Full Description
This volume intersects with the work of John Day to illuminate major aspects of the religion of Ancient Israel in its geographical and historical context as well as by attention to the literatures of neighbouring peoples (especially, though not exclusively, Ugaritic). The introduction to the volume uses Day's scholarship as a framework within which the individual studies can be contextualized, whilst also describing broader developments within the field during the course of Day's career (such as arguments over the dating of texts, and questions about the very nature of 'ancient Israel') in order to sketch the history of scholarship in this period and discuss its directions of travel.
The chapters are organized into sections covering 'private' and 'public' religion and, whilst the volume does not seek to provide a comprehensive overview of ancient Israelite religion, it does provide a snapshot - by leading scholar scholars - that can stand as an overview of the current state of scholarly enquiry into the religious landscape of ancient Israel.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. 'Internal piety' in ancient Israel and early Judaism - John Barton, University of Oxford, UK
2. Cherubim and Seraphim - Adam Carlill, Independent scholar
3. Bringers of Rain and Providers of Abundance': Storm-Gods and Storm-God Imagery in Semitic inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible - Kevin Cathcart, University College, Dublin, Ireland
4. Canaanite Myth and Daniel 7: Illusion or Allusion? - John Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA
5. Habakkuk - the Prophetic Job? - Katharine Dell, University of Cambridge, UK
6. The One and the Many: Aspects of Monotheism - Ron Hendel, University of California, Berkeley, USA
7. Folly at Bethel: Amos on the Israelite Festival Cult - Walter Houston, University of Oxford, UK
8. On Lyres, Bells, Drums, and Pipes: Divine Anger Management in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East - Katia Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK
9. Lamentation in the Book of Amos - Nazek Matty, Dominical Sister of St Catherine of Sienna, Iraq
10. Women, Sex, and Divination in Proverbs 31:3 - Laura Quick, University of Oxford, UK
11. Aaron's act of Atonement in Numbers 17:6-15 - Deborah Rooke, University of Oxford, UK
12. The Solomonic molekh sacrifice as Origins Tradition: Some Text-Critical Recensional and Historical Proposals - Brian Schmidt, University of Michigan, USA
13. Don't Forget Adonis! Reflections on Isaiah 17:10-11 - Hugh G. M. Williamson, University of Oxford, UK
14. Priestly Ordination in the Second Temple Scroll: What We Know and What We Don't - Molly M. Zahn, Yale Divinity School, USA
List of Publications by John Day
Index
