Der Himmel im Alten Testament: Israels Weltbild und Weltanschauung

Author:   Houtman
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   30
ISBN:  

9789004096905


Pages:   402
Publication Date:   01 May 1993
Format:   Hardback
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Der Himmel im Alten Testament: Israels Weltbild und Weltanschauung


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How did ancient Israel think of heaven? What place did it have in its view of the world? The Old Testament attests to a strikingly wide variety of concepts of heaven and, simultaneously, to a very close association between heaven and earth. This study pays cosiderable attention to these topics and to the theme of heaven as God's realm and residence. Among the conclusions drawn are: for ancient Israel, heaven and earth (the principal components of the world) constituted a dynamic bipolarity which was connected with mankind at one pole and with God at the other; the Old Testament has no world-concept ( Weltbild ). It does not give an unanimous answer to the questions concerning the how of the cosmos coming into existence, and the how of its structure and order. It does, however, imply a world-view ( Weltanschauung ), ie it answers the question to whom does the world owe its birth and existence?

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Author:   Houtman
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   30
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.867kg
ISBN:  

9789004096905


ISBN 10:   9004096906
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   01 May 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Language:   German

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' ...a major contribution worthy of the best of Dutch scholarship. Houtman's treatment is comprehensive and in depth. ' John D.W.Watts, Review & Expositos , 1994. ' ...recht hilfreich...man [kann] bei Behandlung korrespondierender Themen in Zukunft an diesem Opus nicht vorubergehen. ' Gerhard Wallis, Theologische Literaturzeitung , 1994. ' Im ganzen wird man dem Vf. fur diese umfassende Wortuntersuchung dankbar sein und dem Werk eine weite Verbreitung wunschen. ' Henning Graf Reventlow, Theologische Revue , 1994. ' ...durch detaillierte Verzeichnisse (Literatur) und Register (Sachen, hebraische Worter, Stellen) sehr gut aufgeschlusselt. ' B. Janowski, , 1995. ' ...die jetzige Ubersetzung [ist] sehr zu begrussen, weil sie noch immer aktuell ist...Nutzliche Verzeichnisse schliessen das schon ausgestattete Werk ab. ' M.J. Mulder, Bibliotheca Orientalis , 1995. ' ...eine materialreiche und sorgfaltige Wort- und Begriffsstudie... ' Robert Oberforcher, Zeitschrift fur Katholische Theologie , 199


'.. .a major contribution worthy of the best of Dutch scholarship. Houtman's treatment is comprehensive and in depth.'<br>John D.W.Watts, Review & Expositos, 1994.<br>'.. .recht hilfreich...man [kann] bei Behandlung korrespondierender Themen in Zukunft an diesem Opus nicht vor]bergehen.'<br>Gerhard Wallis, Theologische Literaturzeitung, 1994.<br>' Im ganzen wird man dem Vf. f]r diese umfassende Wortuntersuchung dankbar sein und dem Werk eine weite Verbreitung w]nschen.'<br>Henning Graf Reventlow, Theologische Revue, 1994.<br>'.. .durch detaillierte Verzeichnisse (Literatur) und Register (Sachen, hebrdische Wvrter, Stellen) sehr gut aufgeschl]sselt.'<br>B. Janowski,, 1995.<br>'.. .die jetzige \bersetzung [ist] sehr zu begr]_en, weil sie noch immer aktuell ist...N]tzliche Verzeichnisse schlie_en das schvn ausgestattete Werk ab.'<br>M.J. Mulder, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1995.<br>'.. .eine materialreiche und sorgfdltige Wort- und Begriffsstudie...'<br>Robert Oberforcher, Zeitschrift f]r Katholische Theologie, 1996.<br>


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Cornelis Houtman is professor of Old Testament at the Theological University, Kampen. Major publications (in Dutch): Introduction to the Pentateuch (1980) and Commentary on the Book of Exodus (I 1986; II 1990; III in preparation; English translation in preparation), and several articles in English and German.

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