Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures VI

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Reviews (page 8)
- Preface (page 15)
- Abbreviations (page 17)
- Priestly Power that Empowers: Michel Foucault, Middle-tier Levites, and the Sociology of ?Popular Religious GroupsZ in Israel Mark A. Christian (page 23)
- In Search of the Seventy ?WeeksZ of Daniel 9 by George Athas (page 111)
- Arguing under the Qiqayon: An Introduction to a Set of Articles on Jonah by Philippe Guillaume (page 133)
- Eternal Delight and Deliciousness: The Book of Jonah After Ten Years by Thomas M. Bolin (page 135)
- Jonah 4:11 and the Metaprophetic Character of the Book of Jonah by Ehud Ben Zvi (page 147)
- Rhetorical Reading Redundant: A Response to Ehud Ben Zvi by Philippe Guillaume (page 161)
- A Prophetic Reflection on Divine Forgiveness: The Integration of the Book of Jonah into the Book of the Twelve by Jakob Wöhrle (page 171)
- Nahum, and the Book of the Twelve: A Response to Jakob Wöhrle by Klaas Spronk (page 189)
- The Intertextual Israelite Jonah face à l'empire: The Post-colonial Significance of the Book's Cotexts and Purported Neo-Assyrian Context by Daniel Timmer (page 199)
- Suspense and Anticipation in 1 Samuel 9:1.14 by Rachelle Gilmour (page 223)
- In Conversation with Steven Schweitzer, Reading Utopia in Chronicles (LHBOTS, 442; London: T. & T. Clark International, 2007) by Mark J. Boda (page 239)
- Introduction by Mark J. Boda (page 241)
- Encountering an Alternative Reality: Schweitzer and the Utopian Turn by Mark J. Boda and Matthew Forrest Lowe (page 243)
- Utopia, Dystopia and Uchronia in Chronicles by Roland Boer (page 249)
- A Response by Steven Schweitzer (page 255)
- Psalm 29 as Semiotic System: A Linguistic Reading James M. Kennedy (page 261)
- The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship Andrew C. Gow (page 285)
- The Ascription of Physical Disability as a Stigmatizing Strategy in Biblical Iconic Polemics by Saul M. Olyan (page 323)
- God-Talk for a Disillusioned Pilgrim in Psalm 121 by Bob Becking (page 339)
- Lamentations 5: The Seventh Acrostic By Philippe Guillaume (page 349)
- In Conversation with Thomas Römer, The So-Called Deuteronomistic History: A Sociological, Historical and Literary Introduction (London: T. & T. Clark, 2005) Raymond F. Person Jr. (page 355)
- Introduction Raymond F. Person Jr. (page 357)
- A Response to Thomas C. Römer, The So-called Deuteronomistic History by Richard D. Nelson (page 359)
- A Response to Thomas Römer, The So-Called Deuteronomistic History by Steven L. McKenzie (page 371)
- Deuteronomy between The Pentateuch and The Deuteronomistic History: Some Remarks About Thomas Römer, The So-Called Deuteronomistic History by Eckart Otto (page 379)
- The Book of Judges: Fruit of 100 Years of Creativity by Yairah Amit (page 385)
- Response to Richard Nelson, Steven McKenzie, Eckart Otto, and Yairah Amit by Thomas Römer (page 395)
- Observations on Judah's Social and Economic History and the Dating of the Laws in Deuteronomy by Ernest Axel Knauf (page 409)
- The Syntactic Encoding of the Collaborative Nature of Qohelet's Experiment by Robert D. Holmstedt (page 417)
- Persian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations by Oded Lipschits (page 445)
- Intrusion of Ptolemaic Reality on Cultic Practices in Qoh 4:17 by Aron Pinker (page 477)
- To See or Not To See The Polysemy Of The Word in The Isaac Narratives (Gen 17.35) Karolien Vermeulen (page 511)
- A Perfectly Broken Acrostic in Nahum 1? By Thomas Renz (page 523)
- Persian Period Jerusalem and Yehud: A Rejoinder By Israel Finkelstein (page 551)
- Multivocality in Group Speech in Biblical Narrative by George Savran (page 565)
- A Response to G. Aichelle, P. Miscall and R. Walsh, ?An Elephant in the Room: Historical-Critical and Postmodern Interpretations of the BibleZ by John Van Seters (page 590)
- Reviews (page 603)
- Othmar Keel, Die Geschichte Jerusalems Und Die Entstehung Des Monotheismus Reviewed by Bob Becking (page 603)
- Nathan MacDonald, Not Bread Alone: The Uses of Food in the Old Testament Reviewed by Peter Altmann (page 605)
- Ernest Axel Knauf, Josua Reviewed by Philippe Guillaume (page 610)
- Deborah L. Ellens, Women in the Sex Texts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis Reviewed by Ellen White (page 612)
- Joel Kaminsky, Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election Reviewed by Dale Patrick (page 614)
- Katherine J. Dell, Opening the Old Testament Reviewed by Cristian Rata (page 617)
- Daniel K. Falk, THe Parabiblical Texts: Strategies for Extending the Scriptures Among the Dead Sea Scrolls Reviewed by Eileen Schuller (page 619)
- John Goldingay, Psalms. Vol. 2: Psalms 42-89 Reviewed by J. Clinton McCann Jr. (page 622)
- William Loader, Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Litterature, The Aramaic Levi Document, and the Book of Jubilees Reviewed by David M. Miller (page 624)
- Daniel R. Schwartz, 2 Maccabees Reviewed by Rene Bloch (page 627)
- Philip R. Davis, The Origins of Biblical Israel Reviewed by Paul S. Evans (page 629)
- Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. Levinson, eds, The Pentateuch as Torah: New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance Reviewed by David A. Bosworth (page 636)
- R.J.R. Plant, Good Figs, Bad Figs: Judicial Differentiation in the Book of Jeremiah Reviewed by Kathleen M. O'Connor (page 640)
- David Goodblatt, Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism Reviewed by Adam L. Porter (page 642)
- Michael Thomas Davis and Brent A. Strawn, eds., Qumran Studies: New Approaches, New Questions Reviewed by Kenneth Atkinson (page 645)
- Adele Berlin, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism Reviewed by Mary Wang (page 647)
- Michael Carasik, Theologies of the Mind in Biblical Israel Reviewed by Dan Epp-Tiessen (page 653)
- W. Randolph Tate, Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach Reviewed by Ellen White (page 656)
- Gina Hens-Piazza, 1-2 Kings Reviewed by Lissa Wray Beal (page 658)
- Saul M. Olyan, Diasability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Nental and Physical Differences Reviewed by Michael M. Homan (page 661)
- Miriam von Nordheim, Geboren von der Morgenröte? Psalm 110 in Tradition, Redaktion und Rezeption Reviewed by Ernest Azel Knauf (page 663)
- Gideon Bohak, Ancient Jewish Magic Reviewed by Scott Noegel (page 665)
- Robert L. Forester and David M. Howard, eds., My Words are Lovely: Studies in teh Rhetoric of the Psalms Reviewed by Mary L. Conway (page 671)
- Bob Becking and Eric Peels, eds., Psalms and Prayers Reviewed by John Goldingay (page 675)
- Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch, Studying the Old Testament: A Companion Reviewed by Heather Macumber (page 678)
- Raymond de Hoop, Marjo C.A. Korpel, and Stanley E. Porter, eds., The Impact of Unit Delimitation on Exegesis Reviewed by Matthias Hopf (page 680)
- Martin Leuenberger, Segen und Segenstheologien im Alten Israel: Untersuchungen Zu Ihren Religions-Und Theologiegeschichtlichen Konstellationen und Transformationen Reviewed by Armin Siedlecki (page 686)
- Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltmer, The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content Reviewed by Barbara Green (page 689)
- Mark S. Gignilliat, Karl Barth and the Fifth Gospel: Barth's Theological Exegesis of Isaiah Reviewed by Dustin Resch (page 692)
- BibleWorks 8 Reviewed by Scott N. Callaham (page 696)
- Larry L. Lyke, I Will Espouse You Forever: The Song of Songs and the Theology of Love in teh Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Jennifer Pfenniger (page 698)
- Alex P. Jassen, Mediating the Divine: Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism Reviewed by Cecilia Wassen (page 706)
- Kathryn Schifferdecker, Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job Reviewed by David J.H. Beldman (page 710)
- Lowell K. Handy, Johah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story Reviewed by Philippe Guillaume (page 714)
- Aarnoud van der Deijl, Protest and Propaganda: War in the Old Testament Book of Kings and in Contemporaneous Ancient Near Eastern Texts Reviewed by Paul Evans (page 716)
- Peter Philip Jenson, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah: A Theological Commentary Reviewed by Colin M. Toffelmire (page 721)
- George J. Brooke and THomas Römer, eds., Ancient and Modern Scriptural Historiography - L'Historiographie Biblique, Ancienne et Modern Reviewed by Dan Pioske (page 724)
- Judith Gartner, Jesaja 66 und Sacharja 14 Als Summe der Prophetie:Eine Traditions - und Rdaktionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zum abschluss des Jesaja - und des Zwölfprophetenbuches Reviewed by Jakob Wöhrle (page 729)
- Volker Haarmann, JHWH-Verehrerder Völker: Die Hinwendung von Nichtisraeliten zum Gott Israels in Alttestamentlichen Uberlieferungen Reviewed by Christina Ehring (page 732)
- Peter Weimar, Studien zur Priesterschrift Reviewed by Christophe Nihan (page 734)
- Sven Petry, Die Entgrenzung JHWHs: Monolatrie, Bilderverbot und Monotheismus im Deuteronomium, in Deuterojesaja und im Ezechielbuch Reviewed by Mathan MacDonald (page 738)
- Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson, The Ancient Synagogue from its Origins to 200 C.E. A Source Book Reviewed by Rene Bloch (page 743)
- Baruch J. Schwartz, et all eds., Perspectives on Purity and Purification in the Bible Reviewed by Hannah K. Harrington (page 745)
- Viktor Ber, The Hebrew Verb HYH as a Macrosyntactic Signal Reviewed by Ray L. Heller (page 748)
- Konrad Schmid, Literaturgeschichte des Alten Testaments: Eine Einfuhrung Reviewed by Paul L. Redditt (page 753)
- Jon L. Berquist and Claudia V. Camp, eds., Constructions of Space II: The Biblical City and Other Imagined Spaces Reviewed by Jeremiah Cataldo (page 757)
- Sharon Moughtin-Mumby, Secual and Marital Metaphors in Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel Reviewed by Jason Gile (page 760)
- Gabriele Boccaccini, ed., Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man: Revisiting the Book of Parables Reviewed by Allen Daise (page 765)
- Peter Riede, Vom Erbarmen zum Gericht: Die Visionen des Amosbuches (Amos 7-9*) und Ihr Literatur - und Traditionsgeschichtlicher Reviewed by Uwe Becker (page 768)
- Natalio Fernandez Marcos, Septuaginta: La Biblia Griega de Judios Y Cristianos Reviewed by Peter J. Gentry (page 771)
- Hans - Peter Mathys, Das Astarte - Quadrat Reviewed by Rene Schurte (page 775)
- Thomas Römer, ed., The Books of Leviticus and Numbers Reviewed by Viktor Golinets (page 778)
- Reinhard Muller, Konigtum und Gottesherrschaft: Untersuchungen zur Alttestamentlichen Monarchiekritik Reviewed by Jeremy M. Hutton (page 786)
- Markus Witte, Konrad Schmid, Doris Prechel and Jan Christian Gertz, eds., Die Deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerke: Redaktions- und Religionsgeschichtliche Perpektiven zur "Deuteronomismus" -Diskussion in Tora und Vorderen Propheten Reviewed by Jeremy M. Hutton (page 803)
- Bob Becking and Dirk Human, eds., Exile and Suffering: A Selection of Papers Read at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of teh Old Testament Society of South Africa OTWSA/OTSSA, Pretoria, August 2007 Reviewed by Adam Oliver Stokes (page 831)
- Hanne Loland, Silent or Salient Gender? The Interpretation of Gendered God-Language in the hebrew Bible, Exemplified in Isaiah 42,46, and 49 Reviewed by Elaine James (page 835)
- Andrew R. Angel, Chaos and the Son of Man: The Hebrew Chaoskampf Tradition in the Period 515 BCE to 200 CE Reviewed by Beth M. Stovell (page 838)
- James K. Bruckner, Exodus Reviewed by Thomas B. Dozeman (page 843)
- Amy C. Cottrill, Language, Power, and Identity in the Lament Psalms of the Individual Reviewed by W. Derek Suderman (page 845)
- Michael J. Gorman, Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers Reviewed by Nathan Patrick Love (page 849)
- Shalom M. Paul, Isaiah 40-66: Introduction and Commentary Reviewed by Igal German (page 853)
- Etan Levine, Marital Relations in Ancient Judaism Reviewed by Michael Allen Daise (page 855)
- Amy Kalmanofsky, Terror All Around: The Rhetoric of Horror in the Book of Jeremiah Reviewed by Joel Barker (page 858)
- Ulrich Berges, Jesaja 40-48 Reviewed by Edgar Kellenberger (page 862)
- Sidnie White Crawford, Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times Reviewed by Andrew B. Perrin (page 864)
- Elizabeth R. Hayes, The Pragmatics of Perception and Cognition in MT Jeremiah 1:1-6:30: A Cognitive Linguitics Approach Reviewed by Fohn F. Hobbins (page 867)
- Kenneth E. Pomykala, ed., Israel in the Wilderness: Interpretations of teh Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions Reviewed by Daniel A. Machiela (page 876)
- Ian C. Werrett, Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls Reviewed by Casey A. Toews (page 880)
- Hayyim J. Angel, Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings. Finding the Religious Significance of the Tanakh Reviewed by Ehud Ben Zvi (page 886)
- Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Stephen C. Barton and Benjamin G. Wold, eds., Memory in the Bible and Antiquity: the Fifth Durham-Tubingen Research Symposium Reviewed by Ehud Ben Zvi (page 891)
- Yael Unterman, Hehema Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar Reviewed by Igal German (page 896)
- Joel S. Baden, J, E, And the Redaction of the Pentateuch Reviewed by Jeffrey Stackert (page 899)
- Jurgen Ebach, Genesis 37-50 Reviewed by Christian Metzentbin (page 903)
- Hans M. Barstad, History and the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Ancient Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Reviewed by Dan Pioske (page 905)
- Angelika Berlejung and Bernd Janowski, eds., Tod und Jenseits im Alten Israel und in Seiner Umwelt Reviewed by Joachim Vette (page 912)
- Tammi J. Schneider, Mothers of Promise: Women in the Book of Genesis Reviewed by Lissa M. Wray Beal (page 921)
- Esther J. Hamori, "When Gods Were Men": The Embodied God in Biblical and Near Eastern Literature Reviewed by Rabbi David E. S. Stein (page 925)
- Jeffrey J. Niehaus, Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology Reviewed by Krzysztof J. Baranowski (page 932)
- Kevin L. Madigan and Jon D. Levenson, Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews Reviewed by Dan Clanton Jr. (page 935)
- Susan Sink, The Art fo the Saint John's Bible: A Reader's Guide to Wisdom Books and Prophets Reviewed by Dan Clanton (page 943)
- William M. Schniedewind and Joel H. Hunt, A Prime on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature Reviewed by M.E.J. Richardson (page 944)
- Stephanie Dalley, Esther's REvenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus Reviewed by Alan Lenzi (page 963)
- Index (page 967)