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This nontraditional textbook is coherent, engaging, and succinct--a perfect resource for any introductory Hebrew Bible course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Three Introductions \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Wisdom Tradition: Religion without Revelation \u003cbr\u003e 3. Revelation and Love: \u003cbr\u003e The Patriarchal Narratives and the Song of Songs \u003cbr\u003e 4. Joseph and Narrative \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Exodus: Freedom and Sonship \u003cbr\u003e 6. Sinai: Covenant and Code \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Problem of Monarchy: Samuel and Kings \u003cbr\u003e 8. Condemning Israel, Sparing the Nations: \u003cbr\u003e Amos and Jonah \u003cbr\u003e 9. Eden and the Art of Reading \u003cbr\u003e 10. Priestly Theology and Holy Space \u003cbr\u003e 11. Exile and Return: Prophetic Visions \u003cbr\u003e 12. The Consolidation of Judaism: Temple and Torah \u003cbr\u003e 13. Violence and Identity: Joshua and Judges \u003cbr\u003e 14. Jews, Gentiles, and Gender: \u003cbr\u003e Esther, Ruth, Ezra, and Nehemiah \u003cbr\u003e 15. Apocalyptic: Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls \u003cbr\u003e 16. The Israelite at Prayer: The Book of Psalms \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubject Index \u003cbr\u003e Scripture and Other Ancient Sources Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007261245713,"sku":"NIN9780802875426","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51602594169105,"sku":"CIN0802875424G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52140436685073,"sku":"NLS9780802875426","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802875424.jpg?v=1750914517"},{"product_id":"judaism-book-tzvi-novick-9780802884329","title":"Judaism","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn innovative introduction to Judaism and the Jewish people for Christian readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this fascinating and highly original book, Tzvi Novick introduces readers to foundational features of Jewish theology by explaining its similarities to and differences from Christian theology. Novick also leads readers through the major milestones of Christian teaching about Jews and Judaism, devoting particular attention to contemporary teachings and unsettled questions. Each chapter includes helpful recommendations for further reading as well as detailed discussion questions, making the book an outstanding resource for teaching.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the introduction, Novick eloquently conveys why a book like this is needed: \"If Christians take themselves to have, in some sense, a common destiny with the Jewish people, then they should understand who these fellow travelers are. . . . If the Church is committed to the notion that God's covenant with the Jewish people endures, then Jewish responses to God can in principle be an important source of theological insight for Christians themselves.\" This is a beautifully written book that contributes richly to interfaith dialogue and understanding.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007350046993,"sku":"NIN9780802884329","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51202161574161,"sku":"NGR9780802884329","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802884326.jpg?v=1751233076"},{"product_id":"piyyut-and-midrash-book-tzvi-novick-9783525570807","title":"Piyyut and Midrash","description":"Novick studies the relationship between rabbinic midrash and classical (and to a lesser extent pre-classical) piyyut. The first focuses on features of piyyut that distinguish it, at least prima facie, from rabbinic midrash: its performative character, its formal constraints, and its character as prayer. The second part considers midrash and piyyut together via an analysis of a narrative form that looms large in both corpora. The 'serial narrative' is a narrative that binds biblical history together by stringing together instance of the 'same' event across multiple time periods. Thereby, Novick surveys basic features of serial narratives in midrash and piyyut. Subsequent chapters take up instance of specific serial narrative forms from Second Temple literature to piyyut: the kingdom series, the salvation history, and the serial confession. Together, the two parts yield a nuanced account of the continuities and discontinuities between the two great corpora produced by rabbinic and para-rabbinic circles in Roman Palestine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52154577977617,"sku":"NGR9783525570807","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783525570807.jpg?v=1770891222"},{"product_id":"what-is-good-and-what-god-demands-book-tzvi-novick-9789004187580","title":"What is Good, and What God Demands","description":"The normative rhetoric of tannaitic literature (the earliest extant corpus of rabbinic Judaism) is predominantly deontological.  Prior scholarship on rabbinic supererogation, and on points of contact with Greco-Roman virtue discourse, has identified non-deontological aspects of tannaitic normativity.  However, these two frameworks overlook precisely the productive intersection of deontological with non-deontological, the first because supererogation defines itself against obligation, and the second because the Greco-Roman comparate discourages serious treatment of law-like elements.  This book addresses ways in which alternative normative forms entwine with the core deontological rhetoric of tannaitic literature.  This perspective exposes, inter alia, echoes of the post-biblical wisdom tradition in tannaitic law, the rich polyvalence of the category mitzvah, and telling differences between the schools of Akiva and Ishmael.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53516824281361,"sku":"NLS9789004187580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53565478699281,"sku":"NIN9789004187580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789004187580.jpg?v=1778579536"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-tzvi-novick.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}