Norman Habel

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  Season Of Creation

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  As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical introductions to observance of the season, biblical texts for its twelve Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, and astute commentary to help preachers and worship leaders guide their congregations into deeper connection with our imperiled planet.

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  Land Is Mine

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  Norman C. Habel identifies six discrete ideologies in the Hebrew Bible regarding land: royal, agrarian, theocratic, prophetic, ancestral household, and immagrant. He then shows the importance of these ideaologies for biblical interpretation.

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  Book Of Job

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  In this volume, Norman Habel takes on the humbling task of writing a commentary on such a classic work as the book of Job–a text that is complex and unclear at many points.

  The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing

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  Book Of Job A Commentary

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  SKU (ISBN): 9780664218317ISBN10: 0664218318Norman Habel | Editor: James Mays | Editor: Carol NewsomBinding: Cloth TextPublished: May 1985Old Testament LibraryPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press Print On Demand Product

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  Literary Criticism Of The Old Testament

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  I. Introducing Literary Criticism
  The Discipline Of Literary Criticism
  Examples Of Literary Criticism

  II Discovering Literary Sources
  Isolating The Evidence Of Genesis 1-5
  Comparing The Evidence Of Genesis 6-9

  III Interpreting Literary Sources:
  The Yahweh And The Promise
  The Yahwist At Work: A Classic Passage
  The Need For The Promise
  The Patriarchs And The Promise
  Moses And The Promise

  IV Interpreting Literary Sources
  The Priestly Writer And The Covenant
  The Priestly Writer At Work
  The Abraham Covenant Initiated
  The Covenant Remembered In Egypt
  The Structuring Of The Covenant
  Relationship At Sinai

  Glossary

  Annotated Bibliography

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  This well-written introduction to the method of literary criticism gives the reader an awareness and appreciation of the rich diversity of thought found in the Old Testament. The student is shown how to identify the elements of structure, style, form, language, and composition in the books of the Old Testament. Norman Habel demonstrates how literacy criticism works with examples which are familiar and well-suited for a beginner’s level of study. The literary features of Genesis 1-9 are fully explored, then the author focuses on the importance of the Yahwist and priestly sources for the whole Pentateuch. This book’s explanation of techniques used in the process of literary criticism will be valuable to both student and professor.

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