Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (in Theology/Biblical Studies)

"Anteriority and Justification: Pragmatic Features of the We-x-qatal Form in Direct Speech in the Book of Genesis"

by William R. Osborne

Old Testament Essays 25/2 (2012): 369-82

Recognizing that scholarship has long struggled with the so-called “freeness” of Hebrew word order in direct speech,... more Recognizing that scholarship has long struggled with the so-called “freeness” of Hebrew word order in direct speech, this study seeks to demonstrate that the primary pragmatic functions of the wexqatal form within direct speech in classical biblical Hebrew are justification and anteriority. Examining the issues of word order and the syntactical opposition between the wayyiqtol and wex-qatal, the work concludes by presenting numerous examples of both functions in Genesis texts. The implications of the study are an improved understanding of clausal relationships within direct speech and improved translations and interpretations of these passages.

Spectres of YHWH - Deuteronomy and hauntology

by Jaco Gericke

The “Curse of Eve”—Is Pain Our Punishment? Part 2 by Stacia Guzzo

by Feminism and Religion

Originally published in the Feminism and Religion project

In the first part, I posed the question about whether or not the so-called “Curse of Eve” could be interpreted... more In the first part, I posed the question about whether or not the so-called “Curse of Eve” could be interpreted alternatively from the traditional understanding of Genesis 3:16a (the result of Eve’s disobedience being the punishment of painful childbirth for all generations of women). I considered an alternate interpretation of “sorrow” rather than “pain” for the verse, a lens through which the punishment could then be seen as impacting the God-human relationship rather than as a condemnation of pain.

"Un triptyque au coeur du livre de Michée (Mi 4-5)"

by Matthieu Richelle

Vetus Testamentum 62 (2012) 232-247

Many contradictory proposals have been made with regard to the literary structure of Micah 4-5. This study shows that... more Many contradictory proposals have been made with regard to the literary structure of Micah 4-5. This study shows that three coherent units (4:1-7; 4:8-14; 5:1-14) can be distinguished and that they form a triptych, each panel of which uses the same major themes.

Hagar: A Portrait of a Victim of Domestic Violence and Rape by Michele Stopera Freyhauf

by Feminism and Religion

Originally posted on the Feminism and Religion Project

This week Twitter has been a flurry with information for victims of  domestic violence and rape.  This... more This week Twitter has been a flurry with information for victims of  domestic violence and rape.  This ranges from the U.S. redefinition of rape to include men to Nigeria’s first anti-rape toll free hotline for women.  There is even a male movement to stand against rape.  This problem is an ongoing issue, one that shows no sign of diminishing or going away.  According to Amnesty International, one in three women worldwide have been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused and their abuser is normally someone they know.  As I contemplate this very difficult issue, I am reminded of the Biblical Hagar in Genesis 16. The story of Hagar and Sarai is abundant

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in ethical situations that draw in the reader and presents complex issues that can be very troublesome.  If you take the text hermeneutically, through an ideological examination in its English translation, we have an Egyptian woman, who is also referred to as slave or concubine, forced to engage into sex with her owner’s husband for producing an heir.  Here the abuser is a woman with a docile and obedient husband portrayed by Abram.  What can we  glean from such a story for today’s battered women?  Hope or horrific defeat?

Participant Reference In The Saul Narratives: 1 Samuel 9-31

by Charles Grebe

Two Joint Fragments from the Proverbs of Solomon in Coptic and the Extinction of the White Monastery Library

by Alin Suciu

Rendering the Semantic Field of Help Meet: Etymology and the "True" Meaning of Marriage in Milton's Divorce Tracts and *Paradise Lost*

by Peter J. Roccia

Published in *Love, Marriage, Friendship: 32nd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University (April 15-16, 2011)* (2012) Eds. Aniesha R. Andrews & Raffaele Florio. The Public Heritage Institute at Regis College: Weston, MA.

Of the phrase help meet in Genesis 2: 18, 20, Milton in his Tetrachordon says, “The originall heer is more expressive... more Of the phrase help meet in Genesis 2: 18, 20, Milton in his Tetrachordon says, “The originall heer is more expressive then other languages word for word can render it.” Here, in this paper, we will trace out that rendering process from the Hebrew Bible’s original ezer kenegdo, through the Wycliffe Bible’s “help like hym,” to what the Oxford English Dictionary calls the “absurdly formed” compound helpmeet. Against this semantic field, we will then position Milton’s use of the term and its cluster of related synonyms fit, mate, and associate within the other divorce tracts and passages from Paradise Lost. Through this process, we will test whether Milton is attempting to approximate those layers of expression contained in the Hebrew phrase through clusters of related English words, rather than through a strictly linear “word for word” rendering. The result will be a greater understanding of the role that “Right-wording, usually call’d Etymologie,” as Milton defines it in his Accedence Commenc’t Grammar, played in Milton’s crafting of his definition of marriage overall and within Renaissance English polemics and exegesis as a whole.

An Old Testament Pseudepigraphon in Coptic: Yet Another Manuscript from the Sahidic Version of the Testament of Isaac

by Alin Suciu

The Bible in Public Schools: Report on the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2005 …

by Mark Chancey

The Bible, the First Amendment, and the Public Schools in Odessa, Texas

by Mark Chancey

Quando il diluvio inondò la terra. Immagini di catastrofi acquatiche nell’arte bizantina

by Giovanni Gasbarri

in La città liquida-la città assetata: storia di un rapporto di lunga durata, Atti del V Congresso Internazionale di Storia Urbana, in corso di stampa

"Are You For Us, Or For Our Adversaries?": A Feminist and Postcolonial Interrogation of Joshua 2-12 for the Contemporary Church

by Carolyn Sharp

“The Eyes of All Look to You”: The Generosity of the Divine King

by Nathan MacDonald

in K. Ehrensperger,N. MacDonald and L. Sutter Rehmann (eds.),
Decisive Meals: Table Politics in Biblical Literature
(LNTS, 449; London: T&T Clark International, 2012), pp. 1–14

Numbers

by Nathan MacDonald

in J.N. Lohr and R.S. Briggs (eds.),  A Theological Introduction to the Pentateuch: Interpreting the Torah as Christian Scripture (Grand Rapids: BakerAcademic, 2012), pp. 113–143.

Review essay of Ben Sommer's excellent book, Bodies of God

by Aaron Koller

Peter Enns. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible does and doesn't say about human origins

by Jonathan Jong

book review, in press (email for draft copy)

In this review, I summarize and critically evaluate Peter Enns's claim that evangelicals ought not read Genesis 1—3... more In this review, I summarize and critically evaluate Peter Enns's claim that evangelicals ought not read Genesis 1—3 literally. Enns's reading of Paul on Jesus as the Second Adam is nuanced but problematic (for evangelicals).

The Fruit of Her Hands: Women in the Old Testament

by Corinne Blackmer

Provérbios de Salomão: conceitos educacionais e mediacionais

by Igor Miguel

Publicado em Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG. Belo Horizonte, v. 2, n. 2, mar. 2008. ISSN: 1982-3053.

Este artigo analisa o trabalho de Reuven Feuerstein (nascido em 1921 na Romênia), judeu e psicólogo, e aluno de Jean... more Este artigo analisa o trabalho de Reuven Feuerstein (nascido em 1921 na Romênia), judeu e psicólogo, e aluno de Jean Piaget (1896-1980). Entre os anos de 1950-1954, o Estado de  Israel lhe confiou a tarefa de desenvolver a capacidade cognitiva de crianças e adolescentes  sobreviventes da  Shoá, que apresentavam um quadro de defasagem intelectual preocupante  para o recém criado Estado.

This article discusses the work of Reuven Feuerstein (born in 1921 in Romania), Jew and psychologist, and a pupil of Jean Piaget (1896-1980). Between the years 1950-1954, the State  of Israel entrusted the task of developing the cognitive capacity of children and adolescents, survivors of the Shoah best-performing intellectual gap frame for the newly created State
concern.

The Died-Again Christian Syndrome among fundamentalist Old Testament students in South Africa

by Jaco Gericke

An early now curiously strange personal attempt at describing the loss of faith as a ex-fundamentalist student of the Old Testament in South Africa.