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This volume presents the main lectures of the 22nd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in September 2016. Sixteen internationally distinguished scholars present their current research on the Hebrew Bible, including the literary history of the Hebrew text, its Greek translation and history of interpretation. Some focus on archeological and iconographic sources and the reconstruction of ancient Israelite religion while others discuss the formation of the biblical text and its impact for cultural memory. The volume gives readers a representative view of the most recent developments in the study of the Old Testament.

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Author:   Louis Jonker ,  Gideon Kotzé ,  Christl M. Maier
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   177
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9789004353640

ISBN 10:   900435364
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   14 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures Abbreviations List of Contributors 1 Interpreting the Septuagint  Johann Cook 2 Le pectoral d’Aaron et la figure du grand prêtre dans les traditions sacerdotales du Pentateuque  Christophe Nihan 3 The Forest and the Trees: The Place of Pentateuchal Materials in Prophecy of the Late Seventh / Early Sixth Centuries bce  Dalit Rom-Shiloni 4 Ethics and Creational Dignity in the Old Testament  Jacqueline E. Lapsley 5 Adjusting Social Memory in the Hebrew Bible: The Teraphim  Diana Edelman 6 Die rapiʾūma/rephāʾîm als konstitutives Element der westsemitischen Königsideologie. Herkunft – Rezeptionsgeschichte – Ende  Herbert Niehr 7 Caton-Thompson, Kenyon and Gardner: Where Near Eastern and Southern African Archaeology Intersected  Willem Boshoff 8 The Study of the Old Testament and the Material Imagery of the Ancient Near East, with a Focus on the Body Parts of the Deity  Izak Cornelius 9 Sept défis posés à une théologie de la Septante  Hans Ausloos 10 Daniel 5 in Aramaic and Greek and the Textual History of Daniel 4–6  Michael Segal 11 “Can the Cushite Change his Skin …?” (Jer 13:23): Beating the Drums of African Biblical Hermeneutics  Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele) 12 “Love is Strong as Death” (Song 8:6): Reading the Old Testament in a Context of Gender Violence  Mercedes L. García Bachmann 13 Hiob als Jüdisches, Christliches und Paganes Werk. Überlegungen zur Hermeneutik Heiliger Schriften  Markus Witte 14 Gott in anderem Licht: Das Gottesbild der apokalyptischen Literatur im 3. und 2. Jahrhundert  Martin Rösel 15 New Directions in the Computational Analysis of Biblical Poetry  Wido van Peursen 16 Changing Truths: אֱמֶת and קֹשֶט as Core Concepts in the Second Temple Period  Eibert Tigchelaar

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Louis C. Jonker, DTh (1993), is Professor of Old Testament at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has published extensively on Persian period biblical literature, the book of Chronicles in particular. Gideon R. Kotzé, DTh (2011), Stellenbosch University, is lecturer in ancient languages and cultures at that university. He has published articles and a book on textual criticism and Lamentations, including The Qumran Manuscripts of Lamentations: A Text-Critical Study (Brill, 2013). Christl M. Maier, Dr. theol. (1994), is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Marburg, Germany, and editor-in-chief of Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. She has published extensively on Wisdom Literature, Old Testament prophecy, and Feminist Hermeneutics.

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