For Levin, “new” indicates renewed, as in the beginning of a new cycle. Levin's view allows him to link the concept of creation with the restoration of what has been lost, namely, connection to God and so a viable covenant theology.
Benjamin Sommer notes the subtle difference that has been introduced: In Jeremiah, the people's inevitable knowledge of God will remove the need for learning (an idea expressed in Jer. 31:34 with the root דמל), but Deutero-Isaiah simply ...
The contributors to this volume, drawn from many different countries including Canada, Germany, Israel, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States, document how Judean writers working within historiographic, Levitical, prophetic, ...
Ezra's sermon is never identified as preaching in that it nowhere contains in hifil . ... to facilitate repentance and the confession of sins , a function that may be observed in other post - exilic prophecies such as Zech 1 : 1-6 .
By grappling with these questions, the essays in this volume evince a greater degree of precision vis-a-vis dating and historical context.