Reimagining at the Sources

The Very Revd. James E. Atwell, Dean Emeritus of Winchester, was educated at Oxford and Harvard. Alongside pursuit of his scholarly interest in the Old Testament he served in the Church of England for half a century as university chaplain, parish priest and cathedral dean. He died in 2020, shortly after completing the manuscript for this book.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Israel's Religious Traditions: A Tale of Two Journeys1. The Journey of the Divine Warrior2. Righteousness as World Order3. The Primeval History4. Reflections on Creator and Creation5. The Journey of the RedeemedPart II: Israel's Religious Traditions: Myth and Epic in Creative Tension6. Israel's Story and the Story Israel Told7. Rewriting the Story of Israel's Pre-Exilic History8. Hebrew Ethical MonotheismPart III: Second Temple Judaism: Law and Last Things9. The Persian Period of Second-Temple Judaism10. The Diaspora During Second-Temple Judaism11. The Phenomenon of Apocalyptic12. The Spiritual Universe of Early Judaism13. The Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran to the Context They Reveal14. Jesus of Nazareth - Palestinian Silhouette15. Jesus of Nazareth - Kingdom PioneerPart IV: Conclusion16. A Landscape of Israel's Story from its Origins to Jesus of NazarethBibliographyIndex

This rigorous ... work of biblical scholarship is a labour of love and faith. It is not easy for those actively engaged in Christian ministry, as James Atwell was for 50 years, to stay abreast of, and contribute to, biblical scholarship. But he managed because it mattered to him, and this is his crowning achievement.