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Review of Moshavi, Adina, and Tania Notarius (eds.), Advances in Biblical Hebrew Linguistics: Data, Methods, and Analyses (LSAWS, 12; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2017).
No full textReview of Wilson, Ian D., Kingship and Memory in Ancient Judah (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).
No full textReview of Stiebert, Johanna, First-Degree Incest and the Hebrew Bible: Sex in the Family (LHBOTS, 596; London: Bloomsbury, 2016).
No full textReview of Assis, Elie, Identity in Conflict: The Struggle between Esau and Jacob, Edom and Israel (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, 19; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016).
No full textReview of Wright, Archie T., The Origin of Evil Spirits: The Reception of Genesis 6:1–4 in Early Jewish Literature (rev. ed.; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015).
No full textReview of Oeming, Manfred, and Konrad Schmid, Job\u27s Journey: Stations of Suffering (CrStHB, 7; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015).
No full textThe Chronicler\u27s Code: The Rise and Fall of Judah\u27s Army in the Book of Chronicles
No full textThis article focuses on the numbers given in the book of Chronicles for the armies of the Judean kings, with an emphasis on the sequence of the first four kings of Judah. It argues that these numbers were inserted by the Chronicler according to a clear and systematic pattern. Specifically, they are used as a literary device to express a pattern of changes in royal power, in which power increased from the time of Rehoboam\u27s reign until Jehoshaphat, before gradually decreasing until the reign of Ahaz
“Peace for Our Time”: Reading Jonah in Dialogue with Abravanel in the Book of the Twelve
Full text linkMany scholars struggle to understand the reasons behind Jonah\u27s reluctance to go to Nineveh. Using Abravanel\u27s interpretation as its starting point, namely that Jonah sought to ensure Israel\u27s survival by refusing to prophesy to Nineveh, this article explores the notion of foreknowledge, shared by the authors and readers of Jonah. In particular, it asks how our knowledge of Nineveh\u27s fall, inferred from both Nahum and history, influences our understanding of the message of Jonah
