Peter J. Harland, Ph.D. (1992), University of Durham, is an Administrative Officer in the University of Cambridge. His book, The Value of Human Life; a Study of the Story of the Flood (Genesis 6-9) was published by Brill in 1996.Robert Hayward, D.Phil. (1975), is Reader in Old Testament in the University of Durham, and has published several books and articles on the Aramaic Targum and Jewish Bible Interpretation. His most recent monograph is The Jewish Temple. A non-Biblical Sourcebook (Routledge, 1996).

• Foreword Abbreviations "On Learning to be a True Prophet: The Story of Balaam and his Ass", R.W.L. Moberly "Balaam's Prophecies as Interpreted by Philo and the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch", C.T.R. Hayward "The Future in the Book of Chronicles", P.B. Dirksen "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth", J. Gibson "The Shape of the Psalter: An Eschatological Dimension? ", M.A. Vincent "The Wolf Shall Live with the Lamb: Reading Isaiah 11:6-9 Today", R.E. Clements "Gnats, Glosses and Eternity: Isaiah 51:6 Reconsidered", H.G.M. Williamson "A Land Full of Violence: The Value of Human Life in the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel", P.J. Harland "Three Christian Commentators on Hosea", G. Davies "Whose Words? Qoheleth, Hosea and Attribution in Biblical Literature", S. Weeks "The Social Background of the Book of Malachi", J.W. Rogerson "Apocalyptic, Revelation and Early Jewish Wisdom Literature", J.K. Aitken "Judith, Tobit, Ahiqar and History", A. Millard "'Death is Swallowed up in Victory' (1 Corinthians 15:54): Canaanite Mot in Prophecy and Apocalypse", J.F. Healey "Enthronement and Apotheosis: The Vision in Revelation 4-5", M. Barker "Of Wars and Rumours of Peace: Apocalyptic Material in Aphrahat and Subhalmaran", D.J. Lane "The 'Demonstration on Love' by Aphrahat the Sage: A Translation with Introduction", L. Stuckenbruck "The Three Jewish Children at Berlin: Cotton Mather's Obsession", L. Munk "George Stanley Faber: No Popery and Prophecy", S.W. Gilley Appreciation of the Reverend Dr. Anthony Gelston Publications of Anthony Gelston Index

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