: Academic Press; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982. — XXVIII, *114, 666 p. — (Orbis biblicus et Orientalis; 50,1). Table de l'Avant-Propos Avant-Propos Table de l'Introduction Premiere partie : L'histoire de la critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament depuis ses origines jusqu'aJ .D. Michaelis Deuxieme partie : Le comite pour l'analyse textuelle de l'Ancien...
Fribourg; Göttingen: Academic Press; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986. — VII, 157 p. — (Orbis biblicus et orientalis; 73). L‘international Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies s‘est réunie à Vienne en août 1980. Johan Lust y a présenté une communication sur la Septante ancienne d‘Ezéchiel, livre oû celle-ci est nettement plus brève que le Texte Massorétique. Emanuel Tov,...
Peeters, 2018. — 356 p. — (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament). The biblical books Ezra and Nehemiah are not highly regarded because of a painful point. In both books, a call can be found to put an end to marriages with foreign, or strange women. This commentary wants to understand that summons in the context of the world at that time and to show that other themes play...
Mohr Siebeck, 2015. — 316 p. — (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 97). In dieser Studie fragt Hannes Bezzel nach Saul, dem ersten König Israels, nicht als einer historischen Gestalt der "frühen Königszeit", sondern als literarischer Person, deren Entwicklung er diachron in den Blick nimmt. Einsatzpunkt ist die "frühe Rezeptionsgeschichte" bis zum Ende des ersten nachchristlichen...
Brill, 2012. — xiv, 318 p. — (Septuagint Commentary Series). In 1 Edras Michael Bird presents a commentary on this much neglected text based on its witness in Codex Vaticanus as part of the next installment of the Septuagint Commentary Series. Containing material that parallels 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, 1 Esdras is featured in the Septuagint and Christian Apocrypha. The...
Brepols Pub, 2024. — 296 p. — (The Septuagint in Its Ancient Context 5). For many years, the Septuagint of Ruth (LXX-Ruth) has been considered a literal translation. Several authors have emphasized the similarities between the Greek text and the Masoretic Text, while others have also noted the divergences. In the wake of this second stream, this book seeks to answer the crucial...
Brill, 2021. — xx, 451 p. — (Vetus Testamentum Supplements 186). Shortly before his untimely death Gary Knoppers prepared a number of articles on the historical books in the Hebrew Bible for this volume. Many had not previously been published and the others were heavily revised. They combine a fine attention to historical method with sensitivity for literary-critical analysis,...
Brill, 2019. — xii, 220 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 178) In Esther in Diaspora, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka presents a new approach to the book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He argues that, whereas previous interpretations have emphasised an association with the Jewish festival of Purim, a theory-nuanced concept of diaspora offers the key for reading Esther....
Oxford University Press, 2024. — 624 p. — (Oxford Handbooks). The Books of Kings have long been at the center of scholarly discussions on the Hebrew Bible because they constitute important sources for the history of ancient Israel and Judah, and because they are key components of the Deuteronomistic History. The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings provide a clear and useful...
Mohr Siebeck, 2025. — XII, 230 p. — (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe (FAT II) 155). Neil J. Morrison seeks to clarify the nature and purpose of the theme of divine retribution in Chronicles. He contends that retribution represents a malleable motif which serves the ideological purpose of fostering religious commitment and bolstering the status of the Second Temple....
Second ed. — New York: Doubleday, 1965. — XXXVI, 268 p. — (The Anchor bible 13). II Chronicles (Volume 13 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible Commentary series) is a crucial book for historians of the biblical period and for students of the Bible. Like I Chronicles, it has been both over- and undervalued. In recent years it has, certainly, suffered undue neglect. However, II...
Brill, 2016. — xiv, 242 p. — (Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 142). In this book Helen Paynter offers a radical re-evalution of the central section of Kings. Reading with attention to the literary devices of carnivalization and mirroring, she demonstrates that it contains a florid satire on kings, prophets and nations. Building on the work of humorists, literary critics...
Brill, 2017. — 289 p. — (Vetus Testamentum. Supplements 175). This volume offers a thematic study of an integral part of the Hebrew text of Esther, namely, violence. In The Dynamics of Violence and Revenge in the Hebrew Book of Esther, Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz makes the first ever monographic research on the topics of hostility and the mechanisms of revenge as expressed by...
Peeters, 2019. — 582 p. — (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament). This commentary presents a new approach to the old problems of the dating of the book of Judges and the reconstruction of the way different sources were used. It wants to show that the book of Judges can be read as the work of one literary talented author living in the early Hellenistic period. With...
Andrés Piquer Otero and Pablo A. Torijano Morales (eds.). — Brill, 2020. — xiv, 462 p. — (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 185). This volume contains a collection of the author’s life-long study (along with some new research written specifically for this book) of the text of 1-2 Kings, some of them translated into English for the first time. Julio Trebolle’s career has...
Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019. — 400 p. — (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)). Second Samuel includes some of the most well-known and theologically layered episodes in the Old Testament, such as the Lord's establishment of an eternal covenant with David, David's sin with Bathsheba, and the subsequent...
Peeters Pub & Booksellers, 2022. — 769 p. — (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensuium, 328). This volume contains the proceedings of the 69th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (February 1-3, 2021), which focused on new perspectives in the research into the books of 1-4 Maccabees. The contributions explore the relevance of literary approaches to the Maccabean books,...
De Gruyter, 2004. — 805 p. — (Fontes Et Subsidia Ad Bibliam Pertinentes 3). The relationships between the many different versions of Tobit present a famous and important problem for text-critics and historians of Judaism; however, study of the subject has been hindered by the lack of any single, reliable collection. This book brings together, for the first time, a wide range of...
Mohr Siebeck, 2006. — 369 p. — (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 47). The character of Saul and his place within the history, theology, and ideology of ancient Israel have fascinated interpreters for centuries. This book surveys the field of Saul studies. It includes in the first instance essays detailing Saul's place within the biblical narrative and its constituent parts (such...
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016. — 272 p. — (De Septuaginta Investigationes (DSI) 7). Die Dissertation ist ein Beitrag zur Übersetzungs- und Textgeschichte der Samuelbücher. Im Zentrum steht die Arbeitsweise des Septuaginta-Übersetzers. Sie wird anhand von syntaktischen Phänomenen untersucht, die in einer hohen Zahl von Belegen vorkommen. Es ergibt sich ein auch statistisch...
Перевод с древнегреческого, введение и комментарии Н.В. Брагинской, А.Н. Коваля, А.И. Шмаиной-Великановой. — М.: Мосты культуры / Гешарим, 2014. — 632 с. Издание содержит новый перевод Четырёх Книг Маккавеев, которые являются важнейшими источниками по истории евреев и иудаизма в период, предшествующий появлению христианства. Перевод сопровождается подробным комментарием,...
М.: Институт философии, теологии и истории св. Фомы, 2010. — 256 с. — (Bibliotheca Ignatiana). Монография «Книга Руфи как символическая повесть» посвящена анализу одной из самых маленьких и на первый взгляд простых книг Св. Писания — Книге Руфи. Автор рассказывает о том, как понимали Книгу Руфи древние еврейские и христианские комментаторы, а затем описывает историю ее изучения...