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New Books
Images in Transition
Schroer, Silvia / Wyssmann, Patrick (Hg.): Images in Transition. The Southern Levant and its Imagery between Near Eastern and Greek Traditions, Leuven: Peeters 2024. The material culture of the Southern Levant from the late 5th century to the early 3rd century BCE is marked by evolving local and regional traditions enriched by the adoption and adaptation of features reflecting Persian and Greek culture. Processes of influence and interaction – often referred to as Persianization and Hellenization – alongside expressions of persisting local and regional cultural identities, were central themes of the conference titled “Images in Transition: The Southern Levant and its Imagery between Near Eastern and Greek Pictorial Traditions.” This volume compiles a selection of presentations from the conference, highlighting the diversity of topics discussed. Addressing selected motives and object genres or focusing on specific sites and practices from various perspectives, case studies examine cultural processes that occurred in the Southern Levant during the Persian and early Hellenistic period. Their synthesis provides a better understanding of significant cultural change and persistence during this age of transition.
Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens
Wagner, Andreas / van Oorschot, Jürgen / Allolio-Näcke, Lars (ed.): Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens, Berlin: De Gruyter 2023. - Research into the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East, Philosophy and History have long considered whether thought in the cultural area of the ancient Middle East differs from that in the western Mediterranean. The inclusion of neurobiology, psychology, brain research and evolutionary research will widen this horizon and allow new approaches. This volume provides in depth insides into this Archaeology of Mind in 22 contributions.
Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens
Wagner, Andreas / van Oorschot, Jürgen / Allolio-Näcke, Lars (ed.): Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens, Berlin: De Gruyter 2023. - Research into the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East, Philosophy and History have long considered whether thought in the cultural area of the ancient Middle East differs from that in the western Mediterranean. The inclusion of neurobiology, psychology, brain research and evolutionary research will widen this horizon and allow new approaches. This volume provides in depth insides into this Archaeology of Mind in 22 contributions.
The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira
Brodersen, Alma: The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 162), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2022. Open Access: https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/the-beginning-of-the-biblical-canon-and-ben-sira-9783161619922
Die Geschlechter des Todes
Berlis, Angela / Frettlöh, Magdalene L. / Noth, Isaelle / Schroer, Silvia: Die Geschlechter des Todes. Theologische Perspektiven auf Tod und Gender, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Rupprecht 2022. Open Access: https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index/sArticle/57427/sCategory/1487
Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters
Brodersen, Alma / Neumann, Friederike / Willgren, David (Hg.): Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters. Methodische Reflexionen – Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 114), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2020.
"Ein Königtum aller fernsten Zeiten". Studien zu Text und Kontexten von Ps 145 und seiner Bedeutung für die Rezeptionsgeschichte des "Reiches Gottes"
Rahn, Nancy: "Ein Königtum aller fernsten Zeiten". Studien zu Text und Kontexten von Ps 145 und seiner Bedeutung für die Rezeptionsgeschichte des "Reiches Gottes" (Herders biblische Studien 94), Freiburg: Herder 2020.
Perfektion und Perfektibilität in den Literaturen des Alten Testaments
van Oorschot, Jürgen / Wagner, Andreas (Hg.): Perfektion und Perfektibilität in den Literaturen des Alten Testaments (Veröffentlichungen der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie 63), Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2020.
God's Body. The Anthropomorphic God in the Old Testament
Wagner, Andreas: God's Body. The Anthropomorphic God in the Old Testament. Translated by Marion Salzmann, London: T&T Clark 2019.
Vielfältig geprägt. Das spätperserzeitliche Samaria und seine Münzbilder
Wyssmann, Patrick: Vielfältig geprägt. Das spätperserzeitliche Samaria und seine Münzbilder (Orbis biblicus et orientalis 288), Leuven: Peeters 2019. Open access: https://www.peeters-leuven.be/pdf/9789042941243.pdf
Neue Perspektiven auf den Nikolaus. Ein populärer Heiliger im interdisziplinären theologischen Gespräch
Lissek, Maria / Rahn, Nancy / Lippke, Florian (Hg.): Neue Perspektiven auf den Nikolaus. Ein populärer Heiliger im interdisziplinären theologischen Gespräch (Jerusalemer theologisches Forum 33), Münster: Aschendorff 2019.