Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Explanatory Notes 5
5. Abbreviations 6
6. Introduction. Philosophical and Historical Interpretations 9
7. Part I. The Old Testament and Philosophy
8. Chapter 1. Philosophical Interpretations of the Sacrifice of Isaac: Inquiring into the True Significance of the Akedah 19
9. Chapter 2. The Paradox of Suffering: Comparing Second Isaiah and Socrates 73
10. Chapter 3. Reconstructing Old Testament Monotheism: A Dialogue between Old Testament Studies and Philosophy 90
11. Part II. Old Testament Thought and the Modern World
12. Chapter 4. Modern Aspects of the Old Testament Understanding of God: Qohelet, Schoenberg, Jung 119
13. Chapter 5. Toward Regenerating Ethics: Seeking an Ordered Path of Joyful Coexistence 134
14. Part III. The Prophets and Soteriology
15. Chapter 6. A Genealogy of Prophetic Salvation: Isaiah, Second Isaiah, and Jeremiah 163
16. Chapter 7. The Prophets and Deuteronomism: The Book of Jeremiah 181
17. Part IV. Old Testament Studies in Japan
18. Chapter 8. Old Testament Studies in Japan: A Retrospect and Prospects 211
19. Subject Index 231
20. Author Index 241
21. Ancient Sources Index 244