History and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of John H. Hayes (JSOT Supplement)

Cover......Page 1
History and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of John H. Hayes......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 17
Introduction......Page 20
The Timaeus and Creation......Page 21
Creation and Persuasion......Page 23
The Rhetoric of Creation in Genesis 1......Page 24
The Good......Page 29
Creation and Tabernacle......Page 30
Conflict and Creation......Page 31
The Beginning and the End......Page 32
Julie Galambush: 'ADAM FROM 'ADAMA, 'IŠŠA FROM 'Ί Derivation and Subordination in Genesis 2.4b-3.24......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 46
Introduction......Page 48
A Typology of Priestly Rituals......Page 49
Genesis 1.1-2.4a: The Founding of Sacred Time......Page 51
Exodus 40.16-33: The Founding of Sacred Space......Page 55
Leviticus 8-9: The Founding of Sacred Status......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 65
Introduction......Page 66
Working Assumptions......Page 68
Theoretical Model......Page 74
Application of the Method to the Books of Chronicles......Page 75
Conclusion: Contribution and Implication......Page 77
Introduction......Page 79
A Comparison of 2 Chronicles 25 with 2 Kings 14......Page 80
The Structure: Concentric......Page 82
The Rhetoric: Irony......Page 86
Conclusions......Page 90
Introduction......Page 91
The Sources and Validity of the Historical Approach......Page 92
Joab and David......Page 99
History, Literature, and Apologetic......Page 105
Introduction......Page 107
Hezekiah and the Invasion of Sennacherib......Page 108
The Reign of Josiah......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 121
Caution Concerning Pentateuchal Traditions in Hosea......Page 122
Numbers 25.1b-5 as an Exilic Composition......Page 123
Incongruities between Hosea 9.10b and the Numbers 25.1b-5 and Deuteronomy 4.3-4 Tradition......Page 125
The Settlement in the Land......Page 126
Sinfulness Past and Present......Page 127
Vocabulary and Content......Page 128
Hosea 9.10b in its Eighth-Century Context......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 133
Stuart A. Irvine: PROBLEMS OF TEXT AND TRANSLATION IN ISAIAH 10.13bb......Page 134
Introduction......Page 146
khzqt hyd......Page 147
wysrny mlkt bdrk h'm-hzh......Page 150
h'm-hzh......Page 151
Isaiah 8.11 and 6.1-13......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 159
Introduction......Page 161
Exodus-Judges......Page 162
1 Samuel—2 Chronicles......Page 165
Ezra-Nehemiah and Other Sources......Page 169
Concluding Observations......Page 172
Introduction......Page 174
Ba'al Place Names in the Hebrew Bible......Page 178
The Examples of Ba'al Perazim and Ba'al(ê/ah)-Judah......Page 184
Ba'al Perazim......Page 185
Ba'alê Judah (2 Sam. 6.2)......Page 187
Personal Names Formed with Ba'al from the Period of Saul and David......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 191
Introduction......Page 193
Albright's Analysis......Page 194
Current Literary-Stylistic Analysis......Page 198
Summary......Page 201
Paul K. Hooker: THE LOCATION OF THE BROOK OF EGYPT......Page 204
Assyrian Inscriptional References to the Brook of Egypt......Page 205
Conclusions......Page 215
Kenneth D. Hutchens: DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES - A Cultic Interpretation of Numbers 34.1-12 and Ezekiel 47.13-48.1,28......Page 216
Historical Approaches......Page 217
The Relationship between Numbers 34 and Ezekiel 47-48......Page 223
A Cultic Approach......Page 226
Origin of the Boundaries......Page 229
Conclusion......Page 230
Introduction......Page 232
The Name Omri......Page 235
Israelite-Phoenician Relations......Page 237
Archaeological Evidence......Page 240
Attitude towards Baalism......Page 244
Conclusions......Page 245
Family Identity and the Importance of Children......Page 246
Stipulations of Adoption......Page 250
Raising the Child as One's Own......Page 253
Providing an Inheritance for the Child......Page 254
Punishment for a Rebellious Child......Page 256
Conclusion......Page 259
Books......Page 261
Articles......Page 262
Edited Volumes......Page 263
INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 264