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This Festschrift is presented to professor Cornelis Houtman on the occasion of his retirement at Kampen Theological University, where he held the chair of Old Testament Studies from 1990 to 2006. Since his major achievement until now is his voluminous commentary on the book of Exodus, this collection consists of seventeen studies that deal with the interpretation of the book of Exodus and related matters.
Grief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity is a landmark contribution that provides fresh insights into the experience and process of mourning. It includes fourteen original essays by pre-eminent psychoanalysts, historians, classicists, theologians, architects, art-historians and artists, that take on the subject of normal, rather than pathological mourning. In particular, it considers the diversity of the mourning process; the bereavement of ordinary vs. extraordinary loss; the contribution of mourning to personal and creative growth; and individual, social, and cultural means of transcending grief. The book is divided into three parts, each including two to four essays follo...
The author completes in this volume his comprehensive analysis of the theology of the Old Testament. Preuss focuses on a detailed assessment of Israel's responses to God's acts of election and covenant with them as a people. This volume includes a full range of discussions about the social, political, ethical, and historical ramifictions of Israel's sense of "Primal Election".