Pub Date : 2021-06-24DOI: 10.1177/01461079211016393
S. Elliott
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Pub Date : 2021-06-24DOI: 10.1177/01461079211016263
Robert K. MacEwen
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997106
D. Zucker
In 1-2 Samuel Abigail of Maon, the Medium of Endor, the Wise Woman of Tekoa, and the Wise Woman of Abel all dare to confront power. The Aramaic Bible, the Targum Jonathan; ancient Rabbinic sources; as well as the Church Fathers refer to them and draw different conclusions from their actions.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997110
Heather A. McKay, D. Zucker, David A. Fiensy, Alexander E. Stewart, Olegs Andrejevs, Amanda Brobst-Renaud
Employing from the start in the Introduction a direct and conversational tone, Guest brings exciting and up-to-date methods to bear on the text of Judges along with explorations of more traditional readings. Guest’s dynamic style creates a refreshing sense of the immediacy and importance of the aims and methods used. Using object relations theory, to begin with, Guest deprivileges the standing of the deity’s perspective on all the described conflicts with Israel, treating him as “a parent character” so that his relationship with “his offspring” may be scrutinized and analyzed from a more even-handed perspective. Moreover, refusing to accept an opposing position to confessional approaches to the same issues, Guest seeks a complementary role for the two modes. Thus, agreeing with the deity’s point of view in the narration, and especially where horrific violence is recorded, may no longer be considered to be the default position (p. 3), he notes that for some commentators, the concomitant questioning, or forming of different understandings of the motives and reliability of narrators, editors and redactors becomes extremely problematic, leading them to shy away from psychological approaches completely. Furthering these aims, Guest suggests an unlinking of exegeses of these texts from the concept of ‘theology’ and—following Clines (1995) and Carroll (1991)—addresses rather ‘“he ideology of implied authors” (p. 5). Guest recognises that the notions of transference—the urge to agree with the author’s viewpoint—and countertransference—the urge to resist being so manoeuvred—are highly relevant to the approaches used. Having said that, Guest nonetheless maintains that a study of the actions and motivations of the deity remains to some extent an exercise in theology and regards the imagined scribe as doing his best to provide authentic “God-talk” in his writings. In fact,
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997105
D. Bossman
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Pub Date : 2021-04-07DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997107
Christopher A. Porter
Court tales provide narrative depictions of the imagined interface between the rulers of a society and their subjects and can often provide fuel for readings of self and society. Many of the canonical court tales display patterns of social interaction in new contexts (Egypt and Babylon) and assist in novel corporate contextualization. This article seeks to read the court tales of Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14) in relationship to both the court tales of Aramaic Daniel (2–7) and the earlier tales of Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 41). It will then anchor these readings within the context of Alexandrian Egypt—one suggested location for composition—and see how they may suggest patterns of identity and social engagement for a plausible audience.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-07DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997109
Philip F. Esler
This article deploys a social identity approach to argue that Paul wrote 2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1 as an integral part of 2 Corinthians to elucidate Christ-movement identity at a key point in an integrated letter. First, I will critique arguments that the passage is an intrusion based on its alleged awkward positioning between 6:13 and 7:2, proposing instead that it is carefully sited within the larger unit of 6:11–7:4. Secondly, I will critically analyze arguments that its non-Pauline character is suggested by the language used. Thirdly, I will explain the presence of 6:14–7:1 in 2 Corinthians as a means whereby, at a critical point in his argument, Paul made a positive statement concerning Christ-movement identity for his Corinthian pistoi, that is, the ingroup of Christ-followers who accepted his version of the gospel, as opposed to apistoi. The latter category embraced both idol-worshipping non-Judeans and his Judean opponents in Corinth who advocated a rival identity based on a different gospel linked to the Mosaic law. In relation to Paul’s extended re-application of Israelite Scripture in 6:16–18, I will argue for its decontextualized, indeed “oracular” character in a context where Paul aimed to communicate with actual addressees, most of whom were illiterate non-Judeans.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-07DOI: 10.1177/0146107921997108
F. King
The relationship between Dionysiac and emerging Christian traditions has long exercised biblical and classical scholars. Dionysianism is complex because of both its constituent mythologies and the fluidity and variety of its rituals. Emerging Christianity similarly defies a single metanarrative. This essay notes the difficulties of comparing Dionysiac tradition with just one early Christian text: the Gospel of John. The variety of Dionysiac material, the particular issues raised by critical readings of the Gospel (content and composition), the difficulty of overarching theological terminology (like “sacramentalism”), intertextuality, and mimesis criticism are all problematic when comparing the two traditions and their texts.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-01DOI: 10.1177/0146107920980931
D. Zucker
Abigail of Maon, the Medium of Endor, the Wise Woman of Tekoa, and the Wise Woman of Abel: at personal risk, all dared to confront power. In part 1 of this article contemporary scholars comment on their actions. Part 2, to be published in our next issue (BTB 51/2—May, 2021), discusses their appearance in the Aramaic Bible, the Targum Jonathan; and in the writings of both the ancient Rabbis and the Church Fathers.
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