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Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Saul M. Olyan
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Description for Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Hardback. The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCG; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom ... Read more
The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300182682
SKU
V9780300182682
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About Saul M. Olyan
Saul M. Olyan is the Samuel Ungerleider Jr. Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University, where he has taught since 1992. His books include Social Inequality in the World of the Text: The Significance of Ritual and Social Distinctions in the Hebrew Bible, Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences, and Biblical ... Read more
Reviews for Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Saul Olyan has written a truly original work that not only opens up a new area in biblical studies, but creates a full-blown synthesis of the socio-literary field of biblical friendship. - Ronald Hendel, University of California, Berkeley Saul Olyan is one of the world's most consistently insightful scholars of the Hebrew Bible. Here he offers a study ... Read more