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Sensing World, Sensing Wisdom: The Cognitive Foundation of ...

Nicole L. Tilford

c. l. Seow, however, argues that this position, while possible, is unlikely and that a later editor was responsible for collecting and arranging the material into the current text. See c. l. Seow, Ecclesiastes: A New Translation with Introduction and  ...

Ecclesiastes: An Earth Bible Commentary: Qoheleth's Eternal ...

Marie Turner

Most scholars opt for the Hellenistic period, but a credible alternative for the Persian era is proposed by C. L. Seow. Basing his arguments on linguistic and socio-economic grounds, Seow places the book's origin in the Persian period, ...

Job

Choon-Leong Seow

Ecclesiastes: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Choon Leong Seow

Ark Processions in the Politics of the Monarchy

Choon Leong Seow

Myth, Drama, and the Politics of David's Dance

Choon Leong Seow

A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew

Choon Leong Seow

This is a comprehensive revision of our popular Hebrew grammar textbook.

Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequence in Second Temple ...

Samuel L. Adams

The most comprehensive case for this setting can be found in the recent commentary of C.L. Seow, who reads Qoheleth against the backdrop of an expanding economy and an elaborate network of provinces under the Achaemenids.59 Such ...

Daniel

Choon Leong Seow

Each volume explains the biblical book in its original historical context and explores its significance for faithful living today. These books are ideal for individual study and for Bible study classes and groups.

Etude dialectologique de l’aire manding de Côte-d’Ivoire. ...

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CHARACTER AND COSMOLOGY RHETORIC OF QOH 1,3-3,9 Recently, C. L. Seow has demonstrated that by imitating the style of the royal inscription, Qoheleth highlights his achievements as king in Qoh 1,12-2,1 1 and subsequently shows ...

Job 1 - 21: Interpretation and Commentary

C. L. Seow

Another view, first broached implicitly in the plays of johannes Lorichius (1543) and Hans Sachs (1546), that job may be read as a comedy has been argued more recently by]. William Whedbee (1977) and Abigail Pelham (2010, 89-112).

The Bible, Gender, and Reception History: The Case of Job's Wife

Katherine Low

52. Mieke Bal, “Reading Art?,” in Generations and Geographies in the Visual Arts : FeministReadings (ed. Griselda Pollock', New York: Routledge, 1996), 25—42. 53. C. L. Seow, “Reflections on the History of Consequences: The Case of Job,” ...

Method Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew ...

David L. Petersen

C. L. Seow Several ongoing projects signal a sharp rise in interest among scholars in the afterlife of the Bible: The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The History of Interpretation;1 the Blackwell Bible Commentaries;2 the Church's Bible;3 the ...

The Singapore foreign service: the first 40 years

Gretchen Liu

... Cheong Fook Tan Seng Chye S R Nathan Wong Meng Quang Gordon Seow Li Ming Tan Chok Kian Cheng Tong Fatt Prof Chan Heng Chee Michael Cheok Jayalekshimi Mohideen 1990s BG Chin Siat Yoon Raymond Wong Chai Chong Yii ...

King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel

Marvin A. Sweeney

For surveys of current research on the book of Hosea, see C. L. Seow, "Hosea, Book of," ABD III, 291-297; Graham I. Davies, Hosea, OTG (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993); Gale A. Yee, Composition and Tradition in the Book of ...