Books in the The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies series

Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18-20 as a focus. She argues that this narrative is taken from that of the Book of Isaiah, with which it shares linguistic and thematic elements.

The Human and the Divine in History investigates the possibility that the author of Daniel knew and drew upon the Histories of Herodotus. Daniel uses and develops Herodotean concepts such as the succession of world empires, dynastic dreams, and the focus on both human and divine cauration in explaining historical events.

This analysis of Hosea dismantles the androcentric and theological assumptions of the book's dominant reading. Instead, Hosea's symbol of Israel as an adulterous woman is read as a commentary on the structural violence in Israelite society which accompanied the 8th century boom in "agribusiness".

This study assembles the evidence in search of an integrated view of royal women's position and power in critical functions of monarchy, challenging customary assumptions about women's place in the royal harem.

Papers of a symposium between the department of Bible Studies, Tel Aviv University, and the Faculty of Protestant Theology, Bochum, on the Jewish and Christian Biblical understanding of eschatology.