Approaches to Literary Readings of Ancient Jewish Writings

Karolien Vermeulen: Introduction: Some Thoughts on Ancient Jewish Texts and the ‘Literary’

Part I: Hebrew Bible
Scott B. Noegel: “Literary” Craft and Performative Power in the Ancient Near East: The Hebrew Bible in Context
Johan de Joode and Hanneke van Loon: Selecting and Analyzing Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible: Cognitive Linguistics and the Literary
Angela Roskop Erisman: Literary Theory and Composition History of the Torah: The Sea Crossing (Exod 14:1–31) as a Test Case
Klaas Smelik: Eyewitness Accounts in the Books of Samuel? A Reappraisal
Robert P. Gordon: A Battle of Wits and Words: Hushai, Ahithophel and the Absalom Rebellion (2 Samuel 16–17)
Karolien Vermeulen: The Intentional Use of Polysemy: A Case Study of דבר סתר (Judg 3:19)
Ellen van Wolde: Bridging the Gap between Linguistics and Literary Studies of Ancient Biblical and Jewish Texts: A Proposal Exemplified by a Study of Gen 9:8–17
Anne-Laure Zwilling: The ‘Literary’ in Trickster Narratives: A Comparison of Gen 27:1–39; 29:15–30; 31:19–55; Joshua 9 and 2 Sam 3:26–27

Part II: Other Ancient Jewish Writings
Tamar Kadari: “Friends Hearken to Your Voice”: Rabbinic Interpretations of the Song of Songs
Lennart Lehmhaus: Between Tradition and Innovation: Seder Eliyahu’s Literary Strategies in the Context of Late Midrash
Rebecca Kneller-Rowe: Medieval Rationalist Exegesis and Intertextuality in Samuel Ibn Tibbon’s Ma’amar Yiqqawu ha-Mayim