One Who Reads May Run

Roland Boer is Associate Professor in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University, Australia.Michael Carden is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia. His most recent book is Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth (Equinox 2004).

• List of Abbreviations List of ContributorsEdgar W. Conrad: A Biography Publications by Edgar W. Conrad Introduction Part I: Reading Prophets1. Reading Jeremiah - Philip R. Davies2. Filling the Gaps and Putting Huldah to Use - Judith E. McKinlay 3. Paradoxes of Prophetic Language in Isaiah - Francis Landy4. Hearing the Word of God in Isaiah 1 and 65-66: A Synchronic Approach - Se-Hoon Jang5. Isaiah Redivivus - Norman HabelPart II: Reading Literarily 6. Did the Scholar(s) Get it Right? - Johnson Lim7. The Anomaly of Interpretation - Roland Boer8. Ezra’s “Lost Manuscripts”: Narrative Context and Rhetorical Function - Katherine M. Stott9. The Signifier’s Body: Postmodern Semiotics and The Bible - George AichelePart III: Engaged Readings10. “Hear then the Parable of the Seed”: Reading the Agrarian Parables of Matthew 13 Ecologically - Elaine M. Wainwright11. Getting to Know You: Reformation Marriage Ideologies and Contemporary Debates on Same-Sex Marriage - Michael Carden 12. A Woman is Being Beaten and Maybe She Likes It? Approaching Song of Songs 5:2-7 - Julie Kelso 13. First People, Minority Reading: Reading Jonah, From Oceania - Jione Havea 14. Biblical Justice: Recompense, Revenge and Restoration - Paul Morris15. A Web of Fascination: Marxism and The Bible - Roland Boer16. Dying to Bring Heaven Down to Earth: The Mother of Melchizedek and Miraculous, Messianic Mothers in The Bible - Michael CardenBibliography Index of References Index of Authors

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