Recently added articles from Biblical Theology Bulletin:
Speak truth to power.(Presenting the Issue)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Where authority exists, the exercise of power seems natural and even divinely sanctioned. In the name of legitimate authority, power can be and often is abused. Anecdotes abound about how those in authority faced challenges to their actions and decisions, often with dire consequence for ...
"Take this child and suckle it for me": wet nurses and resistance in ancient Israel".(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Abstract Using Exodus 2 and other references to wet nurses in the Hebrew Bible as a springboard, this article examines the socio-historical conditions of free and enslaved wet nurses in antiquity through a cross-cultural investigation of Graeco-Roman and rabbinic legal and ...
The assault upon kings and tyrants in the Moses tradition.(Critical essay)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Abstract The biblical traditions concerning Moses in the book of Exodus and Numbers contain an obvious critique of tyrannical kings and their oppressive deeds, as dramatically metaphored by pharaoh and his actions. Movies and cartoons over the years have captured the power of ...
Credo in unum deum: a challenge.(Essay)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Abstract A canon is both fixed and dynamic. The interpretive dynamics of the biblical canon did not cease when the several faith communities closed their canon. Each community claims that its canon is normative for its communal life. Yet, the canonical process has in fact ...
Music in 2nd (Slavonic) Enoch.(Critical essay)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Abstract During his sky journeys as reported in 2nd (Slavonic) Enoch, he hears the "indescribable singing of the army of cherubim." This article seeks to investigate the nature of the singing the author might have heard. Insights from psychological anthropology and ...