{"product_id":"9789042933712","title":"The Books of Samuel : Stories - History - Reception History (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Books of Samuel are an important source for the history of ancient \n\u003cbr\u003e Israel and a treasure not only of Biblical literature, but of world \n\u003cbr\u003e literature. They deal with the first kings of Israel and the history of \n\u003cbr\u003e the 10th century BCE in Palestine, and they narrate of this time in an \n\u003cbr\u003e outstandingly artful way. In addition they set standards in the Biblical \n\u003cbr\u003e Jewish and Christian system of values, concerning the relationship between \n\u003cbr\u003e men and God, nation and people, power and law, war and peace, man and \n\u003cbr\u003e woman. The Books of Samuel have left their impact upon the arts over the \n\u003cbr\u003e centuries so that their reception history is exceptionally rich. Both \n\u003cbr\u003e early interpreters and modern scholars have discussed nearly every aspect \n\u003cbr\u003e of them. This volume contains contributions of leading scholars in the \n\u003cbr\u003e field as well as those of a new generation of exegetes. Questions are \n\u003cbr\u003e raised concerning the value of the Books of Samuel as historical source, \n\u003cbr\u003e the nature of their historical narrative, their literary composition, \n\u003cbr\u003e their literary-historical growth, their textual development (in the \n\u003cbr\u003e Masoretic text, in the Greek Septuagint, and in the writings of Qumran) \n\u003cbr\u003e and their reception history (in novels, music and arts). The volume \n\u003cbr\u003e embraces a wide range of approaches and methods and sheds light on a great \n\u003cbr\u003e number of texts and themes. Thus it represents the current state of \n\u003cbr\u003e inquiry and also raises new questions and views.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67590972276984,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":229.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9789042933712","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}