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- The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
summary
The topic of the election of Israel is one of the most controversial and difficult subjects in the entire Bible. Modern readers wonder why God would favor one specific people and why Israel in particular was chosen. One of the most important and theologically incisive voices on this topic has been that of Jon D. Levenson. His careful, wide-ranging scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and its theological reuse in later Judaic and Christian sources has influenced a generation of Jewish and Christian thinkers. This focused volume seeks to bring to a wide audience the ongoing rich theological dialogue on the election of Israel. Writing from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, the authors—Jews, Catholics, and Protestants—contribute thought-provoking essays spanning fields including the Hebrew Bible, apocryphal and pseudepigraphic literature, New Testament, rabbinics, the history of Christian exegesis, and modern theology. The resulting book not only engages the lifelong work of Jon D. Levenson but also sheds new light on a topic of great import to Judaism and Christianity and to the ongoing dialogue between these faith traditions.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Part I: The Hebrew Bible
- Chapter 1: Election in Genesis 1
- pp. 7-22
- Part II: Reception of the Hebrew Bible
- Chapter 6: Does Tobit Fear God for Nought?
- pp. 115-143
- Chapter 13: Populus Dei
- pp. 280-306
- Part III: Theological Essays
- Chapter 14: Election and Affection
- pp. 309-329
- Chapter 15: Christ and Israel
- pp. 330-350
- Publications by Jon D. Levenson
- pp. 351-356
- Contributors
- pp. 359-360
- Index of Sources
- pp. 361-387
- Index of Modern Authors
- pp. 388-391
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268074760
Related ISBN(s)
9780268020439
MARC Record
OCLC
870684364
Pages
368
Launched on MUSE
2014-02-18
Language
English
Open Access
No