Journal of Hebrew Scriptures  

Yitzhak Berger

This study proposes that chiastic structures encompass at least the first half of 1 Chronicles, helping to underscore the rejection of Gibeon and the Saulides in favor of Jerusalem and the line of David. This approach offers promising solutions to several... see more

Benjamin Scolnic

Daniel 7 presents a symbolic vision that describes how Antiochus IV “uprooted” the three horns that represent Seleucus IV and his sons Demetrius I and Antiochus. This study suggests that Rome conspired with Antiochus IV to deliberately sideline Seleucus I... see more

Simeon Chavel

The study argues that to persuade Judeans in Babylon that Yahweh, not Marduk, authored Cyrus' victories, and they should move to Judea, the author of Isa 40-48 countered an historiographically advanced ideology that divine embodiment in royally sponsored ... see more

Thomas Wagner

The article addresses the issue of the form and function of Ps 78 by focusing on the reference to “riddles from former times.” It offers a detailed analysis of the structure and composition of Ps 78, and argues that the reference to the “riddles” can only... see more

Yisca Zimran

This article presents a literary analysis of the extant text of Samuel 15 and argues that Saul's deposal is represented as the result of his lack of recognition of God's authority over him as king. Identifying Saul's behavior as exemplifying one of the an... see more

Jason M. Silverman

This article argues the Satan in Zech 3 was modeled on Achaemenid imperial structure. First, the term in the Hebrew Bible is discussed. Second, a brief overview of Achaemenid offices and loyalty ceremonies is given. These are applied to Zech 3 and the Sat... see more

Paul Sanders

The article provides a first publication of the Ashkar-Gilson manuscript, describing its main features. It argues that this manuscript, along with another, better preserved manuscript (the so-called London Manuscript), is the remnant of a 7th or 8th-centu... see more

Robert D. Holmstedt

The grammar of ancient Hebrew ??? straightforwardly accords to cross-linguistically attested patterns of demonstratives. ??? and its feminine singular and common plural counterparts function primarily as deictic pronouns or deictic nominal modifiers. A sm... see more

J.H. Price

This article seeks to explain the development of the Biblical Hebrew Qal feminine singular active participle's curious combination of grammatical forms. Beginning with the distribution of the feminine morphemes -t and -ââ on participle's grammatical state... see more

Jacqueline E. Lapsley

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Bennie H. Reynolds

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Hilary Marlow

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Jennifer L. Koosed

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Anthony R. Pyles

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Daniel Block

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David Bergen

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Michael B. Hundley

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Philippe Guillaume

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Edward Ho

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Tremper Longman

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David J. Fuller

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John F. Hobbins

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Sandra Richter

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Michael A. Lyons

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Scott B. Noegel

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Joseph Ryan Kelly

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A.J. Culp

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Stephen C. Russell

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Lissa M. Wray Beal

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Jeffrey G. Audirsch

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Alexander W. Breitkopf

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Russell L. Meek

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David J. Fuller

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Magnar Kartveit

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Mary L. Conway

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Jennifer Pfenniger

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Brian D. Lima

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Colin Toffelmire

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John Screnock

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