Genesis, Isaiah and Psalms: A Festschrift to Honour Professor John Emerton for His Eightieth Birthday (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 135) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004182314 ISBN 13: 9789004182318

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Studies of Genesis, Isaiah and Psalms, key biblical texts that represent the interests of the honorand, Professor John Emerton. The comparison of biblical texts with the ancient Near East and archaeological finds; intertextual work, literary historical approaches, texts and versions and scholarly interpretations from the past are all represented.

About this title

About the Author:

Katharine Dell, D. Phil (1988) in Old Testament, University of Oxford, is University Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University and Fellow of St Catharine's College. She has published extensively in the area of the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, including recently The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context (CUP, 2006).

Graham Davies, Ph.D. (1975) University of Cambridge, D.D. (Oxford), F.B.A., is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Cambridge University and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. He has published books on the Pentateuch, Hosea, archaeology and Hebrew inscriptions, and articles on a wide variety of Old Testament topics.

Yee Von Koh, Ph.D. (2005) in Old Testament, University of Cambridge, is an independent biblical scholar residing in Malaysia. She has recently published a book on Ecclesiastes in De Gruyter's BZAW series (no. 369).

Review:

"It is an excellent collection of original research and can be highly recommended."
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (School of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen)

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9004182314
• ISBN 13: 9789004182318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261
• Editor: Dell Katharine J., Davies Graham, Von Koh Yee