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Counting the Jeremiahs: Machine Learning and the Jeremiah Narratives 计算耶利米:机器学习和耶利米叙述
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a5
Nicholas Campbell
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引用次数: 0
Death by Stoning in the Hebrew Bible and in Post-Biblical Traditions 希伯来圣经和后圣经传统中的石刑处死
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a8
Shaul Bar
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引用次数: 1
Toxic Masculinity in Africa and the Bible: The Strong-man Model and the Co-optation of Feminist Biblical Interpretation 非洲有毒的男性气质与圣经:强人模式与女性主义圣经诠释的融合
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a9
Robert Wafawanaka
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引用次数: 2
The Ethical Obligation to Disrupt: Facing the Bloody City in Nah 3:1-7 破坏的伦理义务:面对拿拿书3:1-7中的血腥之城
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a10
L. Juliana, Claassens University
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引用次数: 0
Jonadab Son of Shimeah: A Figure Wrapped in Controversy 示米亚的儿子约拿达:一个充满争议的人物
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a4
Orly Keren, Hagit Taragan
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Human Suffering in Need of God's 'Face' and 'Eyes': Perspectives on Psalm 13 人类苦难需要神的“面”和“眼”:从诗篇13的角度看问题
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n1a15
D. Human
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引用次数: 1
Readers' Disgust in the Case of Rebekah, Jacob, Isaac, and Esau: Perverters of Justice? 读者对利百加、雅各、以撒、以扫案件的厌恶:正义的歪曲者?
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A6
G. Snyman
{"title":"Readers' Disgust in the Case of Rebekah, Jacob, Isaac, and Esau: Perverters of Justice?","authors":"G. Snyman","doi":"10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A6","url":null,"abstract":"Popular readings, for example, sermons appear to exonerate Rebekah and Jacob (Gen. 25: 19–34; Gen 27–29, 33), as if they want to salvage the relation between faith and good character. Scholarly readings are more ready to question Rebekah and Jacob on a continuum between Rebekah and Jacob as deceitful and rescuing the Abrahamic covenant. Who are to be regarded as the perpetrators perverting justice in this narrative? In this essay, I would opt for Esau as the injured party of the fraud perpetrated by his mother and brother. The argument starts with the notion of moral perversity as framed by the concept of moral injury as well as disgust expressed at moral digressions. This discussion will be followed by an explanation of four sermons on Jacob, Esau, Rebekah, and Isaac. The argument will be directed to a discussion of selected scholarly interpretations of the story cycle.\u0000 \u0000https://doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2020/v33n3a6","PeriodicalId":19713,"journal":{"name":"Old Testament essays","volume":"33 1","pages":"445-472"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45492182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Understanding Wisdom in the Old Testament through Its Akan (Ghana) Parallels: Linkages and Disconnections 通过阿堪（加纳）的比喻理解旧约中的智慧：联系和脱节
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A4
E. Antwi, Isaac Forson Adjei, Joseph K. Asuming
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引用次数: 2
Gradations of Degradation: Ezekiel's Underworld as a Temple of Doom 堕落的等级：以西结笔下作为末日神殿的黑社会
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A8
S. Wells, Christopher B. Hays
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引用次数: 0
The Unheard Voices in the Hebrew Bible: The Nameless and Silent Wife of Jeroboam (1 Kgs 14:1-18) 希伯来圣经中未被听见的声音：耶罗波安无名无声的妻子（上Kgs 14:1-18）
Old Testament essays Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2020/V33N3A3
D. Adamo
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