Congress volume : Leiden, 2004 / / edited by André Lemaire.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 109
• Author: International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress
• TeilnehmendeR: Lemaire, André, 1942-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 109.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This volume presents all the main lectures of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Leiden (August 2004). It is a very good sample of the main trends and progress of current biblical research on textual criticism (Qumran and Septuagint), biblical archaeology, literary criticism (especially Pentateuch, Joshua, Kings), biblical themes (especially in wisdom literature), as well as about the light thrown on biblical exegesis by current cognitive linguistics. An appendix deals with the connection between world Christianity and the study of the Old Testament. The twenty authors are among the main international figures of current biblical exegesis and their contributions are representative of the study of the Old Testament at the beginning of the third millenium.

Table of Contents

Presidental address : the city of Babel and Assyrian imperialism : Genesis 11:1-9 interpreted in light of Mesopotamian sources / Arie van der Kooij -- The twelve Minor Prophets and the Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- La reconstruction du Temple selon la Septante de Zacharie / Cécile Dogniez -- Die Textgeschichte der Königsbücher und ihre Konsequenzen für die Textgeschichte der hebräischen Bibel, illustriert am Beispiel von 2 Kön 23:1-3 / Adrian Schenker -- Beersheba Valley archaeology and its implications for the biblical record / Zeev Herzog -- Die Geschichte der Abrahamüberlieferung / Matthias Köckert -- The Temple library of Jerusalem and the composition of the book of Kings / Nadav Naʼaman -- Der reissende Wolf : Josua in Überlieferung und Geschichte / Ed Noort -- "God" in Old Testament theology / Graham I. Davies -- Scribes inspirés et écrits céleste / Jean-Marie Husser -- Rhyme and reason : the historical résumé in Israelite and early Jewish thought / Carol A Newsom -- Anciens et modernes face au Cantique des cantiques : un impossible dialogue? / Jean-Marie Auwers -- Biblical exegesis, cognitive linguistics, and hypertext / Christo H.J. van der Merwe -- The manumission of hermeneutics : the slave laws of the Pentateuch as a challenge to contemporary Pentateuchal theory / Bernard M. Levinson -- The role and significance of dbry ḥpṣ (Qoh. 12:10a) for understanding Qohet / J.S.Y. Pahk -- Towards an integrated approach in biblical studies, illustrated with a dialogue between Job 28 and Job 38 / Ellen van Wolde -- Reading the Pentateuch as counter-text : a new interpretation of Genesis 1:14-19 / J. Severino Croatto -- Lire la Bible dans le contexte africain : approche et perspectives / André Kabasele Mukenge -- The cross-textual method and the J stories in Genesis in light of a Chinese philosophical text / Craig Y.S. Ho -- Responses to Kabasele Mukenge and Craig Y.S. Ho / John Barton.