Full Description
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.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1 Interpreting the Septuagint
Johann Cook
2 Le pectoral d'Aaron et la figure du grand prêtre dans les traditions sacerdotales du Pentateuque
Christophe Nihan
3 The Forest and the Trees: The Place of Pentateuchal Materials in Prophecy of the Late Seventh / Early Sixth Centuries bce
Dalit Rom-Shiloni
4 Ethics and Creational Dignity in the Old Testament
Jacqueline E. Lapsley
5 Adjusting Social Memory in the Hebrew Bible: The Teraphim
Diana Edelman
6 Die rapiʾūma/rephāʾîm als konstitutives Element der westsemitischen Königsideologie. Herkunft - Rezeptionsgeschichte - Ende
Herbert Niehr
7 Caton-Thompson, Kenyon and Gardner: Where Near Eastern and Southern African Archaeology Intersected
Willem Boshoff
8 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
9 Sept défis posés à une théologie de la Septante
Hans Ausloos
10 Daniel 5 in Aramaic and Greek and the Textual History of Daniel 4-6
Michael Segal
11 "Can the Cushite Change his Skin ...?" (Jer 13:23): Beating the Drums of African Biblical Hermeneutics
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele)
12 "Love is Strong as Death" (Song 8:6): Reading the Old Testament in a Context of Gender Violence
Mercedes L. García Bachmann
13 Hiob als Jüdisches, Christliches und Paganes Werk. Überlegungen zur Hermeneutik Heiliger Schriften
Markus Witte
14 Gott in anderem Licht: Das Gottesbild der apokalyptischen Literatur im 3. und 2. Jahrhundert
Martin Rösel
15 New Directions in the Computational Analysis of Biblical Poetry
Wido van Peursen
16 Changing Truths: אֱמֶת and קֹשֶט as Core Concepts in the Second Temple Period
Eibert Tigchelaar
