Tuesday, November 15, 2011

New Article and Reviews in JHS

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures – Volume 11: Article 15
(2011)

Jeffrey Stackert, "Compositional Strata in the Priestly
Sabbath: Exodus 31:12-17 and 35:1-3"

Abstract:

This article challenges the conclusions of recent studies
that have attributed the entirety of Exodus 31:12–17 and
35:1–3 either to a Holiness (H) author or another
post-Priestly author. It offers a new redactional analysis
of these Sabbath texts, arguing that each contains an
earlier Priestly (P) stratum that was subsequently expanded
by H. It identifies a P stratum by giving close attention to
the narrative features in these pericopes and their
participation in the larger historical claims of P.
Attention to such narrative qualities is then usefully
combined with stylistic and theological elements to identify
the secondary stratum in these units as an H composition.


To access the article directly please go to

http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article_162.pdf


Also, I am glad to announce the following reviews in the
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures:

1. Ballhorn, Egbert, Israel am Jordan: Narrative
Topographie im Buch Josua (BBB, 162; Bonn: Bonn University
Press im Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011). (Reviewed by
Ernst Axel Knauf).

2. Evans, Paul S., The Invasion of Sennacherib in the Book
of Kings: A Source-Critical and Rhetorical Study of 2 Kings
18–19 (VTSup, 125; Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2009).
(Reviewed by Gordon Oeste).

3. Weeks, Stuart, An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom
Literature (T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies; London
and New York: T&T Clark, 2010). (Reviewed by Scott C.
Jones).

4. Sommer, Benjamin D., The Bodies of God and the World of
Ancient Israel (New York: Cambridge, 2009). (Reviewed by J.
Todd Hibbard).

5. Halpern, Baruch, From Gods to God: The Dynamics of Iron
Age Cosmologies (ed. M. J. Adams; FAT, 63; Tübingen: Mohr
Siebeck, 2009). (Reviewed by Nathan MacDonald).

6. Yasur-Landau, Assaf, Jennie R. Ebeling, and Laura B.
Mazow (eds.) Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and
Beyond (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 50;
Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2011). (Reviewed by Cynthia
Shafer-Elliott).


To access all published reviews directly please go to

http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews_vol.html

Currents in Biblical Research 10/1, 1 October 2011

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Editorial Foreword
Alan J. Hauser, Jonathan Klawans, Scot McKnight, and Schuyler Kaufman
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 3-4
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/1/3?etoc


Abbreviations

Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 5-8
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/10/1/5?etoc


Anti-Imperial Rhetoric in the New Testament
Judy Diehl
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 9-52
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/9?etoc


Trajectories of Ezekiel (Part 2): Beyond the Book
John W. Olley
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 53-80
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/53?etoc


The Warning Passages in Hebrews: Revised Theologies and New Methods of
Interpretation
B.J. Oropeza
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 81-100
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/81?etoc


The State of the Archaeological Debate at Qumran
Robert R. Cargill
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 101-118
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/101?etoc


Recent Scholarship on the Hodayot 1993-2010              
Eileen M. Schuller
Currents in Biblical Research 2011;10 119-162
http://cbi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/1/119?etoc

Monday, November 14, 2011

Expository Times 123/3, 1 December 2011

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Theology Today - Currents and Directions
David Fergusson
The Expository Times 2011;123 105-112
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/123/3/105?etoc


The Meaning of the Phrase 'And the Witnesses Laid Down Their Cloaks' in
Acts 7:58
Brice C. Jones
The Expository Times 2011;123 113-118
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/123/3/113?etoc


The Shema (Deut 6:4-5) in the Story of Samuel (1 Samuel 1-15)
Yoon Jong Yoo
The Expository Times 2011;123 119-121
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/123/3/119?etoc


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Book Review: Do We Know How Jesus Died?: Gunnar Samuelsson, Crucifixion in
Antiquity, WUNT 2.310 (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. {euro}79.00. pp. xxx +
357. ISBN: 978-3-16-150694-9)
Paul Foster
The Expository Times 2011;123 122-124
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/122?etoc


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Sermons for the Christian Year
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1st January: New Year's Day: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Psalm 8; Revelation
21:1-6a; Matthew 25:31-46
Martyn Percy
The Expository Times 2011;123 125-133
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/125?etoc


8th January: First Sunday after Epiphany: Mark 1:4-11
John Shepherd
The Expository Times 2011;123 126-128
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/126?etoc


15th January: Second Sunday after Epiphany: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20); Psalm
139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51
Mark Harris
The Expository Times 2011;123 128-130
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/128?etoc


22nd January: Third Sunday after Epiphany: Jonah 3.1-5,10; 1Corinthians
7.29-31; Mark 1.14-20
Marjory MacLean
The Expository Times 2011;123 130-132
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/130?etoc


29th January: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: The Preacher's Peril:
Deuteronomy 18:20
Chris Knights
The Expository Times 2011;123 132-133
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/132?etoc


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All-Age Worship Resources for January
Alison Swindells
The Expository Times 2011;123 134-138
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/134?etoc


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Book Reviews
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Book Reviews

The Expository Times 2011;123 139-153
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/139?etoc


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Index
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Index of Books Reviewed

The Expository Times 2011;123 154-155
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/154?etoc


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And Finally ...
Michael Fuller
The Expository Times 2011;123 156
http://ext.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/123/3/156?etoc

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 21/2, 1 December 2011

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Aseneth's Gaze Turns Swords into Dust
Ljubica Jovanovic
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;21 83-97
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/83?etoc



Eldad and Modad
Dale C. Allison, Jr
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;21 99-131
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/99?etoc



Jesus, Morton Smith, and the Eighth Book of Moses (PGM 13.1-734)
Todd Klutz
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 2011;21 133-159
http://jsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/133?etoc

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 36/2, 1 December 2011

1 December 2011; Vol. 36, No. 2
URL: http://jot.sagepub.com/content/vol36/issue2/?etoc



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Making a Name for Oneself: Martial Valor, Heroic Death, and Procreation in
the Hebrew Bible
Jacob L. Wright
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;36 131-162
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/131?etoc


How Old Is the Song of Deborah?
Serge Frolov
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;36 163-184
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/163?etoc


David, Jether, and Child Soldiers
David A. Bosworth
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;36 185-197
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/185?etoc


2 Kings 13: A Cluster of Hope in God
John W. Olley
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;36 199-218
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/199?etoc


The Edomite Involvement in the Destruction of the First Temple: A Case of
Stab-in-the-Back Tradition?
Juan Manuel Tebes
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2011;36 219-255
http://jot.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/219?etoc