Congress volume Stellenbosch 2016 / / edited by Louis C. Jonker, Gideon R. Kotze, Christl M. Maier.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Volume 177
• VerfasserIn: International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress
• TeilnehmendeR: Jonker, Louis C.,; Kotzé, Gideon R.,; Maier, Christl M., 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 177.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 pages).

This volume presents the main lectures of the 22nd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in September 2016. Sixteen internationally distinguished scholars present their current research on the Hebrew Bible, including the literary history of the Hebrew text, its Greek translation and history of interpretation. Some focus on archeological and iconographic sources and the reconstruction of ancient Israelite religion while others discuss the formation of the biblical text and its impact for cultural memory. The volume gives readers a representative view of the most recent developments in the study of the Old Testament.

Table of Contents

Interpreting the Septuagint* / Johann Cook -- Le pectoral d’Aaron et la figure du grand prêtre dans les traditions sacerdotales du Pentateuque* / Christophe Nihan -- The Forest and the Trees: The Place of Pentateuchal Materials in Prophecy of the Late Seventh / Early Sixth Centuries bce* / Dalit Rom-Shiloni -- Ethics and Creational Dignity in the Old Testament / Jacqueline E. Lapsley -- Adjusting Social Memory in the Hebrew Bible: The Teraphim / Diana Edelman -- Die rapiʾūma/rephāʾîm als konstitutives Element der westsemitischen Königsideologie. Herkunft – Rezeptionsgeschichte – Ende* / Herbert Niehr -- Caton-Thompson, Kenyon and Gardner: Where Near Eastern and Southern African Archaeology Intersected / Willem Boshoff -- The Study of the Old Testament and the Material Imagery of the Ancient Near East, with a Focus on the Body Parts of the Deity / Izak Cornelius -- Sept défis posés à une théologie de la Septante* / Hans Ausloos -- Daniel 5 in Aramaic and Greek and the Textual History of Daniel 4–6 / Michael Segal -- “Can the Cushite Change his Skin …?” (jer 13:23): Beating the Drums of African Biblical Hermeneutics / Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele) -- “Love is Strong as Death” (Song 8:6): Reading the Old Testament in a Context of Gender Violence / Mercedes L. García Bachmann -- Hiob als jüdisches, christliches und paganes Werk. Überlegungen zur Hermeneutik heiliger Schriften / Markus Witte -- Gott in anderem Licht. Das Gottesbild der apokalyptischen Literatur im 3. und 2. Jahrhundert / Martin Rösel -- New Directions in the Computational Analysis of Biblical Poetry / Wido van Peursen -- Changing Truths: אֱמֶת and קֹשֶט as Core Concepts in the Second Temple Period / Eibert Tigchelaar.