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Review of Edelman, Diana V., and Ehud Ben Zvi (eds.), Leadership, Social Memory and Judean Discourse in the Fifth-Second Centuries BCE (Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean; Sheffield: Equinox, 2016).
No full textCovenant in the Persian Period: Edited by Steven Schweitzer
Full text linkThe recent publication, Covenant in the Persian Period: From Genesis to Chronicles, edited by Richard J. Bautch and Gary N. Knoppers (Eisenbrauns, 2015), contains 22 essays on the topic of covenant within various Hebrew Bible texts. The six articles published here reflect interactions in a review session of the SBL Chronicles–Ezra–Nehemiah Section in November 2016. The essays were distributed among four reviewers (Thomas Dozeman, Sean Burt, Melody Knowles, and Thomas Römer). The two editors offered responses. The scope of this engagement enhances the value of the volume for those working on covenant and on these texts
Review of Russell, Stephen C., The King and the Land: A Geography of Royal Power in the Biblical World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).
No full textReview of Jason, Mark A., Repentance at Qumran: The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015).
No full textReview of Tov, Emanuel, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Essays Volume 3 (VTSup, 167; Leiden: Brill, 2015).
No full textMedieval Jewish Exegesis of Psalm 2
Full text linkThis article is a comprehensive, and comparative analysis of the most relevant medieval Jewish exegetes who wrote commentaries on or explanations of Psalm 2: Saadiah Gaon, Yefet ben Eli, Salmon ben Yeruham, Rashi, Josef Bechor Shor, Abraham ibn Ezra, David Kimhi, Jacob ben Reuben, Menahem ha-Meiri, and Isaiah of Thrani. Comparison will show the different solutions provided by medieval Jewish exegetes to the question as to which historical or eschatological figures, nations, or kingdoms the psalm refers to. Other controversial issues such as the place of Psalm 2 within the book of Psalms are also explored
Diminishing the Effectiveness of the Wall in Nehemiah: A Narratological Analysis of the Nehemiah Memoir and Third-person Narration
Full text linkThe book of Nehemiah has often been understood to have an immense focus on the wall. A closer look at the narrative, however, shows that the focus on the wall is exclusively found in the Nehemiah Memoir and not in the third-person narrations. From a narratological perspective, the shifting of narrators is the author’s intention to relay a message. Hence, adopting the narratological approach, this article will argue that the author(s) effectively presents the wall as an inadequate solution to Israel’s problems
Review of Yoder, Tyler R., Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men: Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016).
No full textReview of Steiner, Richard, Disembodied Souls: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient Near East, with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription (ANEM, 11; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015).
No full textThe Unstated Premise of the Prose Pentateuch: YHWH Is King
Full text linkThe prose of the Pentateuch never describes God as a king. This omission requires explanation, because the Pentateuch shows God performing many royal functions and other parts of the Hebrew Bible readily call YHWH “king.” Rhetorical theory provides a likely explanation in the form of the unstated premises in enthymemes. By leaving the premise of God’s kingship implied but unstated, the Pentateuch can apply Iron Age imperial rhetoric to God while avoiding political debates about human king