32 articles in this issue
Mark J. Boda
In this paper attention to literary-lexical and traditio-historical aspects of Zech 3:1-10; 4:1-14 and 6:9-15, challenges the common interpretation of these pericopae. It is argued that rather than ... see more
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
As some have recognized long ago, Nehemiah 9 is the theological centerpiece of Ezra-Nehemiah. Yet, until recently the long prayer has not received the attention that it deserves. The excellent essays about ... see more
Silvio Sergio Scatolini
Even though the concept of Israel would appear to many to be one of the most straightforward ones in the Hebrew Scriptures; it is not always clear what it actually refers to. Yet, delimiting or eliciting the ... see more
John R. Huddlestun
Modern interpretations of Tamar’s actions in Genesis 38:15 fall into two groups: those who maintain that the veil indicated her prostitute status and those who counter that it only concealed her identity. I argue that... see more
Vincent De Caën
This paper introduces a programme in historical linguistics with important implications for biblical criticism. Traditionally, grammatical variation in the Bible has been interpreted in light of nin... see more
Uwe F. W. Bauer
At first glance, the names of the localities in Judg 18:12 do not seem to fit the framework of chapter 18. Traditionally, v.12 (in particular 12ba) is therefore labelled as an etiological note which was added ... see more
Gary N. Knoppers
To a large extent past scholarship has been absorbed with textual, source-critical, and redactional issues. Each of the major approaches surveyed attempts to deal with the formidable problems presented by the text. ... see more
Allan K. Jenkins
Erasmus' failure to master Hebrew raises the question of how his ad fontes approach to biblical interpretation applied to the Old Testament. His 76-page 'commentary' on Psalm 2 shows that he does make use of ... see more
Jan-Wim Wesselius
The status and use of Primary History (the books Genesis – 2 Kings) as a historical source is highly dependent on its literary nature as a unitary work written after 440 BCE, most probably between 440 and 420, the ... see more
Niels Peter Lemche
The biblical picture of ancient Israel does not fit in, but is contrary to any image of ancient Palestinian society that can be established on the basis of ancient sources from Palestine or referring to ... see more
Scott B. Noegel
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Bob Becking
Mark Boda
William H. U. Anderson
Margaret S. Odell
Joel Thomas Walker
J. Edward Wright
Francis Landy
Galia Hatav
Yair Hoffman
Paul V. M. Flesher
Scott Noegel
John W. Vest