On Stone and Scroll : : Essays in Honour of Graham Ivor Davies / / ed. by James K. Aitken, Katharine J. Dell, Brian A. Mastin.

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• MitwirkendeR: AITKEN, JAMES K.,; ATWELL, JAMES,; AULD, GRAEME,; BAKER, DAVID L.,; BARTLETT, JOHN R.,; BLENKINSOPP, JOSEPH,; BODA, MARK J.,; BROOKE, GEORGE J.,; CATHCART, KEVIN J.,; CLEMENTS, RONALD E.,; DAY, JOHN,; DELL, KATHARINE J.,; EMERTON, J. A.,; GELSTON, ANTHONY,; GOLDINGAY, JOHN,; GORDON, ROBERT P.,; HILBER, JOHN W.,; HORBURY, WILLIAM,; JENSON, PHILIP,; JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM,; JOOSTEN, JAN,; KOOIJ, ARIE VAN DER,; LANGE, ARMIN,; MACINTOSH, A. A.,; MASTIN, B. A.,; MAYES, A. D. H.,; MILLARD, ALAN,; MOBERLY, WALTER,; NICHOLSON, ERNEST,; NOBLE, PAUL,; SALTERS, ROBERT B.,; SALVESEN, ALISON,; SCHAPER, JOACHIM,; SMELIK, KLAAS A. D.,; WEEKS, STUART,; WILLIAMS, PETER J.,; WILLIAMSON, H. G. M.,; WILSON, JAMES KINNIER,
• HerausgeberIn: Aitken, James K.,; Dell, Katharine J.,; Mastin, Brian A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 420
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

The volume On Stone and Scroll addresses biblical exegesis from the historical, archaeological, theological, and linguistic perspectives, and discusses many of the issues central to the interpretation of the Bible. It is written by colleagues and former students of Graham Davies in his honour on his retirement. It covers three main areas central to his work: inscriptional and archaeological, including socio-historical, studies; theological and exegetical studies, especially of Exodus and the Prophets; and semantic studies. A lasting focus of Graham’s work has been the combination of sources that he has utilised in the interpretation of the biblical text. His approach has been distinctive in biblical studies in his combining of archaeological, inscriptional, linguistic and theological evidence for a deeper understanding of text. His work has ranged from archaeological studies, through an edition of Hebrew inscriptions, contributions to Hebrew semantics and biblical theology, to exegesis of the Pentateuch and Prophets. The essays in this volume reflect that broad view of Old Testament study.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Abbreviations -- Biographical Note: Graham Ivor Davies -- Publications of Graham Ivor Davies -- The Contribution by Graham Davies to Old Testament Studies -- Part I. Archaeology -- Treasures of Merenptah in the Karnak Temple at Luxor. The Record of the Walls of the Cour de la Cachette -- Prophetic Speech in the Egyptian Royal Cult -- The Palestinian Campaign of Pharaoh Shishak -- Who Built and Who Used the Buildings at Kuntillet ‘Ajrud? -- The Phoenician Inscriptions from Arslan Tash and Some Old Testament Texts (Exodus 12; Micah 5:4-5[5-6]; Psalm 91) -- A Literary Analysis of the Shiloah (Siloam) Tunnel Inscription -- Incense–the Ancient Room Freshener. The Exegesis of Daniel 2:46 -- Between Scroll and Codex? Reconsidering the Qumran Opisthographs -- Liberty in the Coin Legends of the Jewish Revolts -- “...wie es eigentlich gewesen” Historical “Facts” and the Reconstruction of the History of “Ancient Israel” -- The “Way of the Wilderness” on Sixteenth-Century Maps -- Part II. Biblical Texts -- “Couch” or “Crouch”? Genesis 4:7 and the Temptation of Cain -- The Flood and the Ten Antediluvian Figures in Berossus and in the Priestly Source in Genesis -- “P” as Editor: The Case of Exodus 4:18-26 -- “Kingdom of Priests” What is Priestly in Exodus 19:6? -- The Fifth Commandment in Context -- Deuteronomy and the Babylonian Diaspora -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Date of the Final Stage of the Pentateuch -- Reading Joshua after Samuel -- Why Did Jael Kill Sisera? A Canonical Perspective -- By Stone and Sling. 1 Samuel 17:50 and the Problem of Misreading David’s Victory over Goliath -- Why does the Deuteronomistic History Make no Mention of the Prophets to Whom Books are Attributed? -- The Practicalities of Prophetic Writing in Isaiah 8:1 -- “And he shall hear a rumour...” (Isaiah 37:7; 2 Kings 19:7) -- About Third Isaiah... -- Penitential Innovations within the Twelve -- Hosea, Creation, and Wisdom. An Alternative Tradition -- Acrostics and Lamentations -- “Slaves” in Biblical Narrative and in Translation -- The Repentance of God -- Part III. Language and Literacy -- Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel -- Light on ئ٢ -- The Operation of a Syntactic Rule in Classical Biblical Hebrew and in Hebrew Inscriptions of the Monarchic Period -- The Significance of Rhetoric in the Greek Pentateuch -- Midrash in Greek? An Exploration of the Versions of Aquila and Symmachus in Exodus -- LXX Exodus 23 and the Figure of the High Priest -- Robert Hatch Kennett (1864-1932) The Old Testament in a Time of Transition -- Index of Modern Authors