Full Description
Ernest Nicholson's contribution to Old Testament study is here honoured by former pupils, colleagues, and friends. Throughout his career, in Trinity College, Dublin, and in the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, he has been an effective ambassador for his subject at several levels: as a committed scholar, as an inspiring teacher, and as a loyal friend. The topic of Old Testament covenant has been a long-standing focus of many of his publications, and it is wholly appropriate that it should serve as a framework for this collection. The essays explore this topic from a variety of perspectives: literary, exegetical, historical, religious, and theological, and demonstrate its continuing vitality as a basis for original work in Old Testament study. The contributions include a substantial evaluation of Ernest Nicholson's writings.
Contents
1. A Disputed Sense in a Covenant Context: On the Interpretation of Genesis 15:6 ; 2. Reflections on the Covenant with Noah ; 3. Covenant in Old Testament Theology ; 4. The Davidic Covenant in the Isaiah Tradition ; 5. Covenant, Oath, and the Composition of the Pentateuch ; 6. Why does God 'Establish' rather than 'Cut' Covenants in the Priestly Source? ; 7. Covenant and Creation in Relationship ; 8. Canonical Text, Covenantal Communities, and the Patterns of Exegetical Culture: Reflections on the Past Century ; 9. Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9 ; 10. Moses and the Covenant in the Assumption of Moses and the Pentateuch ; 11. Recounting the Tetrateuch ; 12. Covenant and Law in Ben Sira ; 13. The Middle of the Old Testament ; 14. The Covenant People: Max Weber and the Historical Understanding of Ancient Israel ; 15. The Story of the First Commandment - The Book of Joshua ; 16. An Overlooked Item in Old Testament Theology - Perhaps ; 17. Yahweh and his People in Lamentations ; 18. 'The Idea of Covenant has its History': On the Life and Work of Otto Prochsch (1874-1947) ; 19. Isaiah 1 and the Covenant Lawsuit
