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

The basic phonetic relationship between Semitic languages and non-Semitic languages, like Greek and Latin is so complex that it was hardly possible to establish a unified tradition in writing biblical proper names within the Greek and Latin cultures. This book explores the various transformations of biblical proper names.

Investigates the nature of the hope for the house of David in the final form of the book of "Zechariah". This book focuses particularly on the following themes: the roles of Joshua and Zerubbabel; the nature and identity of the Shoot; the coming King; the Shepherd; and, the Pierced One.

Argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish 'justice and righteousness' during David's reign over all Israel.

The meta-theoretical approach according to which a popular method of analysis and interpretation regarding the books of Samuel is discussed an evaluated critically.

This work assembles contributions from North America''s leading Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars in honor of a highly respected biblical scholar, whose work on biblical prophets has been especially influential. Within the list are former teachers, current colleagues, and former students who are now colleagues in their own right, representing a wide range of denominational traditions represented-Roman Catholics, Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, etc. The book is divided into major two sections with a brief introduction by the editors, John Ahn and the Stephen Cook. Here, a brief biography and the academic career of Robert Wilson''s contribution to the guild (with a bibliography at the end of this section) and more over, at a personal level, his ceaseless work in helping to transform and reform the "new" Yale Divinity School and his impact in molding the Ph.D. program in HB/OT in the Religious Studies Department of the Graduate School at Yale University. Part I hold the essays on the Former Prophets and Part II on the Latter Prophets.

Presents literary analysis of "Song of Songs" by employing the method of New Criticism. This book aims to uncover the messages conveyed by the poems, the inner world of the characters. It discerns poems of physical description, poems of adoration, and poems of yearning.

A comprehensive examination of the links between wisdom literature and prophecy. The book is divided into four sections. The first addresses methodological concerns such as identifying "wisdom," identifying potential sociological spheres for wisdom and prophecy in the ancient Near East, and recognizing potential textual relationships. The second examines the role of wisdom in the prophetic corpus more broadly in a book-by-book analysis of biblical texts, first examining the role of wisdom in the prophetic corpus of the Hebrew Bible. The third section looks at elements of prophecy within the traditional wisdom books such as Job, Proverbs and Qoheleth. Finally, the book continues the conversation by providing two concluding chapters that evaluate, critique, engage, and raise new questions that Hebrew Bible scholars will need to wrestle with as the search for the relationship between wisdom and prophecy moves forward.

The European Seminar in Historical Methodology is committed to debating issues surrounding the history of ancient Israel and Judah with the aim of developing methodological principles for writing a history of the period. This volume gives a treatment of the main sources, issues, debates, and secondary literature on this period of Israel's history.

The book examines conditionals in the Greek Pentateuch from the point of view of the study of translation syntax. It takes seriously into account the double character of Septuagintal Greek, both as a translation from Hebrew and as vernacular Greek.

A comprehensive examination of the rhetoric of Operation Rescue, a pro-life social protest group (prominent between 1988 and 1992) that orchestrated blockades of clinics where abortions are performed. This book shows how the group appealed to the convictions of conservative evangelical and fundamentalist Christians in the United States.

Demonstrates the ways that social justice attains primacy in Isaiah, the ways that humanity if given a role in pursuing social justice, and the ways that Isaiah 58 impinges upon the idea of social justice. This book explores the nature and sources of the social justice encoded in the world.

Presents the descriptions of the body in the Song of Songs as grotesque, alternative way of interpreting perplexing imagery and as a means to investigate the Song's politics of gender and love. This book addresses the problematic nature of the Song's body imagery by using the artistic and literary construct of the grotesque body as a heuristic.

Comprises fifteen essays classified in three major sections. This volume reflects the thought of some of the major scholars in the field in various shapes and contexts as well as from a variety of perspectives: inner-biblical, qumranic, New Testament, various rabbinic literature, and some modern interpretation.

Explores the literary and historical character of biblical texts in the Torah, Prophecy, and Writings. This book considers questions of composition and the writing of history. It situates biblical texts in their immediate and distant context and reflects upon their intertextuality and identifies their literary sources.

Proposes a different theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the "Pentateuch". This book shows that the Hebrew "Pentateuch" was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek.

Explores 'word', rva-, and their relationship in the book of "Ezekiel". This book interprets the emphasis on rva- in "Ezekiel" in terms of the self-authentication of the ministry of the prophet. It examines the relationship between rva- and prophecy in "Ezekiel", and shows that the dominant paradigm requires modification.

Offers a narratological, intertextual reading of Jeremiah 37:1 to 40:6, a text that features the interaction between the prophet Jeremiah and King Zedekiah in the context of events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem. This book argues that the text develops complex images of both Zedekiah and Jeremiah, and invites sympathy and criticism for both.

Drawing on the literary insights of Mikhail Bakhtin, this study explores in detail the nature of the relationship between "Lamentations" and the pre-exilic/exilic prophetic literature. Drawing on the notions of dialogism, polyphony and double-voicing, it argues that "Lamentations" enters into a dialogic relationship with prophetic literature.

Honours the work of Old Testament scholar, Alan Millard. The contributors to this book take up all of Millard's concerns with the relationship between writing, the development, and Israel, and the ancient Near Eastern society.

Investigates the Solomonic narrative through the optics of propaganda and, specifically, subversion. This book explores examples of scribal subversion in "1 Kings" 1-11. It examines texts that undermine the legitimacy or the legacy of Solomon and explores the social context in which scribal subversion was not only possible, but perhaps necessary.

Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one such priesthood, the Zadokites.

Aims to provide for Robert Lowth and Jean Astruc not only an account and evaluation of their life and work but also an understanding of the wider intellectual context of their scholarship and the reception and influence of their work.

In this book, the author proposes that a close source, composition, and redaction analysis of the Naboth material found in the books of Kings raises questions about the interpretation of this material and of its dating to the time of Jehu. He contends that there is sufficient evidence to challenge the traditional positions regarding these issues.

Provides the framework for a non-confessional, mitzvoth ethics-centered and historical-philological approach to the Jewish Bible and deals with the basic steps of an alternative paradigmatic perspective on the biblical text. This book seeks to demonstrate the ineptness of confessional and historical approaches to the Jewish Bible.

Examines assumptions about history writing that historians of ancient Israel and Judah employ. This work aims to situate the study of ancient Israel and Judah in the broader intellectual context of academic history in general.

According to the Bible, among the last kings of the kingdom of Judah was one of the notorious kings-Manasseh-and one of the righteous-Josiah. This volume assesses the history of Judah in the 7th century BCE covering history and archaeology from Sennacherib to Nebuchadnezzar. It presents a view of the depictions of kindship in the Hebrew Bible.

Provides an examination of the Hebrew word BMH in biblical and post-biblical passages where it supposedly carries its primary topographical sense. This book focuses on its likely Semitic and unlikely Greek cognates, pertinent literary, compositional, and text-critical matters, and the ideological and iconographical ambiance of each occurrence.

In order to assess the purpose and function of the incest narratives in the Pentateuch and the incest prohibitions of Leviticus 18, this book offers a formal examination of ancient Israelite kinship terminology.

A collection of essays that advance psalms studies through a concerted focus on the persuasive aim of psalmic poetry, and offers perspectives on rhetorical devices within the psalms. It includes discussions of structure, literary devices, and rhetorical strategies, psalms research, and trends in rhetoric and cognitive science.