Watering the Garden : : Studies in Honor of Deirdre Dempsey / / ed. by Andrei Orlov.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2023 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Bucur, Bogdan G.,; Bunta, Silviu N.,; Burns, Joshua Ezra,; Copeland, M. Shawn,; Dempsey, Carol J.,; Duns, Ryan G.,; Henery, Jennifer,; Hinze, Christine Firer,; Kelly, Conor M.,; Martins, Alexandre A.,; Nussberger, Danielle,; Ogbonnaya, Joseph,; Orlov, Andrei A.,; Pagano, Joseph S.,; Richter, Amy E.,; Schmiedicke, Nathanael E.,; Ward, Kate,
• HerausgeberIn: Orlov, Andrei,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Intersections ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (403 p.)

The essays collected in Watering the Garden are intended to honor Deirdre Dempsey, a distinguished biblical educator, translator, and scholar. The contributions to this Festschrift mirror Dempsey’s own scholarly interests, including biblical studies, with particular attention to the Old Testament and intertestamental literature, the theology of visual arts, the history of spiritual traditions, and modern theology. The content of the Festschrift closely follows Dempsey's own spiritual and scholarly journey and reflects the breadth and scope of her influence on the academy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- WATERING THE GARDEN: A TRIBUTE TO DEIRDRE DEMPSEY AS A TEACHER -- RESTORING “JESUS” IN JUDE 5: WHAT CAN NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM LEARN FROM THE FATHERS? -- FOR A HERMENEUTICS OF REFERENT: ON THE SINAI TRADITION AND A REINTERPRETATION OF “COVENANT” -- TRAGEDY AND COMEDY IN SAUL’S ENCOUNTER AT ENDOR -- RUN, MARY, RUN! THE FIGURE OF MARY MAGDALENE IN THE NEGRO SPIRITUALS -- “THE SCHOLZ EFFECT” ON THE DEMPSEYS: EXPLORATIONS ON WRITING COMMENTARIES ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH -- “ALWAYS LOCAL AND FOREIGN TO ONE ANOTHER”: AN ESSAY ON DESIRE, DERRY GIRLS, AND THE GRACE OF FRIENDSHIP -- PSALM 23, MODERN CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, AND A BETTER ECONOMIC ORDER -- BEHOLD, THE POWER OF TRANSFORMED HOLY WOMEN -- WISDOM FOR ACADEMICS FROM AN ACADEMIC STUDYING WISDOM: THE THEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS OF A RELUCTANT BIBLICAL THEOLOGIAN -- HAGAR AND THE GOD OF THE OPPRESSED: GEN 16:1-16 AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE “LOSERS” -- ENFLESHING THE WORD: DIVINE REVELATION IN THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS -- INSIGHT INTO CONTEXT: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGICAL READING OF THE BIBLE IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA -- ESCHATOLOGICAL CONSUMPTION OF LEVIATHAN AND BEHEMOTH AS REVELATION OF THE MESSIANIC TORAH -- THE CONSOLATION OF DESOLATE LANDSCAPES: HIKING IN NEWFOUNDLAND DURING THE PANDEMIC -- REDIRECTING OUR GAZE AND REWILDING OUR WORSHIP: HOW 1 ENOCH CAN HELP A CHURCH ADDRESS CLIMATE CRISIS -- THE GOSPEL OF SHE: GEN 3:15 AS MILITANT QUEEN MOTHER OF THE BIBLE -- TEACHING THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY WITH KEITH HARING’S UNTITLED, 1983 AT THE HAGGERTY MUSEUM OF ART