The Yahwist's Landscape

Praise for The Yahwist's Landscape "Issues of religion and ecology have never mattered more, and The Yahwist's Landscape remains the gold standard. Congratulations to Fortress Press for making it widely available." -Larry L. Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics Union Theological Seminary "Hiebert's foundational study opens the world of nature as a major aspect of biblical thought. It lays to rest the traditional dichotomy between nature and history that has been so long read into the Bible and Israel's religion, redeeming the natural world as the realm of human life and God's care. Von Rad and Eichrodt are there, but this time Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson are also in the picture. That makes for a different and interesting conversation." -Patrick D. Miller, Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus Princeton Theological Seminary "The human being is a farmer. Humans and animals are companions made of the same topsoil. The land is a sovereiRead less