Men in the Bible and related literature : in the grip of specific males / edited by John T. Greene.
"Men in the Bible is the result of the Seminar in Biblical Characters in Three Traditions of the International Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting that was held at St. Andrews University, Scotland, in 2013. This volume brings together the best papers presented at the Seminar in the form of...
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| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
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MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection. |
| Physical Description: | xxvi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
Contents:
- Prolegomenon / Mishael M. Casp and John T. Greene
- Rachel: the shepherdess among shepherds / Funlola Olojede
- A dreamer among the shepherds: Joseph as a threat to Jacob's headship (Gen. 37) / Sophia Magallanes
- Reading Reuben: the man who protected his mother's honor or slighted his father's honor? / Azila T. Reisenberger
- Fathers and sons: primogeniture versus parental choice according to Rabbi Ya'akov Khuli's Me'am Lo'ez on the Book of Genesis (C.E. 1730) / Alisa Meyuhas Ginio
- They would not hearken unto their judges / Mishael Caspi
- The sinister Ehud: metalworker, musician, and a man of gravity / David Z Crookes
- Belshazzar's last supper: a feast of signs and symbols / Ruthanne Wrobel
- Elisha's trickster tales / Albert McClure
- Ezra's and (Nehemiah's) missions to Yehud in the light of Achaemenid Persian political policies / John T. Greene
- Ezra and the Taliban: what the modern imposition of Sharia Law might tell us about the imposition of Torah Law and Nehemiah's reforms / Donald R. Vance
- The Enoch narratives and the literary Jesus in the apocalyptic mirror / J. Harold Ellens
- Not all comparisons are created equal: Moses and Aaron compared to Jesus in the Letter to the Hebrews / Felix Cortez.