The Old Testament: A Literary History - Hardcover

Schmid, Konrad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800697758 ISBN 13: 9780800697754

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2012

Synopsis

Renowned Hebrew Bible scholar Konrad Schmid here provides a comprehensive discussion of the task, history, and conditions of the history of Old Testament literature. He carefully considers the dynamics of language, orality, literacy, and the range of social and political conditions that shaped Israel's writing at each period of the people s history and explores the significance of the transformation of various writings into "Scripture" and a biblical canon.

About this title

About the Author:

Konrad Schmid is Professor of Old Testament Studies and Jewish History at the University of Zurich and an author or editor of numerous books in Old Testament interpretation including, with T. Dozeman, A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation.

Review:

"I am glad to see Fortress publish this translation of Konrad Schmid's valuable The Old Testament: A Literary History. Schmid reads widely, organizes the entire corpus of Israelite literature into a sequence of historical periods, is informed by the most recent research in both German and English, and is concerned to make the biblical text more accessible in its development: a valuable and well-written resource." --Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota

"This book offers a much needed synthesis of historical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible by one of Europe's leading Old Testament scholars. Schmid possesses remarkable knowledge of both European and North American biblical scholarship, and he guides the reader through each period of literary history with balance and an eye for the whole." --David Carr, Union Theological Seminary, New York

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0800697758
• ISBN 13: 9780800697754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336