Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801949
Ingrid Hjelm
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801910
I. Finkelstein
ABSTRACT Archaeological finds and biblical references indicate that in the early 8th century BCE, the time of Jeroboam II, the Northern Kingdom expanded in the south as far as Kuntillet Ajrud in northeast Sinai and in the northeast to the Irbid Plateau and the southern Bashan. This seems to demonstrate Israel’s interest in dominating the two branches of the Arabian trade routes—the Darb el-Ghazza in Sinai and the King’s Highway in Transjordan. Against this background, I discuss the possibility that Israel also extended its rule or domination to Edom and to other sectors of Transjordan.
摘要考古发现和圣经参考资料表明，公元前8世纪初，即杰罗博安二世时期，北方王国向南扩张至西奈半岛东北部的Kuntilet Ajrud，东北部扩张至Irbid高原和巴山南部。这似乎表明以色列有兴趣主导阿拉伯贸易路线的两个分支——西奈的Darb el Ghazza和外约旦的国王高速公路。在此背景下，我讨论了以色列也将其统治或统治范围扩大到以东和外约旦其他地区的可能性。
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801940
O. Wikander
ABSTRACT In this article, the grammaticalization and narrative use of the Hebrew wayyiqṭol form is discussed in typological comparison with three phenomena from non-Semitic (and, indeed, non-Afro-Asiatic) languages: the so-called Kakari-musubi of Classical Japanese, the dependent conjugation of Old Irish, and the masculine/feminine distinction of the first person singular pronoun of East Tocharian. These comparisons are used to illustrate relations between particles and forms in grammaticalization, the rise of particleinduced morphological variation, and the social role of grammaticalization phenomena, thus providing new clues for the understanding of the rise of the wayyiqṭol as a grammaticalized form going back to the social situation of telling epic, narrative stories.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801933
Stuart Lasine
ABSTRACT King James VI recommended that his son examine “especially the bookes of the Kings and Chronicles,…there shall yee see your selfe, as in a myrrour.” While some biblical texts have been described as “mirrors for princes,” this genre label has not been applied to Samuel-Kings. This paper asks what kind of Fürstenspiegel these books would make. Two patterns stand out. First, fathers from Eli to Solomon fail to pass on their supposed arete to their sons and end up supporting a substitute son-figure. Second, in 2 Kings 16-23 rule alternates between good and evil fathers and sons. Why do the seemingly virtuous monarchs fail to educate their sons as Deuteronomy dictates? This question is addressed with special attention to Ahaz and his son Hezekiah.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801927
Jeremiah W. Cataldo
ABSTRACT This article experiments with the applicability of modern trauma studies in applied interpretations of Lamentations. Using theories from Kai Erickson, Cathy Caruth, Ruth Leys, and more, this work will propose that Lamentations as a literary creation in response to trauma assumes the existence of its community beyond the trauma in which it was born.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801916
C. Quine
ABSTRACT Military officers who posed a threat to the kings of Israel are readily found throughout the biblical texts. Although officers were often loyal servants who fought battles on behalf of their kings, they could also prove dangerous adversaries if the tide of opinion turned against the monarchs. In this light, it is interesting that YHWH’s divine army never mentions any generals or ranks; despite its innumerable numbers, YHWH had sole command. This paper explores whether this portrayal of YHWH’s divine army was a natural consequence of the authors’ focus on YHWH, or whether it was influenced by an awareness of the threat that military commanders could pose toward their kings.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1805208
Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò
ABSTRACT The paper aims to highlight the problem of methodologies used in historical reconstruction within Biblical studies. The so-called “minimalists” have called for change in the methodology used in Biblical studies, and in historical reconstruction in particular, for the last three decades. The issue is illustrated by two cases where extra-biblical sources allow for radical shift in the interpretation. As a counterpart, the two cases from current biblical studies are recalled, as the examples for scholarship accepting traditional reasoning and opinio communis without profound verification. The conclusion leads to the opinion that the methodological shift advocated by the “Minimalists” did not take place, and is not widely accepted.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801948
Y. Mazor
ABSTRACT The innovative, even provocative, scholarly nature of this article consists of its “mission” to contest all previously known interpretations of the Biblical story of the sacrifice (korban, aqeda/binding) of Isaac. Accordingly, this article plausibly proves that as a matter of fact, there is not only one Abraham in this “aqeda” story, but rather two conflicting, contradicting Abrahams: one is the pious believer who is always in haste to obey God's atrocious command, and one is the devoted, loving father who invests all his efforts to disregard God's atrocious command, or at least to delay, as much as he can, its execution. All the above is feasibly displayed in a non verbal fashion, but rather by the actions (or lack of actions) of the two conflicting Abrahams .The way to tell the difference between Abraham the pious believer and Abraham the devoted, loving father, is to decipher insight-fully the nature of their actions, or the nature of their avoiding executing actions . What they do, and what they don’t do, is a mirror that reflects their contradictory characteristics and attitudes to both God and Isaac. Hence, only a careful, penetrating reading can unearth what was concealed until now: not one Abraham, but rather two contradictory Abrahams, act in this story. This is the real story of the sacrifice (almost sacrifice) of Isaac : the story that has not been told so far.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1805204
J. Grossman
ABSTRACT The prevalent reading of the story of Jacob’s struggle at Jabbok is that after a night of fighting, Jacob triumphs over his attacker, demands that he bless him, and indeed receives a divine blessing. This reading raises several difficulties, the most striking among them the question why Jacob does not flee his attacker and return to his family the moment he overcomes his attacker, but rather demands his blessing. This article proposes a new reading of this struggle which solves these narrative conundrums. It is not Jacob who triumphs over his attacker, but the divine being who in fact triumphs over Jacob. This new reading, enabled by the narrative’s ambiguity, is more unified and more harmonious within its broader context.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2020.1801945
T. Cason
ABSTRACT Responding to recent conversations surrounding the maturation of Tobias in the tale, the essay applies recent advancements in masculinity studies to examine the portrayal of Tobias in the book of Tobit as a coming-of-age story. In so doing, the essay offers one of few full length treatments devoted to Tobias in the tale. Analyzing the terminology used to refer to Tobias in conjunction with the shifts in characterization he experiences over the course of the story, the essay proposes that as Tobias advances from being a child, to young manhood, and finally matured manhood, he comes to replicate the model of masculinity passed down to him from his father. As such, his maturation proves less a matter of individuation and more a matter of social conformity than anything else.
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