Exile and Suffering
A Selection of Papers Read at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Old Testament Society of South Africa OTWSA/OTSSA, Pretoria August 2007
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All those interested in the interpretation of texts from the Hebrew Bible and the history of Ancient Israel.
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Exile and Suffering
A Selection of Papers Read at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Old Testament Society of South Africa OTWSA/OTSSA, Pretoria August 2007
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Bob Becking, Ph.D. (1985) in Theology, Utrecht University, is Ordinary Professor of Old Testament Study at Utrecht University. He is the author of 'Nahum' (Verklaring van een Bijbelgedeelte), 1987; 'The Fall of Samaria: An Historical and Archaeological Study' (SHANE 2), 1992; 'Between Fear and Freedom: Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31' (OTS 51), 2004; 'From David to Gelaiah: The Book of Kings as Story and History' (2007). Dirk Human, D.D. (1993) in Theology, University of Pretoria, is Ordinary Professor of Old Testament Study at the University of Pretoria. He is the editor/ author of 'Psalms and Liturgy', 2004 (JSOT SuppS 410); 'Psalms and Mythology', 2007 (LHBOTS 462); 'Liefde is die grootste. Oor erotiek en seksualiteit', 2007. He is furthermore editor of the theological journal 'Verbum et Ecclesia' (earlier Skrif en Kerk).
Content
Dirk Human, Preface
Pentateuch
Gerda de Villiers, Sin, Suffering, Sagacity: Genesis 2-3
Jurie Le Roux, Suffering and Hope during the Exile
Matthias Köckert, Suffering from Formlessness: The Ban on Images in Exilic Times
Prophets
L. Juliana M. Claassens, Interrupting God-language: Rethinking the Image of God as Liberator in Isaiah 42
Hendrik Bosman, Myth, Metaphor or Memory?
The Allusions to Creation and Exodus in Isaiah 51: 9 - 11 as a Theological Response to Suffering during the Exile
Eric Peels, The Assassination of Gedaliah (Jer. 40:7 - 41:18)
Raymond de Hoop, Perspective after the Exile:
The King, ×¢×'×"×T 'My Servant' in Jeremiah - Some Reflections on MT and LXX
Gert Kwakkel, Exile in Hosea 9:3-6: Where and for What Purpose?
Klaas Spronk, Perverse Delight:
Some Observations on an Unpleasant Theme in the Old Testament
Eep Talstra, Exile and Pain: A Chapter from the Story of God's Emotions
Writings
Bob Becking, Does Exile Equal Suffering? A Fresh Look at Psalm 137
Yehoshua Gitay, The Poetics of Exile and Suffering: Memory and Perceptions a Cognitive-linguistics study of Lamentations
Louis Jonker, The Exile as Sabbath Rest: The Chronicler's Interpretation of the Exile
Ancient Near Eastern and Contextual Perspectives
Frances Klopper, Lamenting the Loss of Lament, the Language for our Times
Gerald West, Interpreting 'the Exile' in African Biblical Scholarship:
An Ideo-theological Dilemma in Post-colonial South Africa
Pentateuch
Gerda de Villiers, Sin, Suffering, Sagacity: Genesis 2-3
Jurie Le Roux, Suffering and Hope during the Exile
Matthias Köckert, Suffering from Formlessness: The Ban on Images in Exilic Times
Prophets
L. Juliana M. Claassens, Interrupting God-language: Rethinking the Image of God as Liberator in Isaiah 42
Hendrik Bosman, Myth, Metaphor or Memory?
The Allusions to Creation and Exodus in Isaiah 51: 9 - 11 as a Theological Response to Suffering during the Exile
Eric Peels, The Assassination of Gedaliah (Jer. 40:7 - 41:18)
Raymond de Hoop, Perspective after the Exile:
The King, ×¢×'×"×T 'My Servant' in Jeremiah - Some Reflections on MT and LXX
Gert Kwakkel, Exile in Hosea 9:3-6: Where and for What Purpose?
Klaas Spronk, Perverse Delight:
Some Observations on an Unpleasant Theme in the Old Testament
Eep Talstra, Exile and Pain: A Chapter from the Story of God's Emotions
Writings
Bob Becking, Does Exile Equal Suffering? A Fresh Look at Psalm 137
Yehoshua Gitay, The Poetics of Exile and Suffering: Memory and Perceptions a Cognitive-linguistics study of Lamentations
Louis Jonker, The Exile as Sabbath Rest: The Chronicler's Interpretation of the Exile
Ancient Near Eastern and Contextual Perspectives
Frances Klopper, Lamenting the Loss of Lament, the Language for our Times
Gerald West, Interpreting 'the Exile' in African Biblical Scholarship:
An Ideo-theological Dilemma in Post-colonial South Africa