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

Brings together eight essays on Amos, which focus on a range of issues. Arising out of a symposium to honour John Barton for his 60th birthday, this title includes essays that respond, either directly or indirectly, to his "Amos' Oracles Against the Nations", and to his lifelong concern with both ethics and method in biblical study.

A title that uses anthropology to investigate the moral dilemma facing Saul's daughter in "1 Samuel 19", concluding that her choice of David (over Saul) is counter-cultural.

"Ezekiel" has long been considered the most difficult of all the prophetic books to understand. The prophet's bizarre visions, extraordinary behaviour, and extravagant imagery have perplexed and fascinated readers for more than 2,500 years. This volume brings together 15 essays on "Ezekiel's" impact by leading scholars.

Focusing on the reception of the "Psalms" through the hand of the unknown author of "Hebrews", this title features Old Testament and New Testament scholars who combine forces to determine the shifts in interpretation of the "Psalms" that took place during the processes of (re)interpretation within the work of a particular early Christian writer.

The Writing/Reading Jeremiah group (SBL) was re-launched at the 2007 annual meeting of the SBL. Its purpose is to invite new readings and constructions of meaning with the book of "Jeremiah" 'this side' of historicist paradigms and postmodernism. This title collects the best of the papers and responses of the Writing/Reading Jeremiah Group (SBL).

Collects five papers focused on biblical cities, especially Jerusalem. This volume takes many creative approaches to its subjects, including innovative work from historical and theological perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and more developments in cultural studies and reception history.

Investigates intermarriage and group identity in the Second Temple Period from different points of view with regard to methodology and analyzed texts. This title covers a wide range of texts from almost every part of the "Hebrew Bible" as well as from "Elephantine", "Qumran" and several pseudepigrapha, like "Jubilees".

Includes essays that focus on various dimensions of what it means to read the Bible, which was the abiding concern of Conrad's work. This title honors the work of Edgar Conrad. It focuses on various aspects of Conrad's work, especially the prophetic literature, the Bible as literature, canonical issues, and engaged readings.

Explores a number of instances of unexpected but influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature, film, music and politics. This title argues that the effects of the Bible continues to have an effect on contemporary culture in ways that may surprise and sometimes dismay both religious and secular groups.

By emphasising observation and empiricism as a key influence on human behaviour, this title excludes any consideration of tradition or revelation. It takes an original and creative approaches to its subject, including work from historical and theological perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and reception history.

Examines the subject of Temple and Worship in biblical Israel, ranging from their ancient Near Eastern and archaeological background, through the Old Testament and Late Second Temple Judaism, and up to the New Testament. This work investigates attitudes to the Temple in the Septuagint, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

This work investigates the literary-ideological representation of the ancient Near Eastern superpower, Assyria, in one of their sacred texts, the book of Isaiah.

Celebrating the five hundredth volume, this Festschrift honors David M Gunn, one of the founders of the "Journal of Old Testament Studies", later the "Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies", and offers essays representing interpretations of the David material in the Hebrew Bible and later literary and popular culture.

A renewed study of Iranian influence on apocalyptic traditions, arguing for a methodology which takes into account Iranian studies, oral theory, and the Achaemenid context.

Traces the narrative of the exilic author of the "Deuteronomistic History", a narrative that provides an explanation for the trauma that the Judean community in Babylon suffered. This book argues that we can trace a single, coherent narrative throughout the History that is an attempt to explain to its original readers why the exile occurred.

This book explores various aspects of intertextuality in the LXX Twelve Prophets, with a special emphasis on Hosea, Amos and Micah.

This volume brings together experts in the study of ancient prayers and divination methods to analyse the variety of means by which human beings sought to communicate with their gods and by which the gods were seen to communicate with their worshippers. In a departure from previous scholarship, the volume brings together the study of prophecy, as an intuitive form of divination, with the study of technical methods of communication and other forms of institutionalised communication such as prayer. Such a format allows divine-human communication to be studied in both directions simultaneously: the means by which the divine communicates to human beings through divination, and the means by which human beings communicate with the divine through prayer. This new perspective on the study of divine-human-divine communication allows scholars to better appreciate the way in which communication and the relationship between heaven and earth was conceived in the ancient near East.

Assembles some of the finest scholars who have contributed to study and examination of the impact of the exile in biblical literature.

The book represents the collection of the papers presented at the 2004 SBL sessions for the section, Social-Scientific Studies of the Second Temple period, the purpose of which was to create understanding about current historiography as it relates to biblical studies and ancient Israel amidst diverging academic trends. Papers and responses sought to avoid polemics while concurrently bringing to clarification methodological practices of prominent historians in an effort to move beyond hortatory polemics. Those writing papers were asked to specify their own methodology and the assumptions and philosophy underlying their methodology in an effort to create understanding for the audience. Respondents to the papers met two requests - to summarize the methodology of the paper and to respond to the methodology, philosophy, and presuppositions of the historian.

Women over the centuries have sought to break out of the constraints that their societies deemed appropriate for them. This book offers essays that are drawn from the Recovering Female Interpreters of the Bible Consultation at the SBL Annual Meeting and from sessions on female interpreters of Scripture at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.

This volume discusses the mixed marriage controversy in Ezra9 and 10 that arises out of identity formation process utilizing VictorTurner's Social Drama model

Applies horror theory to the book of "Jeremiah" and considers the nature of biblical horror and the objects that provoke horror, as well as the ways texts like "Jeremiah" work to elicit horror from their audience.

Using social psychology categories of ethnicity and group-identity, Exclusive Inclusivity explores these internal polemics through the phenomenon of exclusivity, its characteristics and traits.

Samson's special quality, noted by virtually all interpreters, is defined here as liminality. The liminal situation, which includes a movement away from society, the lack of social restraints, and the status of outsider, is a permanent condition for Samson.