New perspectives on Old Testament prophecy and history
Subtitle: essays in honour of Hans M. Barstad
By: edited by Rannfrid I. Thelle, Terje Stordalen, and Mervyn E.J. Richardson
Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum -- volume 168; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum -- v. 168.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9789004293267; 9789004293274
Subjects: Prophecies; Criticism, interpretation; Bible; History
Description: In New Perspectives on Old Testament Prophecy and History, colleagues, students, and friends of Hans M. Barstad offer essays in honour of his esteemed career in biblical studies. Contributions on prophecy include: the debate on prophets as historical figures, the biblical books of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, and Micah, and issues of methodology and interpretation. Essays devoted to history address various historiographic issues as well as specific historical topics such as the monarchy in ancient Israel, the relationship of Judah to Edom, and the ritual of reading the law. In ways that reflect Hans Barstad's innovative insights and methodological critiques, this collection of essays probes beyond the oft-trodden paths of biblical studies and challenges the status quo within the field. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: part 1. Prophecy. Elijah and the Prophets of Baal and of Asherah: Towards a Discussion of "No Prophets?" / A. Graeme Auld; title: Idols in Isaiah in the Light of Isahiah 10:10-11 / H.G.M. Williamson; title: Abraham and Cyrus in Isaiah 40-48 / Joseph Blenkinsopp; title: Remembering and Forgetting in Isaiah 43, 44, and 46 / Kristin Joachimsen; title: Hope and Disappointment: The Judahite Critique of the Exilic Leadership in Isaiah 56-66 / Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer; title: Religious Polemics in the Book of Micah / Bob Becking; title: "We Do not See our SIgns" (Psalm 74:9): Signs, Prophets, Oracles, and the Asaphite Psalter / Robert P. Gordon; title: Self as Other: Israel's Self-Designation as Adulterous Wife, a Self-Reflective Perspective on a Prophetic Metaphor / Rannfrid I. Thelle; title: Prophetic Pornography Revisited / J. Cheryl Exum; title: part 2. History. Isaiah and the Siege of Jerusalem / Reindhard G. Kratz; title: Some Aspects of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel / John Day; title: The Ritual of Reading Scripture (Nehemiah 8:1-12) / Sara Japhet; title: Queen or Delegation of Saba to Solomon? / André Lemaire; title: Judah and Edom in the Book of Kings and in Historical Reality / Nadav Na'aman; title: On Floods and the Fall of Nineveh: A Note on the Origins of a Spurious Tradition / C.L. Crouch; title: Locating the Story of Biblical Israel / Niels Peter Lemche; title: King David and El Cid: Two 'Apiru in Myth and History / Lester L. Grabbe; title: Heshbon; title: The History of a Biblical Memory / Terje Stordalen; title: Is There Hope in the Deuteronomistic History? / Käre Berge; title: part 3. Explorations. Canticles 1:2-4 and 8:13-14: Solomon, the Master, the Beggar / Martin Ravndal Hauge; title: The Decalogue as the Prohibition of Theft / David J.A. Clines; title: Being Like the Cushites: Some Western and African Interpretation of Amos 9:7 / Knut Holter.