56 articles in this issue
Robert Holmstedt
With the increasing maturation of the linguistic analysis of ancient Hebrew, it becomes increasingly important that we keep in mind the inherent challenges of analyzing no-longer-spoken languages, like ancient ... see more
Jakob Wöhrle
Because of the similar dating system in the books of Haggai and Zechariah, since the end of the 19th century it has been proposed that these two books once formed an independent collection: the Haggai-Zechariah ... see more
William K. Gilders
Numbers 19:1-10 is a prescriptive ritual text concerned with the preparation of the ashes of a burnt “red cow” to be used to counteract the impurity caused by exposure to a human corpse. Like many other biblical ... see more
Aron Pinker
Greek tradition does not provide consistent and reliable evidence that an unusual inundation contributed to the fall of Nineveh. The Babylonian chronicles do not mention such an extraordinary event nor have ... see more
Silvio Sergio Scatolini Apóstolo
Words not only reproduce reality, they produce it to us. Wittgenstein has suggested that the meaning ("Bedeutung") of words is established in and through use. Moreover, he compared language (as parole) to a ... see more
Juan Manuel Tebes
This article studies the genealogical relationship between ancient Israel and Edom, as is expressed by the Hebrew Bible. It studies especially the sociopolitical and ideological framework that gave birth to the ... see more
Ronald Benun
The four alphabetic acrostics in the first book of Psalms (9/10, 25, 34, and 37) are all missing verses beginning with certain letters of the alphabet and have other anomalies as well. Most scholars attribute these ... see more
David M. Carr, John J. Collins, F. W. Dobbs-Allsop, Amy Kalmanofsky
Reviews and responses to John J. Collins, The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Eerdmans, 2005). The respondents were asked to offer “a few comments building on the book, aimed at ... see more
Yung Suk Kim
Was the biblical lex talionis to be applied by equal retribution or in a figurative sense? What was its origin? How or for what purpose was the lex talionis practiced in ancient Israelite life? This article ... see more
Gary N. Knoppers, Ehud Ben Zvi, Robert L. Hubbard Jr., Ralph W. Klein, Mark A. Throntveit, Isaac Kalimi
This conversation with I. Kalimi, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, his Time, Place and Writing (Van Gorcum, 2005) began at a session of the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah section of the SBL ... see more
Textual and thematic evidence indicates that the Prologue and Epilogue in Job are an elaboration of an ancient core story of hope. The elaboration and expansion of the core story are intended to provide a setting ... see more
Melody D. Knowles, Christine Mitchell, Klaus Baltzer, Ehud Ben Zvi, Steven J. Schweitzer, John W. Wright, Gary N. Knoppers, Steven L. McKenzie
Long considered derivative and hopelessly ideological, the book of Chronicles is re-engaging the scholarly community, as noted by a recent spate of articles and commentaries. This article presents a panel discussion o... see more
William H. Irwin
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Eva Mroczek
Jean Duhaime
Amanda W. Benckhuysen
David Bergen
Dale Patrick
Corinna Körting
Carluci dos Santos
Wesley Hu
Karljürgen G. Feuerherm
Yair Hoffman
Barbara Green
Steven L. McKenzie
Alex Jassen
Shaul Bar
Mark S. Smith
Steve Wiggins
Gerald A. Klingbeil
Joyce Rilett Wood
Jeremiah Cataldo
Carl S. Ehrlich
Katherine M. Hayes
Jennifer Pfenniger
Michael Carasik
William S. Morrow
Stephen Dempster
J. Richard Middleton
Michael S. Heiser
Scott Noegel
Andrea K. Di Giovanni
Eileen Schuller
Gale A. Yee
Carolyn J. Sharp
Agustinus Gianto
Bob Becking
Tyler F. Williams
Paul Evans
Stephen G. Dempster
Stephen D. Ryan