The Bible in Three Dimensions: Essays in Celebration of Forty Years of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield (JSOT Supplement)

THE BIBLE IN THREE DIMENSIONS......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
John W. Rogerson: Biblical Studies at Sheffield......Page 20
F.F. Bruce: The Department of Biblical Studies: the Early Days......Page 26
Part 1 Literary Readings......Page 30
David J. A. Clines: Reading Esther from Left to Right: Contemporary Strategies for Reading a Biblical Text......Page 32
1. Formalism......Page 33
2. Structuralism......Page 36
3. Feminism......Page 41
4. Materialism......Page 46
5. Deconstruction......Page 47
Observations in Conclusion......Page 52
Foolproof composition......Page 54
The reliable narrator......Page 57
The omniscient narrator......Page 58
The omniscient God......Page 61
The narrator, the plot and God-as-character......Page 62
Blurring and lucidity......Page 63
Divergent standpoints......Page 64
The ideology of biblical poetics......Page 65
Barry G. Webb: Zion in Transformation: A Literary Approach to Isaiah......Page 66
1. Initial indicators of formal and thematic unity......Page 68
2. The remnant concept and the structure of the book......Page 73
3. The remnant concept and other theological motifs......Page 82
Laurence A. Turner: Lot as Jekyll and Hyde: A Reading of Genesis 18–19......Page 86
Introduction......Page 104
Disciples as Authoritative Teachers......Page 107
Disciples and the Story-line about Israel and the Gentiles......Page 120
Disciples and the Story-line about Jesus......Page 123
Conclusion......Page 125
Stanley E. Porter: The Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16.1-13): Irony is the Key......Page 128
Part 2 Studies in the Social World of Israel and Early Christianity......Page 156
K. Lawson Younger, Jr.: The Figurative Aspect and the Contextual Method in the Evaluation of the Solomonic Empire (1 Kings 1–11)......Page 158
Hyperbole as Ideological Indicator......Page 161
Structure as Figurative Indicator......Page 167
Ancient Near Eastern Royal Ideology and the Solomonic Splendour......Page 169
Conclusion......Page 175
Introduction......Page 178
1. Judges 19-21: The Identification of Deviance and the Creation of Consensus......Page 180
2. Deviance and the In-group /Out-group Distinction......Page 183
3. Claims of Honour and Claims of Kinship: Deviance and Legitimate Action within the Social Group......Page 190
Conclusion......Page 198
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 199
R.E. Clements: The Prophet and his Editors......Page 204
1. Prophetic Editors as Preservationists......Page 207
2. The Prophetic Editors as Creative Originators of Tradition......Page 211
3. The Prophetic Editors as Interpreters......Page 215
Loveday Alexander: The Living Voice: Scepticism towards the Written Word in Early Christian and in Graeco-Roman Texts......Page 222
1. The proverb......Page 225
2. Rhetoric......Page 227
3. The crafts......Page 229
4. The schools......Page 231
5. Philosophical esotericism......Page 238
6. Papias and Clement......Page 243
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 247
C.J.A. Hickling: Baptism in the First-Century Churches: A Case for Caution......Page 250
B.D. Chilton: A Coin of Three Realms (Matthew 17.24-27)......Page 270
The First Realm: the Temple......Page 272
The Second Realm: the Matthaean Community......Page 276
The Third Realm: Jesus and his Movement......Page 280
Conclusion......Page 282
Part 3 Questions of Method......Page 284
J.W. Rogerson: 'What Does it Mean to be Human?': The Central Question of Old Testament Theology?......Page 286
Introduction......Page 300
Reading the Text......Page 301
Reading Behind-the-Text......Page 308
Readings and the Liberation Struggle......Page 310
Grounds for dialogue......Page 311
Conclusion......Page 319
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 320
Philip Davies: Do Old Testament Studies Need a Dictionary?......Page 322
Academic Bibspeak......Page 323
The socio-religious factor......Page 324
What is a critical language?......Page 328
Sample Entries in a Dictionary......Page 333
Anthony C. Thiselton: On Models and Methods: A Conversation with Robert Morgan......Page 338
Introduction......Page 358
1. Emics and the Intentions of Authors......Page 360
2. Etics......Page 363
3. Synchronic Interests......Page 366
4. Diachronic Interests......Page 372
5. Interests in Texts as Such......Page 374
Conclusions......Page 377
Stephen Fowl: The Ethics of Interpretation or What's Left Over After the Elimination of Meaning......Page 380
List of Contributors......Page 400
C......Page 404
G......Page 405
L......Page 406
P......Page 407
T......Page 408
Y......Page 409