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  • 1
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    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 161-176
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 161-176
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Relation to Genesis ; Akedah ; Intertextuality in the Bible
    Abstract: The story of Abraham’s willingness to give up his beloved son (Gen. 22) is a highly productive text – that is, it has triggered subsequent literary activity and played a significant role in the composition and shaping of other texts. In this essay, I want to first explore the possibility that 1 Kgs 17–18 is yet another text in which an author has alluded to Gen. 22 and then to reflect on the use of Gen. 22 as a source for narratives composed on analogies to it.
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  • 2
    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.
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  • 3
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    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 147-160
    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.
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  • 4
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    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 177-192
    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.
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    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 269-288
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2021
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 46,2 (2021) 269-288
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Masculinity in the Bible ; Gentiles Biblical teaching
    Abstract: In Genesis, many of the male protagonists represent different peoples in the Levant and their relationships among each other. How those ancestors perform as ‘masculine’ men reflects the notion of the masculinity of the peoples descending from them, formulated from an Israelite/Judahite point of view. While the ancestors of Israel and Judah (Seth, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) perform a certain masculine style, which can be labelled as pious, peaceful, gentle, smart and cultivated, the ancestors of neighbouring peoples (Ham, Lot, Ishmael, Esau) are portrayed as wild or sexually perverted but also aggressive, dominant or hypermasculine. The authors perceive their own people in a historically realistic way; they are no super-men. However, their masculine performance is favoured throughout and even divinely approved.
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  • 6
    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).
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  • 7
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    In:  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46,2 (2021) 230-248
    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.
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  • 8
    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.
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  • 9
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2023
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 47,3 (2023) 322-342
    Keywords: Balaam ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Allusions in the Bible ; Edom (Kingdom)
    Abstract: A set of parallels between the Balaam pericope and the encounter with Edom in Num. 20.14-21 form a literary allusion to the latter, which also draws on elements in the Jacob cycle – especially in Genesis 27. I suggest that these parallels encourage us to associate Balaam with Edom – as do Gen. 36.31-32 and other previously discovered evidence. A key to understanding these literary connections is the sword motif in Num. 20.14-21 and Num. 22.21-35, which points back to “you shall live by your sword” in Gen. 27.40. The allusion seems to present Esau’s sword blessing and Balaam’s intended curse as futile against the divine will. Another layer of meaning of the Balaam-Edom connection becomes clear when we consider the biblical motif of Edom as a symbol of the “nations” (Israel’s enemies), as well as Frisch’s recent proposal that Balaam’s jenny is a symbol of Israel.
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  • 10
    Language: English
    Year of publication: 2023
    Titel der Quelle: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
    Angaben zur Quelle: 47,4 (2023) 393-407
    Keywords: Jehoiachin, Biblical teaching ; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    Abstract: This paper offers an analysis of Ezek. 17. It claims that the eagle did not pluck one of the cedar’s sprigs but rather completely uprooted it. Furthermore, it did not replant the cedar but rather set it in the city to wither, to punish it, not to benefit it. This understanding is consistent with the parable’s structure, interpretation, and Neo-Babylonian findings. It indicates that although Ezekiel anticipates Jehoiachin’s descendants will lead Israel in the future, the prophet’s approach toward Jehoiachin’s exile was negative, and this caused him to exclude Jehoiachin from Israel’s restoration.
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