Exegetical and the Ethical

Hywel Clifford, DPhil (2005), Oxford, is Lecturer in Old Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University. He has published in Biblical Studies, Second Temple Judaism, and Biblical Interpretation.Megan Daffern, DPhil (2014), Oxford, is Tutor and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, and Tutor in Old Testament for the Eastern Region Ministry Course. She has published in Biblical Studies and Biblical Interpretation for both church and academy.Contributors are Alma Brodersen, S. Min Chun, Katharine Dell, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Christian Hofreiter, Andrew P. Langley, Aulikki Nahkola, James E. Patrick, Laura Quick, Benjamin Sargent, and Kris Sonek.

• ContentsAbbreviationsNotes on Contributors XVIntroductionHywel Clifford and Megan DaffernPart 1: Establishing the Exegetical and the Ethical1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text?Alma Brodersen2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic ImitationJames E. Patrick3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36Laura Quick4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of IsraelKatharine DellPart 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and ObscurityAulikki Nahkola6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and ExegesisMegan Daffern7 Ethics in Song of SongsAnselm C. Hagedorn8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekiel’s Oracles Against the NationsAndrew P. Langley9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the AcademyBenjamin SargentPart 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1–8 in Philo and BeyondHywel Clifford11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in “Holy Writ”?Christian Hofreiter12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late AntiquityKris Sonek13 A Tale of Two “Houses”: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament EthicsS. Min ChunConclusionJohn BartonIndex