The present state of Old Testament studies in the Low Countries : : a collection of Old Testament studies published on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap / / edited by Klaas Spronk.

• Superior document: Oudtestamentische Studiën Old Testament Studies, Volume 69
• TeilnehmendeR: Spronk, Klaas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Oudtestamentische studiën ; Volume 69.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

In The Present State of Old Testament Studies in the Low Countries fifteen leading scholars from Belgium and the Netherlands give an overview of their work. This collection celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap brings together the results of high quality research on many fields, from computer-assisted analysis to biblical theology, from the archaeology of Palestine to early rabbinic exegesis, from logotechnical analysis to delimitation criticism. It shows that Old Testament research in Belgium and the Netherlands is multifaceted and innovative.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Seventy-Five Years Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap: The Study of the Old Testament in the Netherlands and Belgium / Klaas Spronk -- 2 Micah in the Low Countries / Bob Becking -- 3 Revelation, History and Religious Plurality: Old Testament Studies from the Apeldoorn / Kampen Reformed Perspective / Koert van Bekkum and Eric Peels -- 4 Salient Features in the Book of Job / Jan Fokkelman -- 5 A Changing ‘Archaeology of Palestine’ at the University of Leiden, 1959–2014 / Gerrit van der Kooij -- 6 Gender Perspectives on Hosea 2:4–25: Contributions from the Netherlands from 1988 until 2003 / Gert Kwakkel -- 7 The Rise and Demise of the So-called Deuteronomistic History: A Plea for the Compositional Unity of Genesis–Kings / Casper Labuschagne -- 8 Septuagint Studies in Louvain / Bénédicte Lemmelijn and Hans Ausloos -- 9 The Dynamics of the Incomparable God Highlighted by the Immobility of an Idol: The Rhetorical Integrity of Isa. 40:12–26, 41:1–7 and 46:1–13 / Pieter van der Lugt -- 10 Biblical Violence and the Task of the Exegete / Ed Noort -- 11 Computer-Assisted Analysis of Old Testament Texts: The Contribution of the wivu to Old Testament Scholarship / Reinoud Oosting -- 12 Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology from an Ede/Leuven Evangelical Perspective / Mart-Jan Paul -- 13 Data, Knowledge and Tradition: Biblical Scholarship and the Humanities 2.0: Exodus 19 as a Laboratory Text / Eep Talstra -- 14 Towards an Annotated Edition of Tannaitic Parables / Lieve M. Teugels -- 15 Delimitation Criticism: An Interim Evaluation / Wilfred G.E. Watson -- Index of Authors -- Index of Textual References.