If I Forget You, Jerusalem!

Niels Peter Lemche, has been publishing in the field of Old Testament studies for fifty years. He has been both Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 1978 to 1986 and Professor of Theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1987 to 2013. He is the founder of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, and a member of the board of the Copenhagen International Seminar (Routledge). He has recently edited (in co-operation with Dr. Jim West) Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Routledge, 2019).

• Table of contentsPreface vii-viiiAcknowledgements ix-xiAbbreviations xiiJerusalem1. “If I Forget you, Jerusalem!” 1-19Exegesis2. Emphatic Time in the Old Testament 22-403. Justice as Pre-existing World Order 41-514. Messiah in the Book of Isaiah 52-675. Old Testament Texts as Rewritten Literature 68-896. Psalm 2: Between Past and Future 90-1097. The Introduction to David’s Psalms: New Reflections on Psalm 2 110-1188. Sociology and Prophetical Literature 119-129History9. History and Memory in the Old Testament 132-14410. On History, Sociology, and Theology: Old Testament Perspectives 145-15711. On Historical Memory in the Historiography of the Old Testament 158-17612. Ezra and the Pentateuch 177-18813. What have We Done and Where are We Moving? Personal Remarks about a Change of Paradigm 189-20314. Après le déluge: The Copenhagen School or Chaos? 204-224Theology15. The History of Israel’s Religion and the History of Israel: Identical or Different 226-24616. Geography as Memory 247-25617. Israel and its Land 257-26718. Israel as an Ideological Construction 268-27919. The Relevance of Social-critical Exegesis for Old Testament Theology 280-291Appendix272 BCE – A terminus a quo 294-299End MatterBibliography 300-321Index of Scripture References 322-326Index of Modern Authors 327-330Index of Subjects 331-339

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