Browsing Research Articles (Old Testament Studies) by Subject "Land"

Browsing Research Articles (Old Testament Studies) by Subject "Land"

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  • Kingship and ‘state’ in Torah, history, and poetry : exploring the risk of terminological anachronism in Old Testament scholarship 
    Friedl, Johanna (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2020)
    In exploring the constituent elements of our modern-day nation state, this contribution wishes to highlight those areas in which anachronism might arise in Old Testament interpretations of ‘state’. This might happen due ...
  • Land as a topic in the book of Psalms? 
    Bremer, Johannes (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)
    This essay focuses on land conceptions in the Psalter, dealing with Psalms reflecting on Israel’s history regard land as an integral part of remembrance and YHWH as a powerful and mighty saviour. As he was able to fulfil ...
  • People and land in the holiness code : who is YHWH’s favourite? 
    Meyer, Esias E. (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2015)
    The article is interested in how land ( ) is personified in the Holiness Code. It starts by describing the different “countries” portrayed in the Holiness Code and then discusses all the instances where land functions ...
  • The promise of the land and the extent of P 
    Jeon, Jaeyoung (De Gruyter, 2018-11)
    While Pentateuchal scholars increasingly support the ending of P in the Sinai narrative, there are still attempts to defend the classical Nothian model of P that ends in the plain of Moab. The major argument of the latter ...