The Exegetical and the Ethical : The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square. Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Barton's 70th Birthday /

The Exegetical and the Ethical : The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square. Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Barton's 70th Birthday /

Exegesis has ethical dimensions. This is the case for the Bible, which has a foundational status in traditional perspectives that is simultaneously contested in the modern world. This innovative essay collection, largely about Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, is written by an international team - a...

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Other Authors: Clifford, Hywel (Editor), Daffern, Megan (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 197.

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Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ethics in the Bible.

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Call Number: BS1171.3

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors XV
  • Introduction
  • Hywel Clifford and Megan Daffern
  • Part 1: Establishing the Exegetical and the Ethical
  • 1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text?
  • Alma Brodersen
  • 2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation
  • James E. Patrick
  • 3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36
  • Laura Quick
  • 4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel
  • Katharine Dell
  • Part 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical
  • 5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity
  • Aulikki Nahkola
  • 6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis
  • Megan Daffern
  • 7 Ethics in Song of Songs
  • Anselm C. Hagedorn
  • 8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekiel's Oracles Against the Nations
  • Andrew P. Langley
  • 9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy
  • Benjamin Sargent
  • Part 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical
  • 10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1-8 in Philo and Beyond
  • Hywel Clifford
  • 11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in "Holy Writ"?
  • Christian Hofreiter
  • 12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity
  • Kris Sonek
  • 13 A Tale of Two "Houses": The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics
  • S. Min Chun
  • Conclusion
  • John Barton
  • Index.