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Review of Weeks, Stuart, Ecclesiastes and Scepticism (LHBOTS, 541; New York: T & T Clark, 2012). Pp. 240. Hardcover. US$130.00. ISBN 978-0-567-25288-3.
No full textReview of Leung Lai, Barbara M., Through the ‘I’-Window: The Inner Life of Characters in the Hebrew Bible (HBM, 34; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011). Pp. 212. Hardcover. US$95.00. ISBN 978-1-90753-420-1.
No full textReview of Bodner, Keith, Jeroboam\u27s Royal Drama (Biblical Refigurations; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). Pp. x + 167. Paperback. US$27.95. ISBN 978-0-199-60188-2.
No full textReview of Hall, Sarah Lebhar, Conquering Character: The Characterization of Joshua in Joshua 1–11 (LHBOTS, 512; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2010). Pp. xii + 231. Hardcover. €65.00/US$120.00. ISBN 978-0-567-25703-1.
No full textReview of Matlock, Michael D., Discovering the Traditions of Prose Prayers in Early Jewish Literature (Library of Second Temple Studies, 81; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2012). Pp. xix + 199. US$120.00. ISBN 978-0-567-38384-6.
No full textReview of Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel\u27s Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible (Siphrut, 3; translated by James D. Nogalski; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010).
No full textReview of The Thematic Unity of the Book of the Twelve (HBM, 41; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012).
No full textReview of The Ways of a King: Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible (Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements, 7; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011).
No full textDouble Meaning in the Parable of the Poor Man\u27s Ewe (2 Sam 12:1–4)
No full textThe parable of the poor man\u27s ewe (2 Sam 12:1–4) is best interpreted along two separate axes as a commentary upon the David and Bathsheba narrative in 2 Samuel 11. In one, the parable is an allegory for the sin of adultery with Bathsheba. In the other, the parable is an allegory for the sin of the murder of Uriah. This double interpretation of the parable matches Nathan\u27s censure of David in 12:9–12. In this pericope the prophet twice uses the formulaic opening, “thus says the Lord,” introducing two separate censures, one that focuses exclusively on the sin of adultery, and one on the sin of murder
