Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43/3

Table of Contents Alert Journal for the Study of the Old Testament- Volume: 43, Number: 3 (March 2019)

Original Articles Reading Joshua with Augustine and Sommer: Two frameworks for interpreting theophany narratives Nathan Chambers The death of a virtuous woman? Proverbs 31.10-31, gnomic qatal, and the role of translation in the analysis of the Hebrew verbal system Kasper Siegismund Abimelech the manly man? Judges 9.1-57 and the performance of hegemonic masculinity Jon-Michael Carman Genesis 49: The foundation of Israelite monarchy and priesthood Geula Twersky Can anything good come from Sodom? A feminist and narrative critique of Lot's daughters in Gen. 19.30-38 Matthew J Korpman Reading the Siloam inscription as narrative Stephen Llewelyn, Natasha Heap, and Alexandra Wrathall Theodicy in an ironical sense: The Joban Wager and the portrait of folly Geoff John Aimers Abraham, our father, the father of all: A perspective from ancient Korean history Koog P Hong Genesis 1.1 as the first act of creation Nathan Chambers Does Jeremiah dispel diaspora demons? How Septuagint Jeremiah and 4Q71 (4QJerb) rewrote their text structures around an Aramaic war taunt which mocks Zion's idolatry James 'Seth' Adcock 'May YHWH avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you' (1 Sam. 24:13): Mapping land and resistance in the 'biographical' notes of the 'Book' of Psalms David Willgren Matrices of motherhood in Judges 5 Rannfrid Irene Thelle The Niphal as middle voice and its consequence for meaning Ellen van Wolde Mordecai's dream in Esther—The Greek and Latin versions, character, and the tradition of interpretation Jonathan A Thambyrajah Valuing leadership and love: David exceeding Samson John William Herbst Corrigendum Corrigendum