Recently added articles from Journal of Biblical Literature:
Shattering the Image of God: A Response to Theodore Hiebert's Interpretation of the Story of the Tower of Babel
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) It was with rapt attention that I read Theodore Hiebert's recent article "The Tower of Babel and the Origin of the World's Cultures,"1 for he made an important argument that has been missed heretofore in the study of Genesis 11 and ...
The Manumission Laws in Leviticus and Deuteronomy: The Jeremiah Connection
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) The complex relationship between the legislation in Deuteronomy (D) and the Holiness Code (H) in Leviticus continues to provide fruitful avenues of inquiry for researchers into the formation and function of biblical law. These two legal ...
The "Root of Jesse" in Isaiah 11:10: Postexilic Judah, or Postexilic Davidic King?
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) Many fascinating issues of interpretation surround Isaiah 11:10. It reads, ... On that day, as for the root of Jesse who stands as a signal to the nations- him the nations will seek and his place of rest will be ...
The Interpretation of Isaiah 56:1-9: Comfort or Criticism?
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) Isaiah 56:1-8 is described as a promise of salvation,1 an exhortation contain- ing a prophetic Torah,2 or a prophetic oracle that introduces a new cultic norm.3 Its origin is to be found in the cultic context of the temple, in which the ...
Were Joshua, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah Contemporaries? A Response to Diana Edelman's Proposed Late Date for the Second Temple
Dec 01, 2008; ... In her recent monograph The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem,1 Diana Edelman proposed a drastic revision of the postexilic chronology, moving the dedication of the Second Temple from 516 b.c.e. to a time early in the reign of Artaxerxes I ...