David Noel Freedman (1922–2008)
Autor/a de Eerdmans' Dictionary of the Bible
Sobre l'autor
David Noel Freedman is a professor of the Hebrew Bible at the University of California, San Diego, and lives in La Jolla, California.
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Obres de David Noel Freedman
The Nine Commandments: Uncovering the Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible (2000) 79 exemplars
Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman : History and Religion (Divine… (1997) 45 exemplars
Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law and Literature in Honor of… (1995) — Editor — 37 exemplars
The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus and Muhammad As Religious Founders (2000) — Editor — 36 exemplars
Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman : Poetry and Orthography (1996) 33 exemplars
Psalm 119: The Exaltation of Torah (Biblical and Judaic Studies) (Biblical and Judaic Studies) (1999) 19 exemplars
Le-David Maskil: A Birthday Tribute for David Noel Freedman (Biblical and Judaic Studies, V. 9) (2004) 10 exemplars
Preliminary excavation reports : Bâb edh-Dhrāʻ, Sardis, Meiron, Tell el Hesi, Carthage (Punic) (1978) 7 exemplars
God Has Spoken 1 exemplars
Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 78 1 exemplars
Understanding the Book of Job 1 exemplars
The Undiscovered Symmetry of the Bible 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Scripture and Other Artifacts: Essays on the Bible and Archaeology in Honor of Philip J. King (1994) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
Revelation, Reason, and Faith: Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen (2002) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Text and Context : Old Testament and Semitic Studies for F.C. Fensham (1988) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) (2004) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1922-05-12
- Data de defunció
- 2008-04-08
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- United States of America
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Petaluma, California, USA (death) - Educació
- City College of New York
University of California, Los Angeles (BA ∙ history ∙ 1939)
Princeton Theological Seminary
Johns Hopkins University (PhD ∙ 1948 ∙ Semitic languages) - Professions
- professor
- Organitzacions
- Society of Biblical Literature
Catholic Biblical Association
American Oriental Society
American Academy of Religion
American Archaeological Institute
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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible de David Noel Freedman
comprehensive SS reference
Very exact reference work for biblical studies and background explanation for the Old and New Testaments. No work is comprehensive and exhaustive but this work is a very good place to start for biblical theology questions and informed historical opinions with bibliographical citations.
Photo facsimile of the best manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, the one that lies behind all our printed editions. I use it daily.
If having a brilliant idea were truly the secret of success, there would be far fewer patent lawyers in the world.
The idea here is simple but excellent: Take each book of the Bible and see what archaeology can do to illuminate it. For example, the story of the Flood in Genesis is compared with the GIlgamesh tale found by archaeologists. Sarah's decision to let Abraham have children by a concubine is compared to the customs of Nuzi. Throw in a lot of excellent illustrations and you should have a great book.
I really, really wanted that to be true. And I still like the illustrations. But my experience is that the book simply has too many errors. My copy, at least, gives the impression of being a proof copy, not the final published edition. If someone would go and clean those up, we could have something brilliant on our hands. As it is, everything has to be checked against other sources....… (més)
The idea here is simple but excellent: Take each book of the Bible and see what archaeology can do to illuminate it. For example, the story of the Flood in Genesis is compared with the GIlgamesh tale found by archaeologists. Sarah's decision to let Abraham have children by a concubine is compared to the customs of Nuzi. Throw in a lot of excellent illustrations and you should have a great book.
I really, really wanted that to be true. And I still like the illustrations. But my experience is that the book simply has too many errors. My copy, at least, gives the impression of being a proof copy, not the final published edition. If someone would go and clean those up, we could have something brilliant on our hands. As it is, everything has to be checked against other sources....… (més)
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- Obres
- 56
- També de
- 12
- Membres
- 3,988
- Popularitat
- #6,331
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 13
- ISBN
- 78
- Llengües
- 4