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Nahum : [manuscript] : a new translation with introduction and commentary / Duane L. Christensen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Anchor Bible ; v. 24F | Bible ; v. 24F.Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.Description: xxxiv, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300144796 (hardback : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Bible. O.T. Nahum. English. Christensen. 2009.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 224/.94077 22
LOC classification:
  • BS192.2.A1 2008 .N46 vol. 24F
Summary: This volume represents a significant breakthrough in the study of Hebrew prosody with important implications for understanding the formation of the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Duane Christensen, a renowned biblical scholar, offers a detailed analysis of the Hebrew text of Nahum and demonstrates the intricate literary structure and high poetic quality of the work. Nahum is a book about God's justice and portrays God as strong, unyielding, and capable of great anger. This view of God's nature stands in contrast to that found in Jonah, another book in the section of the Hebrew Bible known as the Book of the Twelve Prophets, which presents God as "compassionate, gracious.... and abounding in steadfast love." Christensen shows how Nahum and Jonah present complementary aspects of God's nature, each essential for an understanding of the divine being.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 224.9407 Nah 2009 v.24F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9688

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-148) and indexes.

This volume represents a significant breakthrough in the study of Hebrew prosody with important implications for understanding the formation of the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Duane Christensen, a renowned biblical scholar, offers a detailed analysis of the Hebrew text of Nahum and demonstrates the intricate literary structure and high poetic quality of the work. Nahum is a book about God's justice and portrays God as strong, unyielding, and capable of great anger. This view of God's nature stands in contrast to that found in Jonah, another book in the section of the Hebrew Bible known as the Book of the Twelve Prophets, which presents God as "compassionate, gracious.... and abounding in steadfast love." Christensen shows how Nahum and Jonah present complementary aspects of God's nature, each essential for an understanding of the divine being.

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