Biblical Tree Imagery in Natural and Human Contexts

Mark J. Boda is Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.William R. Osborne is Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, College of the Ozarks, USA.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsChapter One: IntroductionPart One: Tree PartsChapter Two: The Metaphor of Root and Soil in the Hebrew Bible: Botany, Metaphor Theory, and the Balance Between Divine Agency and Human Responsibility - Amy Balogh, Regis University, USAChapter Three: Shady Trees: Figurative Ecologies of Power and Pride in Branch Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East - William R. Osborne, College of the Ozarks, USAChapter Four: The Corona Triumphalis and the Tree of Life - Douglas Estes, Friends University, USAChapter Five: Fruit for Food, Leaves for Healing: Archaeobotany, Conceptual Metaphor, and Ezekiel 47 - Beth Stovell, Ambrose University, CanadaChapter Six: Burning Trees and Enduring Seeds: Isaiah Future Hope - Mark J. Boda, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaChapter Seven: The World Tree in Hebrew Scripture - Stephen Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary, USAPart Two: Tree TypesChapter Eight: Fig Trees in the Prophetic Imagination - Brady Beard, Emory University, USAChapter Nine: Swaying over the Trees: Tree-Inspired Elements in Biblical Vine Metaphors - Tina Sherman, University of Minnesota, USAChapter Ten: The Apotropaic Power of the Date-Palm Image - Norma Franklin, University of Haifa, IsraelChapter Eleven: Great Deciduous Trees - Ben Austin, Providence Christian College, USAChapter Twelve: Cedars and Lebanon: Ancient Near Eastern Themes and Ezekiel 31 - Lindy Williams, Fuller Theological Seminary, USAChapter Thirteen: King of Trees: The Olive Tree in the Biblical World - Brian Moselle, Los Angeles, USAPart Three: RespondentsBiblical Literary Respondent: TBDScientific Respondent: TBDBibliographyIndex