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    Comical moments and comical characterisations in Tobit : the undermining of self-righteous piety, simplistic retribution, and limited Yahwism. (2022)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,4 (2022) 443-459
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2022
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,4 (2022) 443-459
    Keywords: Tobit (Apocryphal book) Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Wit and humor in post-biblical literature ; Endogamy and exogamy In post-biblical literature
    Abstract: This article argues that comic moments and comic characterisation are used in Tobit as a means of satirically exposing a type of Yahwism characterised by inward-looking piety, religious and ethnic endogamy, and simplistic notions of retribution. Comic moments and comic characterisation, are therefore important ethical devices in Tobit used to expose the problematic nature of an obsessive emphasis on religious boundary maintenance as demonstrated by the extreme version of endogamy that Tobit endorses. The article argues that the theme of “insults” in Tobit, and the distinction between public and private behaviour serves to destabilise the main character’s hyper-religiosity. The article suggests that Tobit’s restrictive form of Yahwism and his overzealous Yahwistic piety are exposed and undermined in Tobit to illustrate for audiences that the deity Yhwh does not operate within a mechanistic moral calculus. The article pays close attention to the significance of the language and translations of Tobit when making this case.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892221081157
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  • 2
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    Endangered or dangerous? : YHWH's presence and impurity in Levitical perspective. (2022)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,4 (2022) 480-494
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2022
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,4 (2022) 480-494
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Presence of God Biblical teaching ; Purity, Ritual Biblical teaching
    Abstract: The working assumption in much secondary literature on Leviticus is that unchecked sin and impurity threaten, even endanger, YHWH’s earthly presence. Accordingly, purgation within the Israelite cult is primarily viewed as a means of securing and safeguarding divine immanence. Support is drawn from ANE concepts of sanctuary desecration, the exit of YHWH’s כבוד from the temple in Ezekiel 8–11 and tannaitic formulations. Nevertheless, this article contends that Leviticus nowhere indicates or assumes the departure of YHWH’s presence from the sanctuary. On the contrary, Leviticus asserts the permanence of divine presence and the resulting danger posed to impurity and its sources. This dynamic better coheres with the wider texture of the Pentateuch. In fact, importing motifs from ANE, Ezekielian and rabbinic sources arguably distorts the rhetorical force of Leviticus in its literary setting.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211061175
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  • 3
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    Worship as social creativity : social identity and the form of Psalm 79. (2022)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,4 (2022) 516-529
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2022
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,4 (2022) 516-529
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, Form ; Bible. Social scientific criticism ; Group identity Biblical teaching
    Abstract: The form of Ps. 79 is often assessed as disoriented and disorienting. This study examines how the disoriented form of Ps. 79 creatively bolsters communal identity in the face of affliction primarily on the basis of the psalmist’s contention that God remains faithful to the covenant community. When one assesses the form of the psalm through the framework of social identity theory, three social creativity strategies become apparent, which facilitate a positive reassessment of social identity following crisis, namely, (1) the psalmist redefines the valence of the community’s state of affliction as an attribute that should inspire God’s compassionate response, (2) the psalmist engages in downward social comparison by villainizing adversarial nations for their arrogance and iniquity, and (3) the psalmist embraces the community’s commitment to worship. Consequently, the psalm’s medium and message enable recovery from its life setting.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892221081153
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  • 4
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    Honor in the cult : Leviticus 10 in socio-rhetorical perspective. (2022)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,4 (2022) 548-562
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2022
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,4 (2022) 548-562
    Keywords: Houston, Walter ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Social scientific criticism ; Bible. Socio-rhetorical criticism ; Honor in the Bible
    Abstract: Walter Houston’s article on the death of Nadab and Abihu is one of the few attempts to bring a social science model of honor and shame to bear on the Pentateuch. This article will argue that he did not go far enough in tracing how honor and shame bring coherence, not just to the Nadab and Abihu incident but also to all of Lev. 10. In particular, honor also explains the speeches of Yhwh and Aaron, the transition from the prohibition of mourning to Aaron’s grant of interpretive authority, and the overall narrative tension and resolution of the chapter’s narrative. This article will briefly review and critique Houston’s article and then argue that Lev. 10 contains a rhetoric of honor that coordinates relationships between Yhwh, priests, and people in a way that brings greater coherence to the chapter as a whole.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892221081158
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  • 5
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    “Die empörten Weiber” : gender, authority and Protestant modernism in Jeremiah 44. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 206-229
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 206-229
    Keywords: Mowinckel, Sigmund, ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Women Biblical teaching ; Gender identity ; Gender-based analysis ; Protestantism 20th century
    Abstract: Because of Protestant modernism’s reconstrual of older Protestant views of inspiration around the Romantic notion of the male charismatic prophet, it unintentionally opened doors for the latent gender inequality of its misogynist cultural context when interpreting female religious activity in the prophets. Because of Protestant modernism’s inability to distinguish itself from its 19th-20th century social elite status, it can end up enabling gender stereotypes of its time and thus engage in unexamined gender bias. Vestiges at times remain in literature that assumes the non- or reduced agency of women in Israelite religion. This is a case study in one of the founders of historical-critical Jeremiah study, Sigmund Mowinckel, focusing not on Protestant modernism broadly but rather on Mowinckel’s clear expression of the modernist Protestant notion of the inspiration of sacred speech.
    Note: Includes an appendix with an annotated English translation of the chapter (pp. 223-229).
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211019043
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  • 6
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    The main character of the Book of Esther : the contribution of the textual divisions and the assigned titles of the Book of Esther to uncovering its protagonist. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 193-205
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 193-205
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, Textual ; Bible Numerical division ; Bible Titles of books ; Characters and characteristics in the Bible
    Abstract: Scrutiny of the traditional textual divisions of the Hebrew version of the book of Esther—the sedarim, the Hebrew paragraphs and the Latin chapters – throws light on whom some ancient readers thought was the main character (protagonist) of the book. The sedarim appear to favour Mordecai’s role over Esther’s in the events narrated, whereas the positioning of the Hebrew paragraph breaks apportions attention more evenly between Esther and Mordecai, who each sought the welfare of the Jewish people. The chapter divisions show an interest in all three leading characters namely, Esther, Mordecai and Ahasuerus. In terms of assigned titles, the book was given the alternate names of Esther and Ahasuerus. It is plain, therefore, that early readers did not come to a settled conclusion as to who is the main character; however, it is clear that the role of Ahasuerus cannot be ignored and that the Persian king must be a candidate for the main character of the book.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211032243
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  • 7
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    King Solomon and the "anatomy" of wisdom. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 249-268
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 249-268
    Keywords: Solomon, ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Wisdom Biblical teaching ; Heart Biblical teaching ; Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
    Abstract: The subject of embodiment has become a popular topic in biblical scholarship in general and in studies of kingship in particular. Despite the lack of an explicit characterization of Solomon via a commentary on his body, his material is not entirely devoid of body politics. This article explores the construction of Solomon’s wisdom in 1 Kings 1–11 via bodily features associated with epistemological processes. Against the backdrop of ANE conceptualizations of wisdom, it analyses ways in which 1 Kings inflates Solomon’s powers of discernment by means of rhetorically enlarged body parts and the conflation of functions of organs of cognition. In the broader context of his reign, these elements of corporeality underscore Solomon’s misappropriated wisdom, leading to the deconstruction of his royal ideology.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211012439
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    Ceremonial celebrations outside the Temple compound in Ezra-Nehemiah in Babylonian ritual context. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 147-160
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 147-160
    Keywords: Bible. Comparative studies ; Bible. Comparative studies ; Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Bible ; Ritual in the Bible
    Abstract: The article examines three Judean rituals described in Ezra-Nehemiah—the erection of the altar, the public reading of the Torah, and the inauguration of the Jerusalem wall—in the Neo-Babylonian–Persian context. It suggests that the Babylonian rituals observed throughout the Long Sixth Century shed light on, and constitute a relevant cultural context for consideration of these celebrations as described in Ezra-Nehemiah, which took place in Judah in the seventh month.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211032266
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    On the threshold : liminality in the stories of the concubine of Gibeah and Ruth. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 230-248
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 230-248
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Concubinage Biblical teaching ; Intertextuality in the Bible ; Liminality in the Bible ; Women in the Bible
    Abstract: This article proposes an intertextual-synchronic reading of the book of Ruth and the story of the concubine of Gibeah in Judges 19. Although previous scholars have compared these two stories, they have ignored the theme of liminality, which is critical to their proper understanding. After highlighting the literary similarities between these two stories, I discuss these stories’ different manifestations of liminality—identic, temporal, and spatial. This highlights the shared central question of both stories: How can the female protagonist, a stranger to her surroundings, cross the threshold to a secure space—home? Can she traverse the precarious night and see the light of day? I illustrate how the stories act as foils to each other by representing opposite portrayals of societal behavior and final outcomes for the female protagonist. I conclude by showing how this new reading lets us better see the moral message of each story.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211001399
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    Engaging Westermann and the assumptive world. (2021)
    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 177-192
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    ISSN: 0309-0892
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 177-192
    Keywords: Westermann, Claus ; Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. 20th century ; History ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. 20th century ; History ; Laments in the Bible ; Psychic trauma
    Abstract: The work of Claus Westermann was foundational for the modern study of lament literature in the Hebrew Bible. Westermann’s work on the Psalms arose from his experiences in the Second World War, where he learned to value both the praise and the lament elements of the Psalms. This article reconsiders Westermann’s contribution to the theology of lament in light of contemporary theory on the impact of trauma on individuals, focussing on the understanding of the impact of traumatic experience on the assumptive world of those who suffer. There are significant points of correspondence between the two, demonstrating anew the insights of Westermann’s work.
    DOI: 10.1177/03090892211032252
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