Journal of Hebrew Scriptures New articles and reviews

1. Paul KORCHIN, "Suspense and Authority amid Biblical Hebrew Front Dislocation"

Abstract: This study investigates front dislocation in Biblical Hebrew from a cognitive–semiotic perspective, employing evidence from Structure Building Framework theory to explain how the syntagm's formal components trigger psychological dynamics that yield rhetorical impacts. By momentarily suspending full alignment between linguistic code and message, front dislocation leverages ambiguity between expression and meaning, placing the listener into an acutely amplified state of expectation and bolstering the authority of the speaker over the communication event.


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2. Aron PINKER, "A New Interpretation of Job 19:26"

Abstract: This article offers a new interpretation Job 19:26, a passage which is arguably one of the most difficult and obscure in the book. The article surveys earlier interpretations, including the various versions of the text as well as medieval and modern commentators, and points to the limits of the readings that have been offered so far. Taking into account the immediate context of v. 26, the article proposes a new solution based on a minimal emendation of the MT. In the resulting reading, Job expresses his conviction that God will eventually vindicate him, and heal his skin and flesh. In keeping with recent studies of Job, this reading can be related to the broader issue of disability in the book.

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new reviews in JHS:

Blenkinsopp, Joseph, Creation, Un-Creation, Re-Creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11 (New York: T & T Clark, 2011). (Reviewed by Brian D. Lima).

Brown, William P., Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2014). (Reviewed by Alexander T. Kirk).

Frolov, Serge, Judges (FOTL, 6B; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013). (Reviewed by Mary L. Conway).

Griffiths, Paul J., Song of Songs (Brazos Theological Commentary; Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2011). (Reviewed by Jennifer Pfenniger).

Gurtner, Daniel M., Exodus: A Commentary on the Greek Text of Codex Vaticanus (Septuagint Commentary Series; Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2013). (Reviewed by John Screnock).

Portier-Young, Anathea, Apocalypse Against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011). (Reviewed by Colin Toffelmire).

Seijas, Guadalupe (ed.), Historia de la Literatura Hebrea y Judía (Madrid: Trotta, 2014). (Reviewed by Andrés Piquer Otero).


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http://www.jhsonline.org/reviews_vol.html


JHS is now offering hypertext/ hyperlinked versions of all articles and reviews published from 1996 to 2009 (inclusive of 2009). We are currently working to include versions of the 2010/2011 articles and reviews.


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