Probing the frontiers of biblical studies / edited by J. Harold Ellens and John T. Greene.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ellens, J. Harold, 1932-
Greene, John T.
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, 2009.
Series:Princeton theological monograph series ; 111.
Subjects:
Clines, David J. A.
Bible > Study and teaching.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xi, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Hebrew bible and New Testament as scholarly vocation / J. Harold Ellens
  • The ways of God in the world: the drama of 2 Kings 6:8-23 / Christopher Dorn
  • David and Jonathan in Iraq: combat trauma and the forging of friendship / Nathan Solomon
  • Character development in the Book of Ruth / David R. Weisberg
  • What happened to the Yahwist? Reflections after thirty years: a collegial conversation between Rolf Rendtorff, David J. A. Clines, Allan Rosengren, and John Van Seters
  • Further reflections on the Yahwist / J. Harold Ellens
  • Yahweh in Jeremiah 1-25: the canon and reading scripture as text / Dirk Odendaal
  • Favor and disfavor in Jeremiah 29:1-23: two dimensions of the characterization of God and the politics of hope / Mignon Jacobs
  • Making a statement: rhetorical questions in the Hebrew psalter / J. Kenneth Kuntz
  • Proselytes and God's name in the Septuagint / James LaGrand
  • The Balaam figure and type before, during, and after the period of the Pseudepigrapha: Hebrew bible, Dier 'Alla, and Qumran / John T. Greene
  • The Balaam figure and type before, during, and after the period of the Pseudepegrapha: 1 Enoch, Philo, NT, Josephus, Rabbinics, Islamics, and modern literature / John T. Greene
  • "Appearing gloriously, manifesting powerfully": the king in the pyramid text and Jesus in Mark 13:24-26 and Matthew 24:29-30 / Edmund Meltzer
  • A forsythia for your thoughts: reciprocity in reading J.B. and Job / Anthony J. Petrotta
  • The Book of Job as a multicultural case report / Rafael Chodos
  • A test of Balaam: locating humor in a biblical text / Anthony J. Petrotta
  • Afterword / J. Harold Ellens and John T. Greene.