Christian Frevel is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, member of the board of the German Society for the Exploration of Palestine, internal fellow of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Dynamics in the History of Religions" and Co-editor of the series "Beitrage zur Wissenschaft des Alten und Neuen Testaments".

• Preface; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Christian Frevel: The Discourse on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 1: Christian Frevel and Benedikt J. Conczorowski: Deepening the Water: First Steps to a Diachronic Approach on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 2: Katherine E. Southwood: An Ethnic Affair? Ezra's Intermarriage Crisis against a Context of "Self-Ascription" and "Ascription of Others"; Chapter 3: Ralf Rothenbusch: The Question of Mixed Marriages between the Poles of Diaspora and Homeland: Observations in Ezra/Nehemiah; Chapter 4: Juha Pakkala: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Ezra Tradition (Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8); Chapter 5: Benedikt J. Conczorowski: All the same as Ezra? Conceptual Differences between the Texts on Intermarriage in Genesis, Deuteronomy 7 and Ezra; Chapter 6: Jan Clauss: Understanding the Mixed-Marriages of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Light of Temple-Building and the Book's Concept of Jerusalem; Chapter 7: Karen S. Winslow: Mixed Marriage in Torah Narratives; Chapter 8: Yonina Dor: From the Well in Midian to the Baal of Peor: Different Attitudes to Marriage of Israelites to Midianite Women; Chapter 9: Gary N. Knoppers: "Married into Moab": The Exogamy. Practiced by Judah and his Descendants in the Judahite Lineages; Chapter 10: Sebastian Gratz: The Question of "Mixed Marriages"; (Intermarriage): the Extra-Biblical Evidence; Chapter 11: Armin Lange: Mixed Marriages and the Hellenistic; Religious Reforms; Chapter 12: Christian Frevel: "Separate Yourself From the Gentiles"; (Jub. 22:16): Intermarriage in the Book of Jubilees; Chapter 13: Hannah Harrington: Intermarriage in Qumran Texts: The; Legacy of Ezra-Nehemiah; Chapter 14: Karen S. Winslow: Moses' Cushite Marriage: Torah,; Artapanus, and Josephus; Chapter 15: Claudia Camp: Feminist- and Gender-Critical; Perspectives on the Biblical Ideology of Intermarriage; Index of References; Index of Authors.

Christian Frevel is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, member of the board of the German Society for the Exploration of Palestine, internal fellow of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Dynamics in the History of Religions" and Co-editor of the series "Beitrage zur Wissenschaft des Alten und Neuen Testaments".

• Preface; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Christian Frevel: The Discourse on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 1: Christian Frevel and Benedikt J. Conczorowski: Deepening the Water: First Steps to a Diachronic Approach on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 2: Katherine E. Southwood: An Ethnic Affair? Ezra's Intermarriage Crisis against a Context of "Self-Ascription" and "Ascription of Others"; Chapter 3: Ralf Rothenbusch: The Question of Mixed Marriages between the Poles of Diaspora and Homeland: Observations in Ezra/Nehemiah; Chapter 4: Juha Pakkala: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Ezra Tradition (Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8); Chapter 5: Benedikt J. Conczorowski: All the same as Ezra? Conceptual Differences between the Texts on Intermarriage in Genesis, Deuteronomy 7 and Ezra; Chapter 6: Jan Clauss: Understanding the Mixed-Marriages of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Light of Temple-Building and the Book's Concept of Jerusalem; Chapter 7: Karen S. Winslow: Mixed Marriage in Torah Narratives; Chapter 8: Yonina Dor: From the Well in Midian to the Baal of Peor: Different Attitudes to Marriage of Israelites to Midianite Women; Chapter 9: Gary N. Knoppers: "Married into Moab": The Exogamy. Practiced by Judah and his Descendants in the Judahite Lineages; Chapter 10: Sebastian Gratz: The Question of "Mixed Marriages"; (Intermarriage): the Extra-Biblical Evidence; Chapter 11: Armin Lange: Mixed Marriages and the Hellenistic; Religious Reforms; Chapter 12: Christian Frevel: "Separate Yourself From the Gentiles"; (Jub. 22:16): Intermarriage in the Book of Jubilees; Chapter 13: Hannah Harrington: Intermarriage in Qumran Texts: The; Legacy of Ezra-Nehemiah; Chapter 14: Karen S. Winslow: Moses' Cushite Marriage: Torah,; Artapanus, and Josephus; Chapter 15: Claudia Camp: Feminist- and Gender-Critical; Perspectives on the Biblical Ideology of Intermarriage; Index of References; Index of Authors.

Christian Frevel is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, member of the board of the German Society for the Exploration of Palestine, internal fellow of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Dynamics in the History of Religions" and Co-editor of the series "Beitrage zur Wissenschaft des Alten und Neuen Testaments".

• Preface; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Christian Frevel: The Discourse on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 1: Christian Frevel and Benedikt J. Conczorowski: Deepening the Water: First Steps to a Diachronic Approach on Intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 2: Katherine E. Southwood: An Ethnic Affair? Ezra's Intermarriage Crisis against a Context of "Self-Ascription" and "Ascription of Others"; Chapter 3: Ralf Rothenbusch: The Question of Mixed Marriages between the Poles of Diaspora and Homeland: Observations in Ezra/Nehemiah; Chapter 4: Juha Pakkala: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Ezra Tradition (Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8); Chapter 5: Benedikt J. Conczorowski: All the same as Ezra? Conceptual Differences between the Texts on Intermarriage in Genesis, Deuteronomy 7 and Ezra; Chapter 6: Jan Clauss: Understanding the Mixed-Marriages of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Light of Temple-Building and the Book's Concept of Jerusalem; Chapter 7: Karen S. Winslow: Mixed Marriage in Torah Narratives; Chapter 8: Yonina Dor: From the Well in Midian to the Baal of Peor: Different Attitudes to Marriage of Israelites to Midianite Women; Chapter 9: Gary N. Knoppers: "Married into Moab": The Exogamy. Practiced by Judah and his Descendants in the Judahite Lineages; Chapter 10: Sebastian Gratz: The Question of "Mixed Marriages"; (Intermarriage): the Extra-Biblical Evidence; Chapter 11: Armin Lange: Mixed Marriages and the Hellenistic; Religious Reforms; Chapter 12: Christian Frevel: "Separate Yourself From the Gentiles"; (Jub. 22:16): Intermarriage in the Book of Jubilees; Chapter 13: Hannah Harrington: Intermarriage in Qumran Texts: The; Legacy of Ezra-Nehemiah; Chapter 14: Karen S. Winslow: Moses' Cushite Marriage: Torah,; Artapanus, and Josephus; Chapter 15: Claudia Camp: Feminist- and Gender-Critical; Perspectives on the Biblical Ideology of Intermarriage; Index of References; Index of Authors.