The Meaning of Hesed in the Hebrew Bible A New Inquiry

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Chapter I. INTRODUCTION 1 The Present State of Research 1 Plan of the Investigation 14 Evidence from Translations of Greek and Versions 14 Evidence from Other Semitic Languages 16 Evidence from Hebrew Inscriptions 20 Chapter II. The SECULAR USE OF HESED IN PRE-EXILIC PROSE 23 Introduction 23 A. Seaed Based Implicitly in Intimate Personal Relationships 24 Summary of Section A 44 B. Heeed Based on Prior Action 45 1. Seaed Based on a Prior Act Not Called Hesed 46 2. Heeed Based on a Prior Act Called Heeed 58 3. Summary of Section B 78 C. David and Jonathan 62 Summary of Section C 90 Chapter III. THE SBD OF GOD IN PRE-EXILIC PROSE 93 A. Yahweh`s Baaed to Individuals 93 Blessing/Benedictory Use of Seaed 107 Liturgical Formulae 111 Type One: Exodus 34:6-7 112 Type Two: Exodus 20:5b-6 = Deuteronomy 5:9b-10 129 Type Three: Deuteronomy 7:9-10b 133 The Deuteronomic Historian`s Conception of God`s Heeed to the Davidic Line 139 Theological Use of Heeed: A Summarizing Statement 147 Chapter IV. HUMAN HESED AND DIVINE HESED IN POST-EXILIC NARRATIVE 151 A. Heeed with Human Subject 151 1`. Religious Usage 151 2. Old Secular Usage: Deliverance 158 3. Late Secular Usages "Favor" or "Beauty" 159 B. Hesed with God as Subject 161 1. Hesed for Specific Individuals or Groups 161 2. A Liturgical Formula 165 Chapter V. HESED IN THE PROPHETIC LITERATURE 169 A. Man`s Hesed 169 B. God`s Hesed 193 Summary of Section B 212 Chapter VI. HESED IN PSALMS, PROVERBS, AND RELATED 215 LITERATURE A. Human Hesed in Psalms and Wisdom Sources 216 B. Hesed. of God in Psalms and Other Hymns 217 1. The Specific Action Content of Ueeed 218 2. The Relationship of the Recipients of Hesed to Yahweh 227