James D. Nogalski
Autor(a) de The Book of the Twelve: Micah-Malachi (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary) (Book & CD-ROM)
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Obras por James D. Nogalski
The Book of the Twelve: Micah-Malachi (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary) (Book & CD-ROM) (2011) 38 exemplares
Interpreting Prophetic Literature: Historical and Exegetical Tools for Reading the Prophets (2015) 29 exemplares
The Books of Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)) (2023) 15 exemplares
Literary Precursors to the Book of the Twelve (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) (1993) 10 exemplares
The Book of the Twelve and Beyond: Collected Essays of James D. Nogalski (Ancient Israel and Its Literature) (2017) 9 exemplares
Reading and Hearing the Book of the Twelve 6 exemplares
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- Obras
- 13
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- 204
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- 4.0
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In the primer Interpreting Prophetic Literature: Historical and Exegetical Tools for Reading the Prophets, James Nogalski, offers an impressive kit to help you out. Rather than being an introduction to each and every prophetic book or containing verse-by-verse commentaries, it shows structures, parallels and linguistic concepts which are hidden when you only superficially read these books. As a tool for exegis (what's written here), and only introduce possible approaches to hermeneutics (how to apply the message), the book shows genres, protagonists, historical context and likely genesis of the scrolls.
Much attention is given to the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve minor prophets), composite collections containing speeches, commentary, narratives, and various poetic forms. The transmission, shaping, and updating of these materials into their final forms. A deep understanding of Hebrew is not required for this book. Nogaliski challenges his audience to read the prophets for themselves, watch for patterns, and decide what could be a good or better translation for a specific piece of text. It may surprise you how effective certain linguistic structures are, how little of the prophetic literature actually points (in)directly to Jesus Christ, and actually how relevant these ancient books are for contemporary congregations of believers.… (mais)