Tradition and innovation in biblical interpretation : : studies presented to professor Eep Talstra on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday / / [edited by] W. Th. van Peursen [and] J.W. Dyk.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dyk, J. W.; Peursen, W. Th. van.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2011]
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 57.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (518 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The theme of this volume in honour of Eep Talstra is ‘Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation’, with an emphasis on the innovative role of computer-assisted textual analysis. It focusses on the role of tradition in biblical interpretation and of the innovations brought about by ICT in reconsidering existing interpretations of texts, grammatical concepts, and lexicographic practices. Questions addressed include: How does the role of exegesis as the ‘clarification of one’s own tradition, in order to understand choices and preferences’ (Talstra) relate to the critical role which Scripture has towards this tradition? How does the indebtedness to tradition of computer-driven philology relate to its innovative character? And how does computer-assisted analysis of the biblical texts lead to new research methods and results?

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Scholarship: An Introduction / Wido van Peursen and Janet Dyk -- A Story of Three Prophets: Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Jeremiah 26 / Joep Dubbink -- ‘Against you, Daughter of Babylon!’ A Remarkable Example of Text-Reception in the Oracle of Jeremiah 50–51 / Eric Peels -- ‘Reading Jeremiah Makes Me Angry!’ The Role of Jeremiah 32[39]:36–41 in Transformation within the ‘Jeremianic’ Tradition / Janneke Stegeman -- Beyond ‘Singers and Syntax’: Theological and Canonical Reflections on Psalm 8 / Carl J. Bosma -- Where is God? Romans 3:13–18 as an Addition to Psalm 14 / Eveline van Staalduine–Sulman -- Reading Qohelet as Text, Author, and Reader / Timothy Walton -- Tradition through Reading—Reading the Tradition: Reflections on Eep Talstra’s Exegetical Methodology / Louis Jonker -- Between Stigmatizing and Idolizing the Bible: On the Reception of Genesis 12:10–20; 20; 26:1–11 / Cornelis Houtman -- ‘Out of Egypt I Have Called My Son’: Matthew 2:15 and Hosea 11:1 in Dutch and American Evangelical Interpretation / Gert Kwakkel -- Daniel’s Four Kingdoms in the Syriac Tradition / Wido van Peursen -- The Identity of Israel’s God: The Potential of the So-called Extra-Calvinisticum / Cornelis van der Kooi -- A Jewish Childbirth Amulet from the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana / Margaretha Folmer -- Computer-Assisted Tools for Textual Criticism / Emanuel Tov -- On Biblical Hebrew and Computer Science: Inspiration, Models, Tools, and Cross-Fertilization / Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen -- Persuasive Hebrew Exercises: The Wit of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning / Nicolai Winther-Nielsen -- Judging Jephthah: The Contribution of Syntactic Analysis to the Interpretation of Judges 11:29–40 / Klaas Spronk -- Masoretic Tradition and Syntactic Analysis of the Psalms / Luis Vegas Montaner -- Who is Speaking—Who is Listening? How Information Technology Can Confirm the Integrity of the Text / Oliver Glanz -- Jerusalem’s Comforters in Isaiah 40:1–2: Participant Tracking in a Prophetic Text / Reinoud Oosting -- Hebrew hāyāh: Etymology, Bleaching, and Discourse Structure / Frank Polak -- The Lexeme 399 סָבִיב / Christo H. J. van der Merwe -- Language, Structure, and Strategy in Isaiah 53:1–6: אָכֵן , Word Order, and the Translator / Lénart J. de Regt -- אָבִי in Job 34:36 / Constantijn J. Sikkel -- Dissertations under the Guidance of Eep Talstra -- Publications by Eep Talstra -- Index of Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.