The Torah is alive in the twenty-first century. TT is an interpretation, an explanation, a midrosh through the mind of Lawrence Bush scholar, humorist, baby boomer, psychoanalyzed popculture politico graphic artist.
The time of the judges were turbulent days in Israel's history, marked by a continuing cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. In time, the people decided they would do better under the leadership of a king, and they demanded that God provide them with one. Samuel, God's anointed prophet, warned they would be getting more than they bargained for, but they continued to insist. The Lord finally provided a king in the person of Saul, and Samuel's warnings came to pass. In this stu...
Reading Job Intertextually (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
This volume fills an important lacuna in the study of the Hebrew Bible by providing the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Job, in which essays will address intertextual resonances between Job and texts in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, along with non-canonical texts throughout history, from the ancient Near East to modern literature. Though comprehensive, this study will not be exhaustive, but will invite further study into connections between Job and these texts, few...
JobA Man of Colossal Faith in the Face of Overwhelming TragedyJob, a study in pathetic tragedy . . . a hapless victim of unfair treatment. His disastrous circumstances overwhelmed him. His boil-covered body tormented him. His so-called friends belittled him. His distraught wife discouraged him. Even God seemed to desert him?letting Satan have his devilish way. And Job sat patiently by, enduring it all. Not a portrait of a hero. Or is it?Could a man with ordinary internal fortitude stay faithful...
They have destroyed God and have raised in his place the devil Satan to sit on the throne of God as God, calling himself God, even though he is not God and he has ruled creation onto destruction, decadence and death; causing the name of God to stink in the eyes of humanity. The devil Satan unleashes his evil atrocities on the Earth and the whole world blames God Jesus. And Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." The truth is here.
David (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament)
by Marti J Steussy
This is a thoughtful examination of one the Old Testament's central human figures. Marti J. Steussy provides a critical approach to the man who receives more attention from the Old Testament's writers than any other human character. This volume explores the ""Hebrew Bible""'s three major portraits of David - found in 1 and 2 ""Samuel"", 1 ""Chronicles"", and ""Psalms"" - and what each implies about the relation between divine and worldly power. Steussy's examination of David in 1 and 2 ""Samuel"...
David: The Illustrated Novel, Vol 2 (David--The Illustrated Novel, #2)
by Michael Thompson
Urban Imagination in Biblical Prophecy (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, #560)
by Mary E. Mills
This volume brings together aspects of contemporary study of cultural geography and selected passages from prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The aim is to identify how the image of the city helps to construct meaning inside the biblical material. In order to carry out this task relevant textual narratives are analysed and then read from the viewpoint of space, place and urban studies. This latter category includes the works of Lefebvre, Bachelard, Soja, Massey, Amin and Thrift...
