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From the Introduction: “The book of Job does not promote silence about God because we cannot say anything about him. Otherwise, this book would never have been written. But the book of Job does bid farewell to certain types of theology—and we need not bemoan their loss: theology as the wisdom of the world projected into heaven; theology as pious reflection on a higher being that then mistakes traditional or innovative ideas about God entirely for God himself; theology that purports to communicate direct revelation from God. The book of Job distrusts and disbelieves all this to its core. Instead, it states clearly that this is not God; these are only graven images. Such fundamental criticism of all pseudo-theology is—and here we can only agree with the book of Job—not the end but the very beginning of theology.”This book is not an attempt to cover every angle and answer every question that we have about the book of Job. Instead, Konrad Schmid, in the introductory chapter, provides us with an analysis of the structure of the book that helps us to see the book as a whole. And Manfred Oeming, in the chapters that follow, provides clear snapshots of various elements of the book, including a summary of the dialogues, Job’s monologue, Elihu’s speech (“the Anti-Monologue”), Job’s encounter with God, and the destination (of Job’s journey). Between them, the two authors provide an accessible scholarly and theological approach to the book that is richly satisfying.

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Das Phänomen der Begegnung zwischen verschiedenen Religionen ist vermutlich so alt wie die Menschheit und besteht seitdem sie religiös kommuniziert. Die Räume der Begegnung und die Diskurse, die sich daran entzünden, verändern sich dagegen ständig. Der vorliegende Band vereint Beiträge der internationalen Tagung "Formen und Funktionen der Interreligiosität", die im Oktober 2018 in Heidelberg stattfand, mit Beiträgen weiterer Autoren, um den Phänomenen und Diskursen des Interreligiösen aus christlicher Sicht auf die Spur zu kommen. Der Bogen spannt sich von den Diskursen in biblischen Texten und der Geschichte anderer Religionsgemeinschaften über die zeitgenössische systematisch-theologische Diskussion und Ansätze einer normativen Fassung des Themas hin zu den Phänomenen in konkreten Handlungsfeldern der Gegenwart und im Alltag der Angehörigen der verschiedenen Religionsgemeinschaften.

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This is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 2005–2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations.

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This is part of a three-volume final report of the renewed excavations at Ramat Raḥel by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005−2010). It presents the finds from the Babylonian-Persian pit, one of the most dramatic find-spots at Ramat Raḥel. The pit yielded a rich assemblage of pottery vessels and yhwd, lion, and sixth-century “private” stamp impressions, including, for the first time, complete restored stamped jars, jars bearing two handles stamped with different yhwd impressions, and jars bearing both lion and “private” stamp impressions on their bodies. Residue analysis was conducted on many of the vessels excavated from the pit to analyze their contents, yielding surprising results. The finds contribute to our understanding of the pottery of the Babylonian and early Persian periods (6th−5th centuries BCE) and to the study of the development of the stamped-jar administration in the province of Yehud under Babylonian and Persian rule.Also available from Eisenbrauns: Ramat Raḥel III: Final Publication of Aharoni'’s Excavations at Ramat Raḥel (1954, 1959–1962) by Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Liora Freud; and Ramat Raḥel IV: The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Expedition (2005–2010): Stratigraphy and Architecture, by Oded Lipschits, Mandred Oeming, and Yuval Gadot.

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Traumatische Ereignisse verlangen nach sprachlicher Verarbeitung: neben der Klage sind narrative Elemente dabei zentral. Dies lässt sich sowohl in antiken als auch in modernen Texten finden, wie die im vorliegenden Band versammelten Beiträge dokumentieren. Erstmals im deutschsprachigen Bereich wird ein Überblick über Trends der Traumaforschung in interdisziplinärer Perspektive geboten, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf dem Verstehen alttestamentlicher Texte liegt, die auf traumatische Ereignisse reagieren. Der Band versammelt vornehmlich Beiträge der internationalen Tagung zur "Traumaforschung und alttestamentlicher Exegese", die 2019 in Heidelberg stattfand. Die Beiträge beleuchten die Tragfähigkeit der unterschiedlichen Traumatheorien für das Verstehen antiker sowie moderner Texte. Das vielfältige methodologische Instrumentarium der Trauma-Hermeneutik wird an unterschiedlichen Textbereichen (biblischer) Literatur diskutiert.

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Throughout its history, the Kingdom of Israel had strong connections with the Aramaean world. Constantly changing relations, from rivalry and military conflicts to alliances and military cooperation, affected the history of the whole Levant and left their marks on both Biblical and extra-Biblical sources. New studies demonstrate that Israelite state formation was contemporaneous with the formation of the Aramaean polities (11th-9th centuries BCE). Consequently, the Jordan Valley (and especially its northern parts and its extension to the valley of Lebanon) was a constantly changing border zone between different Iron Age polities. In light of that, there is a need to study the history of Ancient Israel not only from the "Canaanite" point of view but also within the political and cultural context of the Aramaean world. This volume brings together experts working in different fields to address the relations and interactions between Aram and Israel during the Early Iron Age (12th to 8th centuries BCE) through three main aspects: the first aspect, relates to the archaeology and the material culture of Aram and Israel, with a special focus on the Jordan valley as a political and cultural border zone. The material culture of the region is examined in its spatial as well as chronological context in order to discuss cultural traits as against political affiliation. The second aspect relates to the history of the Aramaean kingdoms highlighting the formation of territorial kingdoms in the Levant and the history of Israel in its Aramaean context. The third aspect relates to the question of historical memory especially as it was preserved in the biblical traditions. The place of the Aramaeans in the Biblical literature is discussed as a mean to clarify the construction of Israelite and Aramaic identity in a fluid cultural region.

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