Dust or Dew: Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49. By Janet Smith
This is an adaptation of a Ph.D. thesis on the Hebrew Bible from Union Institute and University. Unlike many publications of doctorates, Janet Smith’s is mostly free of jargon, and there are various contemporary illustrations to show how an ancient text like Psalm 49 has a present-day significance....
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 604-608 |
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| Summary: | This is an adaptation of a Ph.D. thesis on the Hebrew Bible from Union Institute and University. Unlike many publications of doctorates, Janet Smith’s is mostly free of jargon, and there are various contemporary illustrations to show how an ancient text like Psalm 49 has a present-day significance. She has achieved an impressive breadth of reading, not only in the secondary literature of the Psalter and the related parts of the Hebrew Bible, but also in the relevant scholarly works about Egypt and the ancient Near East., However, this is not an easy book to review. Although Smith offers engaging insights, many of which are compelling, the chapters (particularly the first ones) are peppered with small errors, too many repetitions, various non sequiturs, and puzzling inconsistencies. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt137 |