1 : : A theological-ethical enquiry / / Jan Petrus Bosman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bosman, Jan Petrus,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Intersections ; Volume
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF TABLES --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. DIMENSIONS OF THE RESEARCH --; 3. IDENTITY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL --; 4. NAHUM: BACKGROUND --; 5. NAHUM AND SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE ASSYRIAN CRISIS --; 6. NAHUM AND SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE EXILE/POST-EXILE --; 7. NAHUM, SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THEOLOGICAL ETHICS --; 8. CONCLUSIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463215811; 9783111024141; 9783110663037; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463215811
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jan Petrus Bosman.

Were issues like economic and political oppression, holy wars, resistance literature, hate-speech, xenophobia and other 21st-century realities already present among the civilizations of the ancient Near East? Prophetic literature and specifically the Book of Nahum in the Old Testament provide a unique perspective on these issues. Through Nahum’s moving poetry and disturbing imagery, oppression is verbalised, deep emotion is uncovered and we are given a glimpse of liberation and new hope in times of darkness. This book will sensitize the reader to a better understanding of the identity and dynamics of oppressed groups, both ancient and modern.