The Meaning of Hesed in the Hebrew Bible: A New Inquiry - Paperback

by Katharine D. Sakenfeld (Author)

This volume, republished without revision from the 1978 edition, offers an analysis of the development of usage of the Hebrew term hesed. Judgments are made about the relative age of the texts in which the term appears, and connotations of the word are traced chronologically from earlier to later texts. The study encompasses secular usage, human religious behavior called hesed, and the hesed of God.

Author Biography

Katharine Doob Sakenfeld is William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Director of Ph.D. Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of several books on Old Testament interpretation and has coedited introductory articles and annotations for the Oxford Study Bible.