Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation: Studies Presented to Professor Eep Talstra on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday

Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation: Studies Presented to Professor Eep Talstra on the occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 12
Janet Dyk and Wido van Peursen: Preface......Page 16
Wido van Peursen and Janet Dyk: Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Scholarship: An Introduction......Page 20
Part I: Tradition and Innovation in the Bible Itself......Page 30
1 A First Glance......Page 32
2.1 The Setting (Jer 26:1–3)......Page 35
2.2 The Sermon (Jer 26:4–6)......Page 37
2.3 The First Reaction (Jer 26:7–9)......Page 38
2.4 The Trial (Jer 26:10–16)......Page 40
3 Provisional Conclusions......Page 42
3.1 The Precedent of Micah (Jer 26:17–19)......Page 43
3.2 The Death of Uriah (Jer 26:20–23)......Page 44
3.3 Narrow Escape (Jer 26:24)......Page 46
4.2 Audience......Page 47
4.3 Purpose......Page 48
1 Introduction......Page 50
2 A remarkable Doublet......Page 51
3 Translation and explanation......Page 53
4 Adaptation......Page 54
5 Place in context......Page 55
6 Historical Questions......Page 57
7 Structure of Jeremiah 50–51......Page 59
8 A forceful message......Page 61
9 Conclusion......Page 63
1 Introduction......Page 64
2 Collective Memory......Page 66
3 The Jeremianic Tradition......Page 68
4 The Unique Perspective Presented in Jeremiah 32[39]:36–41......Page 71
5 Verses 36–41 within the Structure of the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint......Page 75
6 Appropriations in Bethlehem and Jerusalem......Page 81
7 Some Last Words......Page 85
1 Translation options and implications......Page 88
1.1 Overview of Segmentation and Translations......Page 90
1.3 Theological Implications......Page 92
2 Unique canonical Placement of Psalm 8......Page 96
2.1 Description of Psalm 8’s Unique Canonical Position......Page 97
2.2 Internal Evidence for Psalm 8’s Canonical Position......Page 99
2.3 Theological Significance......Page 105
3 Conclusion......Page 110
1 Psalm 14 in the Masoretic Text......Page 112
1.1 Syntax......Page 113
1.2 Participants......Page 114
1.3 Poetic Structure......Page 115
1.4 Genre......Page 120
2 Psalm 53 in the Masoretic Text......Page 121
3 Psalm 14 in the Greek Texts......Page 122
4.1 A Hebrew Manuscript......Page 125
4.2 The Original Addition in Hebrew......Page 128
5 Conclusions......Page 129
Timothy Walton: Reading Qohelet as Text, Author, and Reader......Page 132
1 Qohelet 8:9–15......Page 133
2.1 Methodology......Page 134
2.2 Text Structure of Qohelet 8:9–15......Page 137
3.1 Qohelet 8:12c–13......Page 140
3.2 Qoheleth 8:15......Page 145
4 Qohelet as Reader......Page 147
5 Conclusions......Page 150
1 Introduction......Page 152
2 Talstra’s Exegetical Methodology: A Brief Overview......Page 154
3 Talstra’s Understanding of ‘Reading’ and ‘Tradition’......Page 157
4 Assessing the Value for Chronicles Studies......Page 160
5 Conclusion......Page 170
Part II: Tradition and Innovation in the Reception of the Bible......Page 172
Cornelis Houtman: Between Stigmatizing and Idolizing the Bible: on the Reception of Genesis 12:10–20; 20; 26:1–11......Page 174
1 Freethinkers......Page 175
2 Devout exegetes......Page 183
3 Evaluation......Page 187
1 Introduction......Page 190
2 Dutch Neo-Calvinistic Interpretations......Page 192
3 Recent American Evangelical Interpretations......Page 194
3.1 Agreement with the Historical Meaning......Page 195
3.2 Typological or Analogical Correspondences......Page 197
3.3 Midrash or Pesher......Page 199
4.1 Observations on Hos 11:1 and Matt 2:15......Page 203
4.2 Consequences for Evangelical Hermeneutics......Page 206
1 Introduction......Page 208
2 Syriac apocalypses of the seventh century......Page 209
3 Later Developments......Page 212
4 Historical interpretations in Peshitta manuscripts and commentaries......Page 214
5 The identification of Daniel’s fourth kingdom in the christian tradition......Page 218
6 Rome: The culmination of evil or the final God-Willed empire?......Page 220
7 Reinterpretations of Daniel’s four kingdoms in response to the Arab conquests......Page 221
8 Conclusions......Page 222
Postscriptum: Hermeneutical and Biblical-theological implications......Page 223
1 Introduction: A Common Theological Task......Page 228
2 Drama and Causality......Page 230
3 Christ as the Eternal Word......Page 231
4 Can History be Taken Seriously?......Page 232
5 The Extra-Calvinisticum as Summary of the Asymmetrical Relationship between God and Men......Page 234
6 The Extra-Calvinisticum brings Human History into a Theological Perspective......Page 236
7 The Soteriological Function of the Extra-Calvinisticum......Page 237
9 Earlier and Later Readers......Page 239
10 The Identity of God: Creating Openings......Page 240
1 Introduction......Page 242
2 Childbirth Amulets......Page 243
3 Description of the Amulet......Page 244
4 The text of the Amulet......Page 245
5 Discussion of the biblical texts......Page 250
5.1 Genesis 48:16......Page 251
5.2 Genesis 49:18......Page 252
5.3 Exodus 15:26......Page 253
5.4 Numbers 6:24–26......Page 254
5.5 Psalm 20:2–10......Page 256
5.6 Psalm 90:17 and 91:1–16......Page 257
5.7 Psalm 121......Page 259
6 Concluding remarks......Page 260
Part III: Tradition and Innovation in Linguistic and Computational Approaches to the Bible......Page 262
Emanuel Tov: Computer-Assisted Tools for Textual Criticism......Page 264
1 Available Modules......Page 265
2 Categories of Information......Page 269
3 Predetermined Information......Page 271
3.1 Textual Analysis......Page 272
3.2 Linguistic Analysis......Page 273
3.3.1 Spelling of the Feminine Plural Participle in All Conjugations......Page 274
3.3.2 Spelling of the Word ‘Three’......Page 276
3.3.3 Spelling of קול (sing.) with Pronominal Suffixes......Page 277
4 Conclusions......Page 278
1 Introduction......Page 280
2 Preliminary Definitions......Page 281
3 The Work of Crist-Jan Doedens......Page 283
4 My own PhD Work......Page 286
5.1 Emdros Query Tool......Page 290
5.2 Libronix and SESB......Page 291
6 Conclusion......Page 293
Nicolai Winther-Nielsen: Persuasive Hebrew Exercises: The Wit of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning......Page 296
1 PLOTting Technology for Learning......Page 297
2 PLOTting Learning from the WIVU Database......Page 302
3 The Persuasive Unfolding of the PLOT in Online Learning......Page 307
4 The Resolution of the PLOT in Feedback......Page 311
Conclusions......Page 315
1 Introduction......Page 318
2 Open and Hidden Bias......Page 321
3 The Bias in the Historical-Critical Approach......Page 324
4 The Syntactic Analysis......Page 328
5 Some Conclusions......Page 332
1.1 Syntactic Environment......Page 336
1.2 Poetic Parallelism......Page 338
2 The Importance of the Position of the X Constituent......Page 340
2.2 The Sequence yiqtol—x—weyiqtol......Page 341
2.3 The Distribution of the yiqtol—weyiqtol—x Cases......Page 342
2.4 The Distribution of the yiqtol—x—weyiqtol Cases......Page 344
3.1 qatal → wayyiqtol......Page 345
3.2 qatal // wayyiqtol......Page 346
3.3 The distribution of the qatal → wayyiqtol cases......Page 347
3.4 The Distribution of the qatal // wayyiqtol Cases......Page 350
4 Conclusions......Page 353
1 Introduction......Page 356
2 Participant-reference shifts: a case......Page 358
3.1 Shift in Person as a Marker of a Shift in Discourse......Page 363
3.2 Shift in Person as mark of a Discourse Modification......Page 367
3.3 Shift in Person as a Strategy for Increasing and Decreasing Distance in Discourse......Page 369
3.3.1 Increasing Distance......Page 370
3.3.2 Decreasing Distance......Page 372
4 Conclusion......Page 373
1 Introduction......Page 380
2 Identification within the Context of Isaiah 40:1–2......Page 382
3 Identification within the Context of Isaiah 40:1–11......Page 384
4 Identification within the Context of Isaiah 40–55......Page 387
5 The Consolation of Jerusalem in the Literary Composition of Isaiah 40–55......Page 390
6 New Perspectives on Participant Tracking in Poetic and Prophetic Texts......Page 393
7 Conclusions......Page 395
Frank Polak: Hebrew hāyāh: Etymology, Bleaching, and Discourse Structure......Page 398
1 Heb. היה and Verbs of Motion......Page 401
2 Motion, Metaphor, and Non-Literary Language......Page 406
3 The Meaning Potential of hāyāh: An Interval......Page 409
4 Heb. ויהי in Context......Page 414
5 Conclusion......Page 417
1 Introduction......Page 418
3.1 Francis Brown, Samuel R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs......Page 421
3.3 Categories of Use......Page 423
4 Using SESB......Page 431
5 Concluding Remarks......Page 433
1 Introduction......Page 436
2 Language and Structure......Page 437
2.1 Presupposition and Replacing Focus in Isa 53:1–6......Page 438
2.2 Replacing Focus and אָכֵן......Page 441
2.3 Presupposition and Replacing Focus in the Rest of Isa 53:1–6......Page 442
2.4 Heb. אָכֵן Elsewhere in Isaiah 40–55......Page 443
3 Structure and Strategy......Page 444
4 We-Inclusive: You and I......Page 446
5 Presupposition and Focus in Different Translations......Page 448
5.1 Particles, Word Order, and the Choice of a Translation Model......Page 450
5.2 Heb. אָכֵן and Relevance Theory......Page 452
6 Concluding Remarks......Page 453
1 Introduction......Page 456
2 Extent of the Problem......Page 457
3.1 The Text......Page 458
3.2 Reference Works......Page 461
4 Translations......Page 463
4.1 My Father......Page 464
4.2 My Desire......Page 465
4.3 Wish Particle......Page 466
4.5 Preliminary Summary......Page 467
4.6 Honorific......Page 468
5.1 The Niphal of בחן......Page 469
5.2 Optative......Page 470
5.3 Clause Hierarchy......Page 473
6 Conclusion......Page 475
Bibliographic note......Page 476
Dissertations under the Guidance of Eep Talstra......Page 480
Publications by Eep Talstra......Page 484
Index of Sources......Page 502
Index of Modern Authors......Page 512