The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library) - Hardcover

Niditch, Susan; Collins, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300166362 ISBN 13: 9780300166361

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2015

Synopsis

[ Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library By ( Author ) Sep-2015 Hardcover

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Review:

"A comprehensive and important work on personal religion as a dimension of religious life and experience. This book will be well received and become a standard text for any studies of aspects of personal religion in ancient Israel and specifically the Hebrew Bible."--Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary--Patrick D. Miller

"Susan Niditch brilliantly conceptualizes new avenues into the study of personal religion. She lucidly articulates how the religion of the individual was experienced and portrayed. From self-reflection and representation to how the interiority of the individual is characterized in narrative, 'lived religion' has never come more alive!"--Theodore J. Lewis, Johns Hopkins University--Theodore J. Lewis

"In this pivotal and fascinating study, Susan Niditch looks anew at the people of the past to uncover a wealth of evidence attesting to the personalization of religion. For the first time, religiously-engaged selves emerge convincingly from the faceless masses. This book marks a crucial new direction in the trans-disciplinary study of the religious realities of ancient Israelite, Judahite and Jewish groups."--Francesca Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter--Francesca Stavrakopoulou

"Susan Niditch, the leading scholar of how the Bible adapts folk literature, here examines how biblical religion gets personal as classic conventions are adapted to express individual sensibilities and concerns. Illuminating readings and insights are elegantly expressed for the benefit of scholar and student alike. A gem."--Edward L. Greenstein, Bar-Ilan University, Israel--Edward L. Greenstein

About the Author:

Susan Niditch is Samuel Green Professor of Religion at Amherst College. She lives in Amherst, MA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0300166362
• ISBN 13: 9780300166361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208