I am glad to announce the publication of two new articles in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (http://www.jhsonline.org/index.html).
1. Thomas RENZ, "An Emendation of Hab 2:4a in the Light of Hab 1:5"
Abstract: The first half of Hab. 2:4 has long been a crux; numerous emendations have been proposed over the years. This essay returns to an earlier proposal that the letter sequence 'PLH עפלה is the result of a metathesis and argues that P'L פעל refers back to Hab. 1:5 with the grapheme H ה originally functioning as an interrogative pronoun with L' לא. The result is a reading of the vision which makes reference to the divine as well as human protagonists.
To access the article directly please go to
http://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_191.pdf
2. Zev FARBER, "Jerubaal, Jacob and the Battle for Shechem: A Trdition History"
Abstract: The Bible alludes to three different versions of the conquest/destruction of Shechem. The Jerubaal-Abimelech cycle, the conquest of Shechem by Jacob, and the Dinah story. The (later) Jacob story overtook the (earlier) Jerubaal story, a phenomenon I dub tradition cannibalism, as Jerubaal became identified with Gideon and shed his own story. When the idea of a conquering patriarch fell out of favor, the account reemerged as the Dinah story, with Simeon and Levi as the conquerors of Shechem.
To access the article directly please go to
http://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_192.pdf
Also, I am glad to announce the publication of several new reviews in JHS:
1. Anderson, John E., Jacob and the Divine Trickster: A Theology of Deception and YHWH's Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle(Siphrut, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011). (Reviewed by Diana Lipton).
2. Assis, Elie, The Book of Joel: A Prophet between Calamity and Hope (LBHOTS, 581; New York: Bloomsbury, 2013). (Reviewed by Joel Barker).
3. Ben Zvi, Ehud and Christoph Levin (eds.), Remembering and Forgetting in Early Second Temple Judah (FAT, 85; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012). (Reviewed by A.J. Culp).
4. Conklin, Blane, Oath Formulas in Biblical Hebrew(LSAWS, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011). (Reviewed by Joshua E. Stewart).
5. Coomber, Matthew J. M., Re-Reading the Prophets through Corporate Globalization: A Cultural-Evolutionary Approach to Economic Injustice in the Hebrew Bible (Biblical Intersections, 4; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010). (Reviewed by Peter Altmann).
6. Goering, Greg Schmidt, Wisdom's Root Revealed: Ben Sira and the Election of Israel (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 139; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009). (Reviewed by Rodney Werline).
7. Harlow, Daniel C., Matthew J. Goff, Karina M. Hogan, and Joel S. Kaminsky (eds.), The "Other" In Second Temple Judaism: Essays In Honor of John J. Collins (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011). (Reviewed by Anthony R. Meyer).
8. Hom, Mary Katherine Y. H., The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives(LHBOTS, 559; New York: T & T Clark, 2012). (Reviewed by Paul S. Evans).
9. Kartveit, Magnar, Rejoice, Dear Zion: Hebrew Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and "Virgin" as Nomen Regens (BZAW, 447; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013). (Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer).
10. Klein, Ralph W., 2 Chronicles: A Commentary(Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012). (Reviewed by Steven J. Schweitzer).
11. LeCureux, Jason T., The Thematic Unity of the Book of the Twelve(HBM, 41; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012). (Reviewed by James Nogalski).
12. Miller, Geoffrey P., The Ways of a King: Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible (Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements, 7; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011). (Reviewed by Ian Douglas Wilson).
13. Penchansky, David, Understanding Israelite Wisdom Literature: Conflict and Dissonance in the Hebrew Text (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012). (Reviewed by Kevin Chau).
14. Pietsch, Michael, Die Kultreform Josias: Studien zur Religionsgeschichte Israels in der späten Königszeit (FAT, 86; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012). (Reviewed by Martin Leuenberger).
15. Schmid, Konrad, Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel's Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible (Siphrut, 3; translated by James D. Nogalski; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010). (Reviewed by Bill T. Arnold).
16. Schipper, Jeremy, Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012). (Reviewed by Mari Jørstad).
17. Schlimm, Matthew R., From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, 7; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011). (Reviewed by Dustin J. Boreland).
18. Sneed, Mark R., The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective (Ancient Israel and Its Literature; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012). (Reviewed by Stephen J. Bennett and Charles Awasu).
19. Von Weissenberg, Hanne, Juha Pakkala, and Marko Marttila (eds.), Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period (BZAW, 419; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011). (Reviewed by Garrick Vernon Allen).
20. Xeravits, Géza G. (ed.), A Pious Seductress: Studies in the Book of Judith (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 14; Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2012). (Reviewed by Francis M. Macatangay).
To access the reviews directly please go to
http://www.jhsonline.org/reviews_vol.html
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