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In a revision of her 2009 PhD dissertation at Durham University, Woods analyzes an oracle concerning Moab, one of the strangest texts in the genre of oracles against the nations, as Christian scripture. After an overview of the genre, she compares the versions in the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint, and compares Jeremiah 48 with the very similar Isaiah 15-16. Then she critically reviews several modern readings. Final chapters look at the curious curse, and a Christian reading of the passage. Book News Inc, Reference - Research Book News - October 2011

In a revision of her 2009 PhD dissertation at Durham University, Woods analyzes an oracle concerning Moab, one of the strangest texts in the genre of oracles against the nations, as Christian scripture. After an overview of the genre, she compares the versions in the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint, and compares Jeremiah 48 with the very similar Isaiah 15-16. Then she critically reviews several modern readings. Final chapters look at the curious curse, and a Christian reading of the passage. Book News Inc, Reference - Research Book News - October 2011 'an exegetical and theological masterpiece ... she extends the methodological boundaries of the research to the fields of history of interpretation and theological hermeneutics. I consider this monograph a milestone among those recently written in the field of theological hermeneutics.' Igal German in Theological Book Review Vol. 23, No. 2, 2011

'This monograph, the author's doctoral thesis from the University of Durham, proposes, as its title suggests, a way of reading Jer 48 within a Christian context and relating to it from a Christian perspective. ... Woods provides several comparative charts where she lists the MT, NRSV English translation, Ziegler's critical edition of the LXX, and NETS English translation. She highlights the importance of the location within each version of the oracle against Moab for the overall interpretation of the material, as well as the significance of the verses 40-41, attested only in MT. ... Woods proposes seeing Moab's fate as a metaphor of an individual Christian's walk with God as well as of the life of the church. We as Christians can or even should identify with sinful Moab and recognize that our sole hope is in God's grace and in his redemption, brought about on the cross. Moreover, we should side with God in his weeping over sinful nations and show compassion when misfortune befalls another party. Woods should be commended for providing a way forward foe Christian readers of Jer 48.' Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, School of Divinity, University of Aberdeen, in:Expository Times Vol. 123 (11), August 2012 'For centuries Christian communities have wrestled with the question of applicability of the Bible to the life of faith. Can all of the Bible be read as Christian Scripture? With stout hearted determination and exegetical finesse Woods sets out to demonstrate that even such hard texts as the oracle concerning Moab found in Jeremiah 48 can and should be taken with interpretive seriousness. She marshals all of the tools of critical scholarship to furnish the reader with a first-rate piece of scholarly work that is simultaneously academically rigorous and spiritually enriching. [...] Here is an example of an erudite scholar working out the implications of critical scholarship in a way that would enable Christian communities worldwide to read their sacred Scriptures with more precision and rigorous imagination.' Bacho V. Bordjadze in Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol. 19, Issue 4. 'An adroit aspect of this study is its comparing on one hand each commentator's approach to the passage, the insights he finds in it, and the emphases he draws from it, with on the other hand the characteristics that appear elsewhere in his work on the Old Testament.' John Goldingay in Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 63 (2), October 2012 'Julie Woods explores Jeremiah 48 as Christian Scripture. She emphasises the undercurrent of lament, looks at the difference between the Masoretic and Septuagint texts (more than is often the case in the OT), compares this oracle against Moab with a similar one in Isaiah, analyses recent theological interpretations of this chapter, and suggests ways to engage with it.' Church Times, 25 October 2013

In a revision of her 2009 PhD dissertation at Durham University, Woods analyzes an oracle concerning Moab, one of the strangest texts in the genre of oracles against the nations, as Christian scripture. After an overview of the genre, she compares the versions in the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint, and compares Jeremiah 48 with the very similar Isaiah 15-16. Then she critically reviews several modern readings. Final chapters look at the curious curse, and a Christian reading of the passage. Book News Inc, Reference - Research Book News - October 2011 'an exegetical and theological masterpiece ... she extends the methodological boundaries of the research to the fields of history of interpretation and theological hermeneutics. I consider this monograph a milestone among those recently written in the field of theological hermeneutics.' Igal German in Theological Book Review Vol. 23, No. 2, 2011. 'I was intrigued by the title of the book, immensely impressed as I read it, and somewhat perplexed at the end. Intrigued, because I wondered how it was possible to treat as Christian a chapter which pictures the destruction of the cities of Moab in turn and utters a curse on the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed. Impressed, because this book originated in a first-class thesis and has become an extremely rich book. And perplexed because I was left with more questions. The quality of the book is unmistakable. It is outstanding both in little things, such as the extreme accuracy of the Hebrew printing, and in major features, notably the clear and well-presented arguments which make it easy to follow the thought and the beautifully lucid English which made it a pleasure to read.'Cyril S. Rodd in Theology Vol. 115 (4), July/August 2012. This monograph, the author's doctoral thesis from the University of Durham, proposes, as its title suggests, a way of reading Jer 48 within a Christian context and relating to it from a Christian perspective. [ - ] Woods provides several comparative charts where she lists the MT, NRSV English translation, Ziegler's critical edition of the LXX, and NETS English translation. She highlights the importance of the location within each version of the oracle against Moab for the overall interpretation of the material, as well as the significance of the verses 40-41, attested only in MT. [ - ] Woods proposes seeing Moab's fate as a metaphor of an individual Christian's walk with God as well as of the life of the church. We as Christians can or even should identify with sinful Moab and recognize that our sole hope is in God's grace and in his redemption, brought about on the cross. Moreover, we should side with God in his weeping over sinful nations and show compassion when misfortune befalls another party. Woods should be commended for providing a way forward foe Christian readers of Jer 48. Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, School of Divinity, University of Aberdeen, in: Expository Times Vol. 123 (11), August 2012. 'For centuries Christian communities have wrestled with the question of applicability of the Bible to the life of faith. Can all of the Bible be read as Christian Scripture? With stout hearted determination and exegetical finesse Woods sets out to demonstrate that even such hard texts as the oracle concerning Moab found in Jeremiah 48 can and should be taken with interpretive seriousness. She marshals all of the tools of critical scholarship to furnish the reader with a first-rate piece of scholarly work that is simultaneously academically rigorous and spiritually enriching. (...) Here is an example of an erudite scholar working out the implications of critical scholarship in a way that would enable Christian communities worldwide to read their sacred Scriptures with more precision and rigorous imagination.' Bacho V. Bordjadze in Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol. 19, Issue 4. 'An adroit aspect of this study is its comparing on one hand each commentator's approach to the passage, the insights he finds in it, and the emphases he draws from it, with on the other hand the characteristics that appear elsewhere in his work on the Old Testament.' John Goldingay in Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 63 (2), October 2012.

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Julie Woods earned her PhD at Durham University in 2009, working with Walter Moberly. Since then she has been lecturing in Ols Testament studies at seminaries in Southeast Asia.

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