Hebrew Bible/Old Testament : a century of modernism and historicism / / Volume 3, : From Modernism to Post Modernism. : Part 1, : The nineteenth century : / edited by Magne Saebo.

• TeilnehmendeR: Brekelmans, C. 1922-; Fishbane, Michael A.; Haran, Menahem.; Sæbø, Magne.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (762 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; 1. Fascination with 'History' - Biblical Interpretation in a Century of Modernism and Historicism; 1. Roots of Historical Thinking and Historicism; 2. Growth and Impact of New Historical Evidence; 3. The Challenge of the Historicism; A. The General Cultural Context of Nineteenth Century's Biblical Interpretation; 2. Historical, Cultural and Philosophical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century with Special Regard to Biblical Interpretation; 1. Aspects of the Enlightenment's Cultural and Philosophical Legacy

2. F. D. E. Schleiermacher - His Criticism of the Old Testament3. G. F. W. Hegel - the Impact of His Philosophy on Old Testament Studies; 4. Old Testament Studies and Protestant Theology at German Universities; 3. The Phenomenon of 'Historicism' as a Backcloth of Biblical Scholarship; 1. The Rise of Historical Consciousness and the Term 'Historicism'; 2. The Way of Historicism in the Nineteenth Century; 3. Historicism in Biblical Studies; 4. Expansion of the Historical Context of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; 1. Introduction

2. The Bible in the Context of the Ancient Near East - the Significance of New Comparative Texts3. The Historical Geography of the Holy Land; 4. The Emergence of a so-called 'Biblical Archaeology' in Europe and North America; 5. Expansion of the Anthropological, Sociological and Mythological Context of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparative Folkloristic Studies; 3. New Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives - the Case of William Robertson Smith and his Work; 4. New Mythological Studies

6. Expansion of the Linguistic Context of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: Hebrew among the Languages of the Ancient Near East1. Increasing Knowledge of the Semitic Languages; 2. Wilhelm Gesenius and the Development of Hebrew Studies; 3. Further Achievements in Hebrew Philology; B. Main Regional and Confessional Areas of the Nineteenth Century's Biblical Scholarship; 7. The 'New World' of North America and Canada - and the Globalization of Critical Biblical Scholarship; 1. Biblical Criticism in the Early Nineteenth Century: Common Sense and a Democratic Scripture

1.1. American Biblical Criticism Conceived: Joseph Stevens Buckminster at Harvard1.2. The Beginnings of Old Testament Scholarship in America: Moses Stuart at Andover; 1.3. Edward Robinson and the Innovation of Biblical Archeology; 1.4. Unitarian Biblical Scholarship at Harvard; 2. Mid-Century Challenges to the American Bible; 2.1. Genesis and Geology in America: The Old Testament and the Challenges from New Science; 2.2. The Bible, Slavery, and the Civil War; 3. The Formation of an American Academy of Biblical Scholarship: Early Collaborative Efforts

3.1. Biblical Commentary: The Lange Project