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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 This conversation with Melody D. Knowles, Centrality Practiced: Jerusalem in the Religious Practices of Yehud and the Diaspora in the Persian Period (Atlanta, SBL, 2006) began in a special session of the
Gary N. Knoppers +4 more
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“How long will my glory be reproach?”: Honor and Shame in OT Lament Traditions
Old Testament Essays, 2017 Old Testament scholarship increasingly recognizes that honor and shame were ubiquitous cultural values in ancient Israel. While this development has led to several full-length studies on honor and shame in OT prosaic books, OT poetic books in which honor-
Jerry Hwang
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 This conversation with Steven Schweitzer, Reading Utopia in Chronicles (LHBOTS, 442; London: T. & T. Clark International, 2008) began in a special session of the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Section of the Society of Biblical Literature held at the SBL ...
Mark J. Boda +3 more
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“Of All Nations … ”: For the Catholicity of the Churches
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 192-204, July 2024.Abstract In November 2023, the Groupe des Dombes, a Francophone ecumenical group, published its new study “De toutes les nations … ”: Pour la catholicité des Églises (“Of All Nations … ” For the Catholicity of the Churches). Its central affirmation, following a common reading of history, and as a result of the biblical exploration that group has ...
Elisabeth Parmentier
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Scripturalization and the Aaronide Dynasties
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2013 Priests claiming descent from Aaron controlled the high priesthood of temples in Jerusalem and on Mount Gerizim in the Second Temple period. These Aaronides were in a position to influence religious developments in this period, especially the ...
James W. Watts
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Shaming and Unreasonable Shame in the Book of Job1
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 161-174, March 2024.Abstract While the philosophical study of shame has gained popularity, its application in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible remains in its early stages. This paper delves into an analysis of shaming and unreasonable shame in the Book of Job, particularly in chapter 19.
Marina Garner
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The Grace of God in the Law of Moses: A Second Look at Israel’s Written Code [PDF]
, 2016 For centuries, the Mosaic Code (“MC”) has been viewed as Israel’s prescriptive legislation, whereby Jewish leaders were to judge infractions by the “letter of the law.” This view is one which permeates both pulpit and pew alike, even in this modern era ...
Krause, Jeffrey S
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Journal of Hebrew ScripturesThis special collection contains revised essays from a 2023 SBL panel on Tamara Cohn Eskenazi’s Anchor Bible commentary on Ezra. Contributors assess her portrayal of Ezra’s political artistry and formation of “peoplehood,” engage major debates in Ezra ...
Aubrey Buster +7 more
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Lot's Daughters and Naomi and Ruth: Of “Moral Love” and National Myths
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 50-70, March 2024.ABSTRACT This essay argues that the book of Ruth's reopening of Israel's history and national mythology functions in such a way as to redeem, as it were, the plight of the subaltern Moabite—a plight begun with the daughters of Lot in Genesis 19. A parallel is then drawn with the 1619 Project, the recent journalistic project which posits the entire ...
John E. Carter
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The nature of the conflict in Ezra-Nehemiah1
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2001 The text of Ezra-Nehemiah relects a severe conlict situaion in post-exilic Judaean society. However, the text is unclear about crucial issues such as the identity of the parties involved, the aims of the different parties, and even the roots of the ...
Wouter C. van Wyk, A. P.B. Breytenbach
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