40 articles in this issue
Al Wolters
Zechariah 4describes the fifth of the eight night visions of Zecha- riah. What the prophet sees is a menorah which is flanked on either side by an olive tree. Verse 12of the chapter seems to describe a kind of double-take on the part of the prophet, cal... see more
Edward J Bridge
The Hebrew Bible has two terms to designate female slaves: ????? and ??? ?? ??? .A matter that is frequently revisited is whether there is a distinction between these terms. It is clear that ??? ??and ??? ?? ???are used as synonyms. This is shown by ... see more
Kåre Berge
Let me start with the obvious: The society to which the Pentateuchal texts refer consisted of a small group of “intellectual” elites that mastered the art of writing and reading, and a vast major- ity of illiterate people. Some scholars estimate literacy ... see more
Oded Lipschits
In two essays published recently (Lipschits, Sergi and Koch 2010, 2011), two of my students and I suggested a new chronological scheme for the lmlk stamped jars in Judah. In this study we challenged a 30-year scholarly consensus that contended that all th... see more
Paul S Evans
Sennacherib’s third campaign is one of the more thoroughly inves- tigated events that intersects with biblical history. The fact that there are three biblical narratives (2 Kgs 18–19; Isa 36–37; 2 Chr 32) concerned with the Assyrian campaign against Judah... see more
Wolfgang Oswald
The problem of foreign marriages occurs in several places in the Hebrew Bible and these occurrences show both differences and commonalities.1 In this paper I will not engage in a detailed exege- sis of any of these references; rather, I am aiming at ident... see more
Cynthia R Chapman
The term “blood relatives” exists as an accepted and understood part of our English lexicon. It is only recently that anthropologists focusing on kinship studies have leveled a critique against the uni- versal application of the metaphor of “blood” as a s... see more
Alexander Andrason
The Biblical Hebrew (henceforth, BH) suffix conjugation qatal— besides other meanings and functions1—is occasionally employed in order to perform acts (1.a) rather than to describe a situation or an activity (1.b). This means that, if determined conventio... see more
Jeremy M Hutton, Safwat Marzouk
TheMasoreticText(MT)ofHos11:3areads ????????? ????????????? ??????????? Although the entire verse is difficult, the form and . ?? ??? ???? ??????? ???? meaning of the word ??? ?? ??? ?? ???? (tirgaltî) has been especially problematic for interpreters from... see more
Matthijs J De Jong
The study of ancient Near Eastern prophecy has shown that a principal distinction between ‘prophecy of salvation’ and ‘prophecy of judgement’ is questionable. The prophets in the ancient Near East did much more than just speaking pleasant words to those w... see more
BD Cox, S Ackerman
Determining the proper interpretation of the eight passages in the Hebrew Bible in which the term ??? ?? ???? occurs (Gen 31:19–35; Judges 17–18; 1 Sam 15:23; 19:11–17; 2 Kgs 23:24; Ezek 21:26 [in most of the Bible’s English versions, 21:21]; Hos 3:4; and... see more
Elie Assis
Chapters 1–8 and 9–14 of Zechariah are considered by most scholars today to be two separate prophetic books; only chs. 1–8 are attributed to the post-exilic time of the beginning of the 5th century BCE1 Most scholars believe that Zech 7–8 should be regard... see more
Michael Avioz
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Isaac B Gottlieb
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Davida Charney
Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
Collin Robinson Cornell
Jacob L Wright
Beth M Stovell
Natalio Fernzndéz Marcos
Dan Pioske
Peter Lau
Sonya Kostamo
Klaus-Peter Adam
Maria Brosius
Philippe Guillaume
Robert C Kashow
William Morrow
Jason Jackson
M Daniel Carroll
William A Tooman
Bob Becking
Scott C Jones
Jakob Wöhrle
William Tooman
Mark K George
Konrad Schmid
James W Watts
Garrick V Allen
Robert D Holmstedt