The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson - Couverture rigide

Kaminsky, Joel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0268020434 ISBN 13 : 9780268020439

Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013

Synopsis

The topic of the election of Israel is one of the most controversial and difficult subjects in the entire Bible. Modern readers wonder why God would favor one specific people and why Israel in particular was chosen. One of the most important and theologically incisive voices on this topic has been that of Jon D. Levenson. His careful, wide-ranging scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and its theological reuse in later Judaic and Christian sources has influenced a generation of Jewish and Christian thinkers.

This focused volume seeks to bring to a wide audience the ongoing rich theological dialogue on the election of Israel. Writing from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, the authors--Jews, Catholics, and Protestants--contribute thought-provoking essays spanning fields including the Hebrew Bible, apocryphal and pseudepigraphic literature, New Testament, rabbinics, the history of Christian exegesis, and modern theology. The resulting book not only engages the lifelong work of Jon D. Levenson but also sheds new light on a topic of great import to Judaism and Christianity and to the ongoing dialogue between these faith traditions.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Joel S. Kaminsky is a professor of religion at Smith College.

Gary A. Anderson is Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought at the University of Notre Dame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0268020434
• ISBN 13: 9780268020439
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 406
• Éditeur: Anderson Gary A.
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