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Literacy, Utopia and Memory: Is There a Public Teaching in Deuteronomy?
Get PDFLet me start with the obvious: The society to which the Pentateuchal texts refer consisted of a small group of “intellectual” elites that mastered the art of writing and reading, and a vast major- ity of illiterate people. Some scholars estimate literacy to cover no more than five percent of the population. This may have changed in Hellenistic times, but it applies to the whole period of the evolu- tion of Deuteronomy, which stretches from late pre-exilic times through the exilic and possibly into the early Persian time
Micah\u27s Teraphim
No full textDetermining the proper interpretation of the eight passages in the Hebrew Bible in which the term ְתּ ָר ִפים occurs (Gen 31:19–35; Judges 17–18; 1 Sam 15:23; 19:11–17; 2 Kgs 23:24; Ezek 21:26 [in most of the Bible’s English versions, 21:21]; Hos 3:4; and Zech 10:2) has proven to be, in many respects, a vexing problem for scholars. For example, as well documented by K. van der Toorn and T.J. Lewis in their jointly authored “ְתָּר ִפים ” entry in the Theo- logical Dictionary of the Old Testament, and in addition by van der Toorn in a 1990 article that appeared in the Catholic Biblical Quar- terly, no consensus has been reached regarding the etymology o
Review of Walton, John H., Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Winona Lake, Ind.; Eisenbrauns, 2011). Pp. 214. Cloth. $34.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-216-7.
No full textReview of Niesiołowski-Spanò, Łukasz, Origin Myths and Holy Places in the Old Testament: A Study of Aetiological Narratives (Translated by Jacek Laskowski; Copenhagen International Seminar; London & Oakville: Equinox, 2011). Pp. xii + 299. US $95.00. Hard
No full textReview of Oeste, Gordon, K., Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, and the Right to Rule: Windows on Abimelech\u27s Rise and Demise in Judges 9 (LHBOTS, 546; New York: T&T Clark, 2011). Pp. 288. Hardcover. US $140.00. ISBN 978-0-567-23783-5.
No full textReview of Kalimi, Isaac (ed.), New Perspectives on Ezra-Nehemiah: History and Historiography, Text, Literature, and Interpretation (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). Pp. xv + 296. Hardcover. US$49.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-233-4.
No full textReview of Coomber, Matthew J. M. (ed.), Bible and Justice: Ancient Texts, Modern Challenges (London: Equinox, 2011). Pp. ix + 247. Softcover. US$29.95. ISBN 978-1-845-55327-8.
No full textFemale Slave vs Female Slave: ָאָמה and i n t h e H B ִש ְפ ָח ה
Get PDFThe Hebrew Bible has two terms to designate female slaves: ָמהָא and ָחה ְפ ִׁש .A matter that is frequently revisited is whether there is a distinction between these terms. It is clear that ָמה ָאand ָחה ְפ ִׁשare used as synonyms. This is shown by the use of both terms to designate female slaves in gen- eral (e.g., ָמה ָאin Nah ]2:8[7and Lev ;25:44and ָחה ְפ ִׁשin 1Sam 8:16 and Deut ,)28:68and the interchanging of the terms for Hagar in Gen 16:2–5 ָחה( ְפ ִׁש )and 21:10–13 ָמה( ָא )and for Bilhah and Zilpah in 31:33 ָמה( ָא )and ,33:1 6 ָחה( ְפ ִׁש .)A clear synonymous use of the two terms is found in Gen :30:3–4 Then she [Rachel] said, “See! My female slave ִתי[ ָמ ֲא ]Bilhah! Go in to her so she may bear children on my knees and I also may have children through her.” So she gave to him Bilhah her female slave ָתּה[ ָח ְפ ִׁש ]as a wife; and Jacob went into her. (Gen 30:3–4)F1
