Bücher von Christian Frevel

This textbook illustrates the "history of Israel" from the beginnings until the Bar-Kochba insurgence 132-135 AD. The knowledge, which is indispensable for exegesis and theology studies, is passed on by the author as a matter of course and in light of current research. He uses all available sources for his illustrations: next to the bible, archaeological findings, inscriptions and artwork have been considered; it is shown by means of example how the sources are to be interpreted and where the boundaries of reconstructing history lie. For this purposes, he introduces the latest findings of archaeological and historic research and links the results to biblical interpretations in a critical manner. This produces an impression of the history of ancient Israel in the context of the Southern Levant, which is often familiar, but also fresh and unexpected.

This Textbook provides an introduction to the "big" (catholic) canon of the christian Old Testament. The "Old Testament" is the holy scripture of the Jews and Christians: the Torah/Pentateuch, the books of history, the books of wisdom and the prophets. The origin of each book is embedded into its historical und religious context, so that it proven to be an effect of the Israeli history of belief. The author especially reflects on the dual character of the Old Testament as (unifiing and seperating) Bible of Jews and Christians. Thus the current relevance of the Old Testaments is demonstrated.For the new, 9th edition all contributions have been brought up to date. Comprehensibility especially for students lay at the centre of the new edition.

Der Band versammelt Studien des Autors zu aktuellen Fragen des Deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerks, der Komposition der Klaglieder, zum Monotheismus und zum Bilderverbot. Neben methodischen und hermeneutischen Aspekten werden rezeptionsgeschichtliche und theologische Themen bearbeitet. Der Band enthalt Beitrage zu Texten aus allen Kanonteilen Gen 34, Ex 18; Dtn 34; Jos 23; 2 Kon 17; Ps 8; 95; 104: Klgl 1 und Klgl 3.