Congress volume : : Leuven, 1989 / / edited by J.A. Emerton.

• Author: International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress
• TeilnehmendeR: Emerton, John Adney.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1991.
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 43; Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 398 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: English, French, and German.; Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, held in Louvain, Belgium, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 1989.

This volume publishes twenty-three papers given by invitation at the thirteenth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, which was held at Leuven from 27 August until 1 September 1989 under the Presidency of C. Brekelmans. The articles cover a range of subjects relevant to the Old Testament: the Pentateuch (E.W. Nicholson, W.H. Schmidt, E. Blum, J. Van Seters, A. de Pury), the historical books (C. Brekelmans, Helga Weippert, R.D. Nelson, W. Thiel, Sara Japhet, K.-F. Pohlmann), the prophets (C. Hardmeier, D.L. Petersen, W.A.M. Beuken, R.P. Carroll, P.-M. Bogaert), the Psalms (J. Trublet, N. Füglister), textual criticism (E. Tov), the Targums (L. Díez Merino), the development of Israelite religion (N.P. Lemche), the Babylonian New Year Festival and the Old Testament (K. van der Toorn), and the Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres (A. Pietersma).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J.A. Emerton -- Presidential Address: C. BREKELMANS, Joshua xxiv: its place and function / C. Brekelmans -- E.W. NICHOLSON, The Pentateuch in recent research: a time for caution / E.W. Nicholson -- W.H. SCHMIDT, Elementare Erwägungen zur Quellenscheidung im Pentateuch / W.H. Schmidt -- E. BLUM, Gibt es die Endgestalt des Pentateuch? / E. Blum -- J. VAN SETERS, The so-called Deuteronomistic redaction of the Pentateuch / J. Van Seters -- A. de PURY, Le cycle de jacob comme légende autonome des origines d'lsraël / A. de Pury -- N.P. LEMCHE, The development of the Israelite religion in the light of recent studies on the early history of lsrael / N.P. Lemche -- Helga WEIPPERT, Geschichten und Geschichte: Verheißung und Erfüllung im deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk / Helga Weippert -- R.D. NELSON, The role of the priesthood in the Deuteronomistic History / R.D. Nelson -- W. THIEL, Deuteronomistische Redaktionsarbeit in den Elia-Erzählungen / W. Thiel and Tomáš Soldán -- C. HARDMEIER, Die Propheten Micha undjesaja im Spiegel von Jeremia xxvi und 2 Regum xviii-xx. Zur Prophetie-Rezeption in der nach-joschijanischen Zeit / C. Hardmeier -- D.L. PETERSEN, Israelite prophecy: change versus continuity / D.L. Petersen -- W.A.M. BEUKEN, Isaiah chapters 1xv-1xvi: Trito-Isaiah and the closure of the book oflsaiah / W.A.M. Beuken -- R.P. CARROLL, Arguing about jeremiah: recent studies and the nature of a prophetic book / R.P. Carroll -- P.-M. BOGAERT, Urtext, texte court et relecture: Jérémie xxxiii 14-26 TM et ses préparations / P.-M. Bogaert -- J. TRUBLET, Le corpus sapientiel et le Psautier: approche informatique du lexique / J. Trublet -- N. FDGLISTER, Psalm lxxxviii: der Rätsel Lösung? / N. Fdglister -- Sara JAPHET, The relationship between Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah / Sara Japhet -- K.-F. POHLMANN, Zur Frage von Korrespondenzen und Divergenzen zwischen den Chronikbüchern und dem Esra/Nehemia-Buch / K.-F. Pohlmann -- K. VANDER TOORN, The Babylonian New Year Festival: new insights from the cuneiform texts and their bearing on Old Testament study / K. Vander Toorn -- E. Tov, The original shape of the biblical text / E. Tov -- L. DÍEZ MERINO, Fidelity and editorial work in the Complutensian Targum tradition / L. Díez Merino -- A. PIETERSMA, The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres / A. Pietersma.