Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11: Article 11 (2011)

Hava Shalom-Guy, "The Call Narratives of Gideon and Moses: Literary
Convention or More?"

Abstract:

Comparison of the Gideon (Judg 6:11–24) and Moses (Exod 3:1–15) call
narratives raises the question of whether they are different manifestations
of the same literary convention—a biblical "type-scene" of appointment and
investiture—or display literary dependence. I suggest that their affinity
goes beyond the shared features of the call-narrative convention and argue
that the author of the Gideon narrative deliberately created direct literary
links between the protagonist's investiture and that of Moses—the
archetypical biblical leader—as a means of elevating Gideon's stature.

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New Reviews in JHS

I am glad to announce the publication of the following
fourteen reviews in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
(http://www.jhsonline.org)

• Allen, Leslie C., Jeremiah: A Commentary (OTL;
Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2008). (Reviewed by
Hetty Lalleman).

• Boccaccini, Gabriele and Giovanni Ibba (eds.), Enoch and
Mosaic Torah: The Evidence of Jubilees (Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Eerdmans, 2009). (Reviewed by Rodney A. Werline).

• Chung, Youn Ho, The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the
Bible's Negative Attitude Toward the Golden Calf (LHBOTS,
523; New York: T & T Clark, 2010). (Reviewed by Lissa M.
Wray Beal).

• Corley, Jeremy and Vincent Skemp (eds.), Studies in the
Greek Bible: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Gignac, S.J.
(CBQMS, 44; Washington, DC: The Catholic Biblical
Association of America, 2008). (Reviewed by Claude Cox).

• Davis, Ellen F., Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An
Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2009). (Reviewed by Steven J. Schweitzer).

• de Hulster, Izaak J. and Rüdiger Schmitt, (eds.),
Iconography and Biblical Studies: Proceedings of the
Iconography Sessions at the Joint EABS / SBL Conference,
22–26 July 2007, Vienna, Austria (AOAT, 361; Münster:
Ugarit, 2009). (Reviewed by Frank Ueberschaer).

• Earl, Douglas, Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture
(Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement 2; Winona
Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2010). (Reviewed by J. Gordon
McConville).

• Jindo, Job Y., Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A
Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1–24
(HSM, 64; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2010). (Reviewed
by Hyuk-ki Kim).

• Klein, Anja, Schriftauslegung im Ezechielbuch:
Redaktionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Ez 34–39 (BZAW,
391; Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008).
(Reviewed by William A. Tooman).

• Matthews, Victor H., More than Meets the Ear:
Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament
Conversations (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008).
(Reviewed by Colin Toffelmire).

• Niditch, Susan, "My Brother Esau is a Hairy Man":
Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2008). (Reviewed by Jonathan Y. Rowe).

• O'Dowd, Ryan, The Wisdom of Torah: Epistemology in
Deuteronomy and the Wisdom Literature (FRLANT, 225;
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009). (Reviewed by
Doug Ingram).

• Pratico, Gary D. and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of
Biblical Hebrew Grammar (2nd. ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
2007) and idem, Basics of Biblical Hebrew Workbook (2nd.
ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007). (Reviewed by Mary L.
Conway).

• Schiffman, Lawrence, The Courtyards of the House of the
Lord: Studies in the Temple Scroll (STDJ, 75; Leiden and
Boston: Brill, 2008). (Reviewed by Dwight D. Swanson).

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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35/4, 1 June 2011

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Was Yahweh Worshiped in the Aegean?
Nissim Amzallag
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;35 387-415
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/387?etoc

The 'Naked Narrative' from Noah to Leviticus: Reassessing Voyeurism in the
Account of Noah's Nakedness in Genesis 9.22-24
Brad Embry
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;35 417-433
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/417?etoc

Joseph's Dreams, Part Two: From Saul to Solomon
Benjamin D.H. Hilbert
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;35 435-461
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/435?etoc

On Patterning in the Book of Samuel: 'News of Death' and the Kingship of
David
Yitzhak Berger
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;35 463-481
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/463?etoc

Why Jeremiah is Not Among the Prophets: An Analysis of the Terms
{alef}{yod}{bet}{nun} and {finalmem}{yod}{alef}{bet}{nun} in the Book of
Jeremiah
M.J. De Jong
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;35 483-510
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/483?etoc

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11 (2011)

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11: Article 10 (2011)

Robert E. Wallace, "The Narrative Effect of Psalms 84–89"

Abstract:

As the reader encounters Book III of the Psalter, the disorientation of
exile challenges the psalmists' attempts to find hope in traditional
elements of faith. Within a canonical context of exile, the hymns of
celebration found in Pss 84–89 become ironic expressions of a grieving
Israel looking to reorient their theology by appealing to Temple, land, and
Davidic covenant. Those traditional elements, however, are no longer capable
of providing hope. This prepares the reader for return to Moses and Mosaic
covenant in Book IV. Davidic kingship and Zion gives way to Yahweh as king,
enthroned forever.

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Journal for the Study of Judaism 42/2 (2011)

Record 1.
TI: Jewish Novellas in a Greek and Roman Age: Fiction and Identity
AU: Wills, Lawrence M.
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 141-165(25)
PB: Brill
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Record 2.
TI: Philos Perception of the Roman Empire
AU: Berthelot, Katell
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 166-187(22)
PB: Brill
IS: 0047-2212
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Record 3.
TI: Stringency in Qumran?
AU: Heger, Paul
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 188-217(30)
PB: Brill
IS: 0047-2212
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Record 4.
TI: Emanation et creation: le motif du manteau de lumiere revisite
AU: Costa, Jose
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 218-252(35)
PB: Brill
IS: 0047-2212
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Record 5.
TI: Inscriptions, Synagogues and Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine
AU: Millar, Fergus
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 253-277(25)
PB: Brill
IS: 0047-2212
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Record 6.
TI: Review of Articles
AU:
JN: Journal for the Study of Judaism
PD: 2011
VO: 42
NO: 2
PG: 278-292(15)
PB: Brill
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures vol.11 article 9 (2011)

Ellen van Wolde and Robert Rezetko, "Semantics and the Semantics of ברא: A
Rejoinder to the Arguments Advanced by B. Becking and M. Korpel"

Abstract:

Becking and Korpel argued that ברא should be construed as "to construct."
Van Wolde and Rezetko respond to their arguments with a critical review of
earlier biblical studies, reflections on biblical and extra-biblical
semantics including studies of verbs expressing "separation-events,"
etymological studies including evidence from Samaritan texts, and a more
complete analysis of various Biblical Hebrew verbs and proper names. These
studies lead to the conclusion that Van Wolde's proposal that ברא should be
construed as "to spatially separate" remains a viable explanation for the
semantics of this verb.

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Tyndale Bulletin 61/2 (2010)

Articles in TynBul 61.2 (November 2010)

The Literary Quality of Scripture as Seen by the Early Church

Michael Graves (Wheaton College, IL) p.161

Christians in the first five centuries of the church lived in an environment that placed a high value on literary and rhetorical expression. Within this context, cultured critics of Christianity often disparaged the literary style of the Christian Bible in its Greek and Latin forms. The most common response in the first Christian centuries was to concede Scripture’s simple style but to assert the superiority of its divine content. But eventually Christians began to suggest paradigms for seeing artistic crafting in the biblical text. One stream of thought, exemplified by Jerome, looked to the original language of the Old Testament to discover the literary quality of Scripture. Another stream of thought, developed by Augustine, explored the literary quality of Scripture by reflecting on the relationship between human conventions and divine inspiration.

Relating Prayer and Pain:
Psychological Analysis and Lamentations Research

Heath Aaron Thomas (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The Paideia Centre for Public Theology) p.183

Psychological approaches to biblical texts have gained currency, particularly in lament literature. One notes, however, an increasing interest in the intersections between Lamentations and psychological analysis as well. Upon a survey of literature, one quickly realises no singular methodology prevails: scholars have applied to Lamentations the insights of Kübler-Ross’ grief process as well as the insights of John Archer, Yorick Spiegel, Sigmund Freud and the perspectives of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Whilst useful in identifying and assessing pain in the poetry, these approaches undervalue the crucial indicators of prayer in Lamentations. These indicators press research to the fecund field of the psychology of prayer. This essay exposes diverse applications of psychological approaches to the book, presents an analysis of both the benefits and limitations of this research and then relates prayer and pain in its poetry by exploring the connections between Lamentations and the psychology of prayer.

Which Hebrew Bible?

Review of Biblia Hebraica Quinta, Hebrew University Bible, Oxford Hebrew Bible, and Other Modern Editions
David L. Baker (Trinity Theological College, Perth) p.209

Three major critical editions of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament are in preparation at present: Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ), the Hebrew University Bible (HUB), and the Oxford Hebrew Bible (OHB). This article is a comparative review of these three editions, followed by a briefer review of six other modern editions: British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, Jewish Publication Society (JPS), Jerusalem Crown (JC), Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia (BHL), and the Reader’s Hebrew Bible (RHB). Finally, there is a brief discussion of implicit editions and electronic editions, followed by concluding remarks on the usefulness of the various editions.

Manasseh and the Punishment Narrative

Andrew Taehang Ohm (Korean Bible Baptist Fellowship) p.237

This paper examines the nature of the Manasseh account (2 Kgs 21:1-18) in the macrostructure of the Deuteronomistic literature, especially the books of Samuel and Kings, in which remarkably similar narrative schemes are embedded. They consist of ‘sin description’, ‘sin develop¬ment’, ‘reminder’, ‘response’, and ‘punishment’. I call this unique literary genre ‘punishment narrative’. In the punishment itself several distinctive common devices (destruction of a cultic place, end of family/dynasty line, and a death of an innocent family group member) are employed to show a fulfilment of prophecy. A number of allusions and similarities between the death of Saul and the anonymous prophet in 1 Kings 13 and between the death of Abijah, Jeroboam’s son (1 Kgs 14:1-18) and Josiah (2 Kgs 23:28-30) are discussed as well. Thereby I put the Manasseh narrative in this category. A close reading shows that the Manasseh and Josiah narratives are not independent but, in effect, two different parts of one punishment narrative. This paper also suggests that these punishment narratives overarch one another in Samuel-Kings from the beginning to the end. Finally, it concludes that the work of Samuel-Kings was woven with different materials but woven into one narrative thread.

Malevolent or Mysterious?
God’s Character in the Prologue of Job

Martin A. Shields (Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, University of Sydney) p.255

Readers of the Book of Job often believe that the prologue reveals the entire reason for Job’s loss and suffering and so the full background for all that transpires throughout the remainder of the work. Many readers find that this raises significant problems about God’s character as depicted in the book. There are, however, subtle indications both in the structure of the prologue and the content of the entire book which suggest that the exchanges between Yahweh and the Satan do not offer to the reader the complete rationale for Job’s suffering. Furthermore, it appears that the author of Job has deliberately created a riddle which, left unsolved, traps the reader into believing—as Job’s friends believe—that a full reason for Job’s suffering is at hand. Solving the riddle, however, entwines the reader in Job’s ignorance and thus the book’s insistence that there is some wisdom only Yahweh holds.

Drawing Ethical Principles from the Process of the Jerusalem Council: A New Approach to Acts 15:4-29

Hyung Dae Park (Chongshin Theological Seminary) p.271

This study proposes that the main ethical points found in the decision of the Jerusalem council in Acts 15:4-29 should include the council members’ attitudes of trusting each other, respecting God and his Word, and answering with some conceded responses to the others, rather than just the four prohibitions. To argue this proposal, first of all, the situation of the council is described in terms of the historical background and the narrative flow. The three lists of the four restrictions in 15:20, 29 and 21:25 are then compared, and the characteristics of the decision of the council are examined. The council’s list differs from James’ and has the perspective of worship and covenant rather than of ritual.

James, Soteriology, and Synergism

Alexander Stewart (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) p.293

The history of interpretation of James has often focused on what James teaches concerning salvation in 2:14-26, and has neglected other soteriological language in the book. This study will begin by investigating the soteriological synergism of faith and works in James 2:14-26, but will proceed by examining several other ways James describes the necessary, human response to God’s saving initiative throughout the book: repentance and humility, love and mercy, and perseverance and patience.

An Alternative Explanation for the Alleged ‘Imperatival’ Participles of Romans 12:9-21

Jeffrey S. Lamp (Oral Roberts University) p.311

The participles of Romans 12:9-21 have occasioned much discussion among grammarians and commentators. The primary debate concerns whether the participles are functioning imperativally or whether they might be connected with a finite verb in the context of the passage. This article suggests that the participles might indeed be connected with a finite verb, but one that is unexpressed in the passage.

DISSERTATION SUMMARIES

Prophetic Ministry in Jeremiah and Ezekiel

Kathleen M. Rochester (St John’s College, Durham) p.317

This study seeks to make a contribution to the understanding of Old Testament prophetic ministry by offering a close comparison of selected texts from two quite different, yet related, prophetic books: Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Both prophets focus on the fall of Jerusalem, and use many similar motifs in their messages. They portray overlapping historical contexts, yet their geographical settings are different. This mix of features in common with aspects that are quite dissimilar provides fertile ground for fruitful comparative study.

Tyndale Bulletin 62/1 (2011)

Articles in TynBul 62.1 (May 2011)

The Ostracon from the Days of David Found at Khirbet Qeiyafa

Alan Millard (University of Liverpool) p.1

A newly discovered ostracon at Khirbet Qeiyafa which dates from about 1000 BC is a welcome addition to the meagre examples of writing which survive from that period. The letters are difficult to read and the language may be Hebrew, Canaanite, Phoenician or Moabite. Translations range from a list of names to commands concerning social justice. The simplest explanation is that this is a list of Hebrew and Canaanite names written by someone unused to writing. They help to suggest that writing was practised by non-scribes, so the skill may have been widespread.

The Retroactive Re-Evaluation Technique with Pharaoh’s Daughter and the Nature of Solomon’s Corruption in 1 Kings 1–12

Yong Ho Jeon (Trinity College, Bristol) p.15

In the Solomon narrative in Kings (1 Kgs 1–12), Solomon’s faults are explicitly criticised only in 1 Kings 11, in relation to his marriage with foreign women. However, his intermarriage with Pharaoh’s daughter appears in earlier parts of the narrative (1 Kgs 3:1; 7:8; 9:16, 24) without any explicit criticism. Using a ‘reader-sensitive’ approach, which presumes that the author of the narrative tries to exploit the reader’s reading process and prior knowledge, we show that the writer is using a ‘retroactive re-evaluation technique’ in his reference to ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’ (the technique means that the author guides his reader to re-evaluate previous passages in light of new information). Additionally, through a theological reading of the narrative, the nature of Solomon’s corruption is revealed as his ‘return to Egypt’. This fits well with the ‘retroactive re-evaluation technique’, explaining why the references to ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’ are arranged in the way that they are.

Forked Parallelism in Egyptian, Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetry

Richard Abbott (Trinity College, Bristol) p.41

A particular pattern of tricolon or triplet, sometimes known as forked parallelism, has been identified in Ugaritic and early Hebrew poetry. It has been suggested that it is a characteristic style of Canaanite or ancient Semitic poetry, and noted that in the Hebrew Bible its use declines dramatically outside the archaic and early examples of poetry. Hence it can be seen as a stylistic indicator suggesting authentic early composition of some portions of the Hebrew Bible. This paper shows that the pattern was also used as a regular feature in some genres of Egyptian poetry from the Old Kingdom through to the end of the New Kingdom. At that time it appears to have ceased being a device regularly used by Egyptian poets, in parallel with their counterparts in the Levant. Thus the use, and subsequent decline, of this pattern in Israel is a local reflection of a wider aesthetic choice rather than an isolated phenomenon. The structural uses of this and some other triplet patterns are reviewed, and some clear poetic purposes identified. This review also highlights some differences between the typical poetic use of triplets in Ugaritic, Hebrew and Egyptian. Some typical triplet patterns used in Ugaritic and Hebrew are not found in Egyptian sources.

Lamentations and the Poetic Politics of Prayer

Robin Parry (Wipf and Stock Publishers) p.65

The first half of this paper seeks to make explicit the political dimen¬sions of the text of Lamentations. The poetry vividly depicts the political use of violence in the destruction of a society. Judah is ruined politically, economically, socially, and religiously by the Babylonians for political ends. In the second half of the paper I argue that Lamentations contributes to our theo-political reflections not so much in its provision of new conceptual categories, nor even in its sharpening of categories already in place but rather in its power for shaping the emotional, ethical-political response of its audiences (human and divine). The readers are invited to bring political calamity into God’s presence and to seek salvation; they are encouraged to look with merciful eyes at victims of political violence even if those victims are not ‘innocent’; they are encouraged to see political evil for what it is and to speak its name; they are guided towards becoming honest-to-God lamenters and God-dependent pray-ers who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

The Apocalyptic Vision of Jesus According to the Gospel of Matthew: Reading Matthew 3:16–4:11 Intertextually

David Mathewson (Gordon College, Massachusetts) p.89

There has been much discussion on the relationship of Jesus to apocalyptic. What has been missing is a demonstration that Jesus participated in what is at the heart of literature labeled ‘apocalyptic’: a visionary experience of a transcendent reality. This article argues that Jesus’ post-baptismal experience and the temptation narrative that follows, particularly as recorded in Matthew 3:16–4.11, portray Jesus as undergoing such an apocalyptic visionary experience which resembles closely the visionary experience of early Jewish and Christian apocalypses. Thus, with the opening of the heavens to the final temptation, Matthew 3:16–4.11 depicts a third person account of a sustained visionary experience modeled intertextually after classic apocalyptic seers (Ezekiel, Isaiah, Enoch). Jesus’ apocalyptic vision functions to authenticate Jesus’ role as divine spokesperson for God and provides a perspective for the struggle that will ensue in the rest of Matthew.

Paul’s Common Paraenesis (1 Thess. 4–5; Phil. 2–4; and Rom. 12–13): The Correspondence between Romans 1:18-32 and 12:1-2, and the Unity of Romans 12–13

Seyoon Kim (Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena) p.109

First Thessalonians 5:12-24; Romans 12:9-21; and Philippians 4:2-9 show close parallels, while their wider contexts (1 Thess. 4–5; Rom. 12–13; and Phil. 3:17–4:9) also display a substantial parallelism. This observation leads us to affirm Paul’s common paraenesis (cf. 1 Cor. 4:17), and helps us see what he considers the fundamental way of Christian existence (cf. Gal. 5:22-25). Then, this observation helps us also see (a) the correspondence between Romans 1:18-32 and 12:1-2; (b) the unity of Romans 12–13 as a whole, in which Romans 12:1-2 and 13:11-14 form an inclusio, which are, respectively, the thesis statement and the concluding statement about the Daseinsweise of the redeemed in contrast to that of fallen humanity in Romans 1:18-21; and (c) the consistent line of Paul’s thinking in Romans, which is sustained through his Adam-Christ antithesis (5:12-21). Finally, the notion of Paul’s common paraenesis enables us to conduct a comparative study of the paraenetical sections of the various epistles of Paul and to appreciate the distinctive elements in a given epistle (e.g. the extended elaboration of the theme of ‘living peaceably with all’ in Rom. 12:14–13:10) in terms of the particular needs of the recip¬ients of that epistle.

The Christology of Titus 2:13 and 1 Timothy 2:5

J. Christopher Edwards (University of St Andrews) p.141

This article makes an acute observation about the strong similarities between Titus 2:11-14 and 1 Timothy 2:1-7. These similarities are significant because they suggest that it is not valid to translate Titus 2:13 as: ‘The glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.’ This traditional translation affirms Jesus’ deity by ascribing to him the title of θεός.

A Brief Response to ‘The Christology of Titus 2:13 and
1 Tim. 2:5’ by J. Christopher Edwards

Murray J. Harris (Cambridge, New Zealand) p.149


We can be grateful to Dr Edwards for reminding us of part of the Old Testament background of the ransom logion and for highlighting the similarity of Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, and Barnabas 14:6.
In its essence, Dr Edwards’ view seems to be that the similarities between 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Titus 2:11-14 are so great that it is unlikely that their Christologies should not also be identical. Then, since θεός and Χριστὸς ’Ιησοῦς are clearly distinguished in 1 Timothy 2:5, they should also be distinguished in Titus 2:13. So the common translation that ascribes the title ‘our great God and Saviour’ to Jesus Christ ‘is not valid’.

DISSERTATION SUMMARIES

The Glory of Yhwh in the Old Testament with Special Attention to the Book of Ezekiel

Pieter De Vries (University of Amsterdam) p.151

This study focuses on the use of כָּבוֹד in the Old Testament and especially in the book of Ezekiel. The specific approach of this study is not only to analyse כָּבוֹד itself but also its most important synonyms as well as its main equivalent in Aramaic, יְקָר. Biblical texts are approached from a canonical perspective, and the synchronic approach prevails over the diachronic.

The Johannine Discourses and the Teaching of Jesus in the Synoptics: A Comparative Approach to the Authenticity of Jesus’ Words in the Fourth Gospel

Philipp Fabian Bartholomä (Landau, Germany) p.155

The main subject of this dissertation is the correlation between the alleged relationship of the Johannine discourses with the teaching of Jesus in the Synoptics on the one hand and the assessment of the authenticity of Jesus’ words in the Fourth Gospel on the other. Generally speaking, the Johannine discourses have received comparatively little attention as reliable and thus valuable sources for the teaching of the historical Jesus, not least owing to the fact that even a cursory glance at John and the Synoptic Gospels reveals obvious differences between how Jesus’ words are presented. These differences have frequently been perceived as too great to accept the Johannine discourses as authentic representations of Jesus’ teaching, especially when placed alongside Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures vol.11 (2011) New Article: A. Andrason, "Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol: A Dynamic Definition?"

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11: Article 8 (2011)

Alexander Andrason, "Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol: A Dynamic Definition?"

(Full) Abstract:

This article provides a concise, non-reductionist and non-taxonomist synchronically valid definition of the Biblical Hebrew verbal construction labeled wayyiqtol. Basing his proposal on findings of evolutionary linguistics (to which belong grammaticalization, path and chaos theories as well as cognitive linguistics) and employing the panchronic methodology, the author demonstrates the following: all semantic and functional properties (such as taxis, aspectual, temporal, modal and discourse-pragmatic values) of the wayyiqtol – as distinct and superficially incongruent they appear – may be unified and rationalized as a single dynamic category: advanced portions of the anterior and simultaneous trajectories (which constitute two sub-clines of the resultative path), developed within the three temporal spheres and, additionally, contextualized by the incorporation of an originally independent lexeme with a coordinative-consecutive force.

The author constructs his thesis enumerating various properties of the formation as witnessed in the Biblical material. This supposedly chaotic synchronic inventory is subsequently tidied up in accordance with the orderliness principle (imposed by the abductive type of argumentation) and pictured as a computation of portions of the two above-mentioned universal evolutionary scenarios. After that, the hypothesis is verified by diachronic (Proto-Semitic origin, cognitive basis and posterior development of the expression) and comparative evidences (properties of genetically related constructions in other Semitic languages). Having presented a new classification of the wayyiqtol, the author also shows how this proposal differs from another grammaticalization based model established by Cook (2002) and, finally, indicating certain weaknesses of his own explanation, sketches a plan of future research.

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Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses TOC 40/2, 1 June 2011

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The Study of Religion in the University: Beyond Scientific and Humanistic
Approaches
William K.B. Stoever
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 131-151
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/131?etoc


Self-Transcendence as the Ultimate Reality in Interreligious Dialogue: A
Neo-Confucian Perspective
Edward Y.J. Chung
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 152-176
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/152?etoc


Elements de comprehension sur la praxis ludique de Jesus le Christ
Gervais Deschenes
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 177-198
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/177?etoc


Hindu Hair and Jewish Halakha
Benjamin J. Fleming and Annette Yoshiko Reed

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 199-234
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/199?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The House Where God Lives: Renewing the
Doctrine of the Church for Today Gary D. Badcock Grand Rapids, MI, and
Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 2009. xii + 366 pp
Stanley S. MacLean
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 235-236
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/235?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the
Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun Roger Beck Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006. xvi + 285 pp
Richard S. Ascough
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 237-238
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/237?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The Reign of God is Such as These: A
Socio-Literary Analysis of Daughters in the Gospel of Mark The Library of
New Testament Studies 422 Sharon Bestworth New York: T & T Clark
International, 2010. xi + 164 pp
Calogero A. Miceli
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 238-240
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/238?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Ecotheology and the Practice of Hope
Anne Marie Dalton and Henry C. Simmons Albany: State University of New York
Press, 2010. xiii + 183 pp
Christopher Hrynkow
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 240-242
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/240?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Methods for Luke Methods in Biblical
Interpretation Joel B. Green (ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2010. x + 157 pp
Ian Brown
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 242-243
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/242?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Dharma Alf Hiltebeitel Honolulu:
University of Hawai'i Press, 2010. xiii + 188 pp
Yasaman S. Munro
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 244-245
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/244?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Beware of Small States : Lebanon,
Battleground of the Middle East David Hirst New York : Nation Books, 2010.
480 p
Michel Gardaz
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 245-247
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/245?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Rethinking Hindu Identity D.N. Jha
London and Oakville: Equinox Publishing, 2009. ix + 100 pp
Yasaman S. Munro
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 247-249
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/247?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The Politics of Redemption: The Social
Logic of Salvation Adam Kotsko London and New York: T & T Clark, 2010. vii
+ 216 pp
Len MacRae
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 249-250
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/249?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Abortion and the Apostolate: A Study in
Pauline Conversion, Rhetoric, and Scholarship Gorgias Dissertations:
Biblical Studies 42 Matthew W. Mitchell Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2009.
xviii + 245 pp
Ryan S. Schellenberg
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 250-252
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/250?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman
Empire Stephen Mitchell and Peter Van Nuffelen (eds) New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2010. viii + 239 pp
Stephen J. Bedard
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 252-253
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/252?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Jewish Views of the Afterlife, second
edition Simcha Paull Raphael Foreword by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009
Justin Jaron Lewis
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 253-255
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/253?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to
Global Harmony Stephen Schwartz New York and London: Doubleday, 2007. xii +
275 pp
Gezim Alpion
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 255-257
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/255?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: The Biblical Saga of King David John Van
Seters Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009. xiv + 386 pp
Walter Vogels
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 257-258
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/257?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and
Christian Worlds Shmuel Shepkaru Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,
2006. vii + 414 pp
Shayna Sheinfeld
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 259-260
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/259?etoc


Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Aimee Semple McPherson and the
Resurrection of Christian America Matthew Avery Sutton Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press, 2007. 351 pp
Peter Schuurman
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 260-261
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/260?etoc


Annette Jean Ahern
Robert Kennedy
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 2011;40 262-263
http://sir.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/40/2/262?etoc

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures vol.11, article 7 (2011)

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11: Article 7 (2011)

Amos Frisch, "Comparison With David as a Means of Evaluating Character in the Book of Kings"

Abstract:

Comparison with David is a literary device employed throughout the book of Kings as a way to assess the kings whose deeds are recounted in the book (both kings of Judah and at least Jehu of Israel). Explicit comparisons to David are linked to literary allusions to him and understood as a single basic phenomenon. The comparisons also include a sophisticated system of inverted analogies (among David, Solomon and Jeroboam).

To access the article directly please go to http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article_154.pdf

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha TOC 20/4, 1 June 2011

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Was the Rejection of Gifts One of the Reasons for the Outbreak of the
Maccabean Revolt? A Preliminary Note on the Role of Gifting in the Book of
1 Maccabees
Doron Mendels
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;20 243-256
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/243?etoc

Procopius of Caesarea and the Girgashite Diaspora
Ory Amitay
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;20 257-276
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/257?etoc

The Question of Coherence in Philo's Cultic Imagery: A Socio-literary
Approach
Nijay Gupta
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;20 277-297
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/277?etoc

Phinehan Zeal: A Consideration of James Dunn's Proposal
Dane Ortlund
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;20 299-315
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/299?etoc

themelios 36/1 (May 2011)

http://thegospelcoalition.org/publications/36-1

• Editorial: On Abusing Matthew 18
• Minority Report: Know Your Limits: The Key Secret of Theological Controversy
• Carl Trueman
• Trinitarian Agency and the Eternal Subordination of the Son: An Augustinian Perspective
• Keith E. Johnson
• A Spirited Humanity: The Trinitarian Ecclesiology of Colin Gunton
• Uche Anizor
• Review Article: Magnum Opus and Magna Carta: The Meaning of the Pentateuch
• Stephen Dempster
• Pastoral Pensées: The Hopelessness of the Unevangelized
• Robert H. Gundry
• Book Reviews

Expository Times TOC 122/9, 1 June 2011

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Political Theology
Tim Gorringe
The Expository Times 2011;122 417-424
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/122/9/417?etoc

Paul in the Book of Acts: Differences and Distance
Michael B. Thompson
The Expository Times 2011;122 425-436
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/122/9/425?etoc

Commenting On Hosea
David J. Reimer
The Expository Times 2011;122 436
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/436?etoc

Faith in the Face of Atheism
Mark Elliott
The Expository Times 2011;122 437-438
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/437?etoc

3rd July: Proper 9: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Robert Gillies
The Expository Times 2011;122 439-440
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/439?etoc

10th July: Proper 10: Romans 8: 1-11
Eric G. McKimmon
The Expository Times 2011;122 441-442
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/441?etoc

July 17th: Proper 11: Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43
Rosemary King
The Expository Times 2011;122 442-445
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/442?etoc

July 24 th: Proper 12: Genesis 29: 15-28; Psalm 105: 1-11, 45b; Romans 8:
26-39; Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
Scott Cowdell
The Expository Times 2011;122 445-447
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/445?etoc

July 31st: Proper 13: Isaiah 55.1-5; Matthew 14.13-21
A. Leslie Milton
The Expository Times 2011;122 447-449
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/447?etoc

All- Age Worship Resources for July
Glendon Macauley
The Expository Times 2011;122 450-454
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/450?etoc

Book Review: Psalms in Community: Harold W. Attridge and Margot E. Fassler
(eds.), Psalms in Community: Jewish and Christian Textual, Liturgical, and
Artistic Traditions (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. pp.
xiii + 474. ISBN: 1-58983-078-4)
Timothy H. Lim
The Expository Times 2011;122 455-456
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/455?etoc

Book Review: Baptized in the Spirit -- for the Second Time!: James D.G.
Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A Re-examination of the New Testament
Teaching on the Gift of the Spirit in Relation to Pentecostalism Today (2nd
ed.; London: SCM, 2010. {pound}25.00. pp. xxi + 248. ISBN:
978-0-334-04388-1)
Paul Foster
The Expository Times 2011;122 455
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/455-a?etoc

Book Review: The Theologically Useful Peter?: Martin Hengel, Saint Peter:
The Underestimated Apostle (trans. Thomas H. Trapp; Grand Rapids, Michigan:
Eerdmans, 2010. {pound}1.99/$18.00. pp. xiv + 161. ISBN: 978-0-8028-2718-0)
Paul Foster
The Expository Times 2011;122 456-457
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/456?etoc

Book Review: The Influence of Women Religious in Nineteenth Century
Catholicism: S. Karly Kehoe, Creating a Scottish Church, (Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 2010. {pound}60.00. pp. 206. ISBN:
978-0-719-08078-4)
Stephen J. Mckinney
The Expository Times 2011;122 457-459
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/457?etoc

Book Review: Art and Modernity: George Pattison, Crucifixions and
Resurrections of the Image: Reflections on Art and Modernity (London: SCM
Press, 2009. {pound}19.99. pp. viii + 192. ISBN: 978-0-334-04341-6)
Jason Wardley
The Expository Times 2011;122 459-460
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/459?etoc

Book Review: A Gardener's Vade Mecum: M. Bockmuehl and G.M. Stroumsa (eds),
Paradise in Antiquity, Jewish and Christian Views (Cambridge: CUP, 2010.
{pound}55.00/$95.00. pp. xii +260. ISBN 978-0-521-11786-9)
N. Wyatt
The Expository Times 2011;122 460
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/460?etoc

Book Review: God's Love and Human Suffering: Eleonore Stump, Wandering in
Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford: OUP, 2010.
{pound}55.00. pp. 668. ISBN: 978-0-19-927742-1)
Richard Swinburne
The Expository Times 2011;122 460-461
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/460-a?etoc

Book Review: Biblical Hermeneutics in the Caribbean: Oral Thomas, Biblical
Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context (London & Oakville:
Equinox, 2010. {pound}16.99/$32.95.pp. 238. ISBN: 978-1-84553-657-2)
Judith Soares
The Expository Times 2011;122 461-462
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/461?etoc

Book Review: Rehabilitating the Catholic Epistles: Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr and
Robert W. Wall (eds), The Catholic Epistles and Apostolic Tradition: A New
Perspective on James to Jude (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2009.
$69.95. pp. x+ 536. ISBN: 978-1-60258-215-6)
Jane Heath
The Expository Times 2011;122 463
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/463?etoc

Book Review: Parallelomania or Indispensible Research Tool?: James P. Ware,
Synopsis of the Pauline Letters in Greek and English (Grand Rapids, MI.:
Baker, 2010. $49.99. pp. xxxi + 317. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3889)
Paul Foster
The Expository Times 2011;122 463-464
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/463-a?etoc

Book Review: Insignificant Progenitors?: Richard Fox Young (ed.), India and
the Indianness of Christianity: Essays on Understanding- Historical,
Theological, and Bibliographical - in Honor of Robert Eric Frykenberg
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2009. {pound}29.99. pp. 294. ISBN:
978-0-8028-6392-8)
Robin Boyd
The Expository Times 2011;122 464-465
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/464?etoc

Book Review: Paideia Commentary On Matthew: Charles H. Talbert, Matthew,
Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker
Academic, 2010. $29.99. pp. xxiii + 376. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3192-2)
Paul Foster
The Expository Times 2011;122 465
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/465?etoc

Book Review: The Sexual Challenge: Peter Vardy, The Puzzle of Sex (London:
SCM, 2009. {pound}9.99. pp. 243. ISBN: 978-0-334-04205-1)
Nigel Zimmermann
The Expository Times 2011;122 466
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/466?etoc

Index of Books Reviewed

The Expository Times 2011;122 467
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/467?etoc

And Finally...
Richard Holloway
The Expository Times 2011;122 468
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/122/9/468?etoc