Far From Minimal

Duncan Burns is a former doctoral student of Professor Davies and is a freelance copy-editor.Professor John Rogerson is a former head of the department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield and Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.

• AbbreviationsList of ContributorsForewordWRITING TIME AND ETERNITY IN SAMUEL AND KINGSGraeme AuldWHEN YHWH TESTS PEOPLE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PARTICULAR OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE BOOKS OF CHRONICLES AND JOBEhud Ben ZviFORMLESS BUT NOT VOID: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMIST-SUBJECT FROM CLAY-LEVELFiona C. BlackTHE SERVANT OF THE LORD, THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THE EXALTED ONE OF 4Q491CJoseph BlenkinsoppA FLESHLY READING: MASOCHISM, ECOCRITICISM AND THE SONG OF SONGSRoland BoerRULES FOR MARTYRS: THE SACRIFICE OF THE BELOVED SON IN RABBINIC JUDAISM, PATRISTIC CHRISTIANITY, SUNNI ISLAMBruce ChiltonIN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: WHOSE BIBLICAL STUDIES IS IT ANYWAY?Edgar Conrad1 WERE ZERUBBABEL AND NEHEMIAH THE SAME PERSON?Diana EdelmanFOUR NOTES ON CONSERVATIVE BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: REHOV, MEGIDDO, JERUSALEM AND ROSH ZAYITIsrael FinkelsteinPROPHECY AS INSPIRED BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND DAVID KORESHLester L. GrabbePRUDENT ABIGAIL, SUBMISSION, AND THE FORCE OF BEAUTY: VOLTAIRE'S VERSION OF THE BIBLE IN HIS SAÜL, 1763David M. GunnWHY WAS THE SECOND TEMPLE BUILT?John M HalliganDIVINE KNOWLEDGE IN JOB AND 4QINSTRUCTIONSJames E. HardingTURNING A SOW'S EAR INTO A SILK PURSE: THE ARGUMENT AGAINST SILENCE IN THE QUEST FOR "EARLY ISRAEL"David HenigeONLY FOOLS AND CHILDREN: BELIEF IN GOD AS A PROBLEM FOR THE PSALMIST IN PSALMS 8-14Alastair Hunter1 THE STINGS IN THE TALES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAHJohn JarickTHE POWER OF PARENTHESIS: 2 SAMUEL 4:4 IN ITS LITERARY CONTEXTDavid JoblingMeroz (Judges 5.23)Axel KnaufISAIAH 2: TORAH AND TERRORFrancis LandyJOSHUA AND WESTERN VIOLENCENiels Peter LemcheA STUDY IN METHODOLOGICAL (IN)CONSISTENCY, OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE WORK OF THE JESUS SEMINARWilliam John Lyons‘JEWS BY NATURE': PAUL, ETHNICITY AND GALATIANSR. Barry MatlockTHE SECOND TEMPLE ORIGINS OF THE HALAKHAH OF BESAHJacob NeusnerTHE DECONSTRUCTION OF DEUTERONOMISM IN THE FORMER PROPHETS: MICAIAH BEN IMLAH AS EXAMPLEK.L. Noll1 PRODUCTIVE PRESUPPOSITIONS, EXUBERANT COMMENTARIES? THE NEW TESTAMENT DISCIPLINE READ THROUGH THE LENS OF FOUCAULT'S ‘L'ORDRE DU DISCOURS'Jorunn ØklandTHE GREEK OF THE JEWS AND EARLY CHRISTIANS: THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE FROM A HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVEStanley E. PorterTHE BOOK OF DANIEL, THE CANON AND THE GRAND NARRATIVE OF CHRISTIANITYI.J.J. SpangenbergTHE VERB(S) lgr IN CLASSICAL HEBREW AND THE TASK OF THE LEXICOGRAPHERDavid M. StecWITHOUT EVIDENCE OR METHODThomas L. ThompsonCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AS IMPETUS FOR A MULTILEVEL HEBREW-ENGLISH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATIONChristo H J van der MerweTHE RHETORIC OF 2 PETER: AN APOLOGIA FOR EARLY CHRISTIAN ETHICS (AND NOT ‘PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY')Robert L. WebbSOME RECENT DISCUSSION ON THE HEREMK. Lawson Younger, Jr.Index