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Chosen and unchosen : conceptions of election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian interpretation /

Winner of the 2011 RBY Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/Société canadienne des études bibliquesThe God of the Bible favors a national people, Israel, and this is at the cost of the other nations. In fact, not being Israel usually means humiliation or destruction or simply...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lohr, Joel N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2009.
Colección:Siphrut ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing election and nonelection : Christian interpretation
  • Jewish election theologies : exclusion and disgrace?
  • Blessing or curse? Abraham, election, and the nations : the story of Abimelech
  • An unchosen figure who saves a people (Exodus 2: 1-10)
  • Numbers : Balaam and YHWH's irrevocable love for Israel
  • Israel and the nations in Deuteronomy
  • Chosen and unchosen : can good come from a God who favors?
  • Appendix 1. The tendency to view Balaam as sinner
  • Appendix 2. Ḥerem in the Old Testament : an overview.