Religious Responses to Political Crises in Jewish and Christian Tradition - (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) (Hardcover)

About the Book

A collection of papers taken from the annual conference held in turn by Tel Aviv and Bochum, focusing on the important role religious views have played in critical moments during Jewish and Christian history.

Book Synopsis

This book continues a series of volumes containing the papers read at an annual conference held in turn by Tel Aviv and Bochum in the course of a co-operation between the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, the Department of Bible of Tel Aviv University and the Faculty of Protestant Theology in the University of the Ruhr, Bochum, since 1985. As a collection the book focuses on the important role religious views have played in critical moments during Jewish and Christian history. It argues for the significance that the role religious beliefs play in political and economic decision-making and the formation of worldviews; as well as demonstrating common convictions held by both Jewish and Christians that can be used as a foundation to find similar answers to actual problems. Focusing on the conference held in March 2005 at Tel Aviv, the book contains a collected biography of the literature quoted as well as a list of standard abbreviations.

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Mention New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009

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Mention -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009

Mention in Hebrew Studies 50 (2009)

About the Author

H. Graf Reventlow, was an Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at University of the Ruhr, Bochum. His most important recent publication is the book series Epochen der Bibelauslegung (4 vol.). English translation in preparation.
Y. Hoffman is an Emeritus Professor of Bible at Tel-Aviv University. He has published books on various biblical topics such as: of the Exodus; Prophecies Against Foreign nations; The book of Job; recently he has published a 2 volumes' commentary on the Book of Jeremiah.