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In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to modern ideology. The entity known as 'the Exile' has had an …
A study of the growth of Joshua and Judges illustrates how the theme of divine anger has been used differently, according to different historical and social settings. In the …
The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view of the male and female body. These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions. Instead, …
A hermeneutics of cispicion challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral …
This study concerns a literary stylistic aspect of the Hebrew Bible known as the pivot pattern, which is an elaborated multilateral chiastic structure. It expresses a clear link …
This volume contains 20 articles by leading scholars on the king and Messiah, mostly in the Old Testament, but also in the ancient Near East and post-biblical Judaism and New …
Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the product of elites that …
Maria J. Metzler analyzes the role of the Ark of the Covenant during violent episodes in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the Deuteronomistic History, through a nuanced reading of …
This is an examination ofthe eschatological and messianic elements in the first twelve chapters of LXX Isaiah. The focus is on this section because it represents a discrete unit …
This volume seeks to illuminate that the metaphors featured in Ezekiel’s prophetic writing are closely connected to interpretations of historical events. The authors highlight how …