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Exodus 16-40
Der Kommentar umfasst den zweiten Teil des Exodusbuches, Ex 15,22-40,38. Er legt den überlieferten hebräischen Text in synchroner Perspektive literarisch und theologisch aus. In Ex 15-18 wird das Gottesverhältnis Israels als Konflikt und Bewährung beschrieben. Am Sinai kommt JHWH seinem Volk in der Tora und im Heiligtum so nahe, dass er sich in seinem Gnadenwillen selbst überwindet. Diachron werden die Vorgänger-Kompositionen rekonstruiert. Die älteste Erzählung handelt von der Konstitution Israels als Republik mit Dekalog und Bundesbuch als Verfassung. Die Deuteronomisten passen diese Erzählung ihren Gesetzen an, die Priester-Komposition entwirft ein vom Volk gestiftetes Heiligtum. Am Ende erscheint Israel als differenziertes Gemeinwesen, das auf den Säulen Gesetz und Heiligtum ruht. Synthesen reflektieren jeweils das Verhältnis der beiden Auslegungsweisen.
1 Esdras
1 Esdras is an alternative version of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Septuagint. Most Eastern Orthodox churches accord the book canonical status. This is the first commentary on 1 Esdras based on the critical text of the Göttingen Septuagint edition. It understands 1 Esdras not simply as a fragment of the Chronistic history or as merely a compilation, but rather as a coherent narrative. Its interpretation as a literary work and the reconstruction of its composition take into account both the historical backgrounds of the narrative setting of the Persian period and the historical location of the composition in the Hasmonaean period. 1 Esdras is currently enjoying a period of renewed attention in scholarship. Its relationship to Ezra-Nehemiah is seen as a prime example of literary-historical developments in Israel.
Wisdom
For the first time, the present commentary brings together all relevant aspects necessary to understand and appreciate this late portion of Old Testament Scripture: textual criticism; detailed philological and literary analysis; the text's two-fold historical context in its Hellenistic environment, on the one hand, and in the biblical tradition on the other; and ultimately the very innovative theology of the book of Wisdom. Aspects of the book's reception history as well as hermeneutical questions round off the commentary on the text.
Exodus
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Zechariah 9-14
It will be argued that Zechariah 9-14 consists of four collections of traditional eschatological hope (9:1-17; 10:3b-12; 12:1-4a, 5, 8-9; and 14:1-13, 14b-21). Of the collections, the first three included hopes vital during the first half of the Persian period. The fourth collection (chapter 14) seems to have arisen later than the other three (though still before the time of Nehemiah) and expressed much more pessimism. These variations were then supplemented by a collection (12:6-7; 12:10-13:6) that is pro-Judean vis-à-vis Jerusalem and by the shepherd materials, which contradict the hopes of the first two collections. This final stage probably arose after the time of Nehemiah, i. e. after the city grew strong enough to raise the ire of Judeans outside the power structure. It is plausible to conclude, therefore, that the redactor of Zechariah 9-14 assembled the four collections and revised them by means of the supplements in 12:6-7, 12:10-13:6 and the shepherd materials.
Amos
This commentary interprets the book of Amos as handed down in the Hebrew Bible: as a collection of the words of a prophet who emerges in the eighth century BCE and proclaims the end of the kingdom of Israel due to the social and ritual transgressions of its upper class, but in the end announces a safe future in abundant prosperity for survivors of the catastrophe from Judah and Israel. Diachronic analysis traces a path from the message of the eponymous prophet, which is recognizable only in outline, through the adaptations made by the first transmitters of the text following the end of the northern kingdom of Israel, to the final figure, who probably dates from the Persian era. Texts witnessing to the reception of the book & from other Old Testament writings to the present day & presented in highlights.
Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah
The distinctiveness of this commentary lies in its consistent rotation between synchronic and diachronic views. This double perspective is directed toward the three prophetic books as a single entity, toward each individual book, and toward the interpretation of each pericope. The result is a sophisticated picture, on the one hand of the structure and intention of the texts in their final form, and on the other hand of their compositional history - from the second half of the 7th century to the late Old Testament period. Each exegetical section opens with a precise, text-critically supported translation and finishes with a synthesis that attempts to make note of the lasting insights from each text and the most important results of the analysis.
Genesis 1-11
This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context. Each interpretation of these evocative and multilayered narratives is preceded with a new translation (with textual and philological commentary) and a concise overview of the ways in which each text bears the marks of its shaping over time. This prepares for a close reading that draws on the best of older and newer exegetical insights into these chapters, a reading that then connects to feminist, queer, ecocritical, and other contemporary approaches.
Exodus 1-15
This commentary interprets the first part of the book of Exodus, through 15:21. It features two approaches. On the one hand, the commentary interprets the final form of the traditional Hebrew text "synchronically" by means of form criticism and modern literary methods. On the other hand, it "diachronically" reconstructs the predecessors of the final form, from its origins in an exodus composition that opposes political domination to the text's final form as a dramatic narrative about the transfer of sovereignty from the Pharaoh to the God of Israel. Concluding syntheses examine the relationship between these two interpretive approaches while adding reflections on traditional and contemporary concerns.
Micha
Der Kommentar legt Micha als dramatischen Text aus und erschliesst dadurch die lebhaften Reden und eindringlichen Bilder so, dass das Micha-Drama in der Vorstellung gleichsam selbst inszeniert werden kann. Der erste Akt (Mi 1,2-5,14) ist als Zeitreise konzipiert. Die Hauptperson, Micha von Moreschet, ist im ausgehenden achten Jahrhundert. v. Chr. situiert, als Samaria zerstort und Jerusalem belagert wurde. Von daher vergegenwartigen die Szenen Stationen der weiteren Geschichte Israels, besonders Jerusalems, bis in jene ferne Zeit, in der Schwerter zu Pflugscharen und Speere zu Winzermessern werden. Im zweiten Akt (Mi 6,1-7,20) ist ein Rechtsstreit nachgezeichnet, den JHWH mit seinem Volk aus...
