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Die Welt des Alten Testaments: Einfuhrung in die Grenzgebiete der Alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft
Author: Martin Noth
Year: January 1, 1940
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: German
Year: January 1, 1940
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 13 MB
Language: German
It's a difficult thing for a reviewer to present in a fair and u0026 adequate way a book which, in several editions, has been the standard work for about a generation in all German speaking countries and u0026 for those who have a reading knowledge of German. I shall limit myself therefore to a general description of it.The present translation, elegantly printed and u0026 quite adequately reedited for the English speaking reader (e.g., English translations of German works have been duly introduced into the notes, where available), has been done on the last (4th, '62) German edition. It fills a long felt gap in the bibliography on the subject and u0026 will certainly occupy a place of honor in the syllabus of requested readings for students of Divinity and u0026 of Oriental disciplines alike. It's to be hoped that no clergy will lack this work in their private libraries.Part 1 deals with the geography of Palestine; part 2 with Archeology (and here the American reader will have an unique opportunity of studying the thesis of A. Alt, K. Elliger and u0026 M. Noth 1sthand, without relying on representations); part 3 deals with and "pertinent aspects of ancient Near Eastern history, and " while part 4 gives us an introduction to the Old Testament text (here, in Ch. III and "Methods of textual critical work and "). Several maps and u0026 illustrations, indexes for reference (an authors' index has been added in the English translation) make this book practical and u0026 easy for consultation. The only criticism the present reviewer would like to make is that the numbering of paragraphs is different between the original and u0026 the translation, without cogent reasons. It surely makes references more difficult to those who've already worked on the German original.I enthusiastically recommend this work to all students of the bible and u0026 of the ancient Near East alike, hoping the publisher's success will encourage other translations of this kind. - J. Alberto Soggin (edited)
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