Marjo C. A. Korpel is Associate Professor of Old Testament at PThU, Groningen, the Netherlands.Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology, and has edited numerous volumes on the Old Testament. He is editor of the T&T Clark Library of Second Temple Studies series.

• CONTENTSI. INTRODUCTIONLESTER L. GRABBE AND MARJO C. A. KORPELII. ARTICLESOpen-mindedness for Understanding the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Challenge of Exod. 19–20RAINER ALBERTZ, University of Münster, GermanyEMPIRE! `… and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon’: Jeremiah 52:31–34: Fact or Fiction? HANS M. BARSTAD, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandBen Sira and Song of Songs: What about Parallels and Echoes?PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Utrecht, the NetherlandsOpen-mindedness and Planning for the Future of Academic Studies in Ancient Israel HistoryEHUD BEN ZVI, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaIsaiah 24-27: Spacing a Prophetic VisionWILLEM A. M. BEUKEN, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumEinübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispeile für Zivilcourage in den SamuelbüchernWALTER DIETRICH, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSwords or Ploughshares? The Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Northern JordanMEINDERT DIJKSTRA AND KAREL VRIEZEN, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsPenetrating the Legend: In Quest of the Historical EzraLESTER L. GRABBE, University of Hull, EnglandJoseph, the Pastor and the Conqueror of Evil by Using Good: Observations on Genesis 5015-21 in Dutch Children’s and Family BiblesCORNELIS HOUTMAN, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsLeading Scholars and the Interpretation of Scripture: The Case of LXX Haggai 2:1-9ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ, Leiden University, the NetherlandsMemories of Exile and Return in the Book of RuthMARJO C. A. KORPEL, Protestant Theological University at Groningen, the NetherlandsThe Question of JobPETER MACHINIST, Harvard University, USAThe Open Mind of the Man Born Blind (John 9)MAARTEN J. J. MENKEN, University of Tilburg, the NetherlandsJerusalem: Nightmare and Daydream in MicahJOHANNES DE MOOR, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam and Groningen (formerly Kampen), the Netherlands.Four Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Marzea?NADAV NA’AMAN, Tel Aviv University, IsraelThe Abolition of the Cult of the Dead Kings in Jerusalem (Ezek 43:6-9)HERBERT NIEHR, University of Tübingen, GermanyA Human and a Deity with Conflicting Morals (Qohelet 2:26)PAUL SANDERS, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsA Prophet Contest: Jeremiah 28 ReconsideredKLAAS A. D. SMELIK, University of Ghent, Belgium Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek LiteratureKLAAS SPRONK, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsSpeaking of Gods: Dimensions of the Divine in the Ancient Near EastKAREL VAN DER TOORN, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIs the Critical, Academic Study of the Bible Inextricably Bound to the Destinies of Theology?CHRISTOPH UEHLINGER, University of Zürich, SwitzerlandBiblical Studies and the Art of Civilization MaintenanceANNE-MAREIKE WETTER, Leiden University, the NetherlandsA New Divine Title in Isaiah 10:17HUGH M. G. WILLIAMSON, Oxford University, England

Marjo C. A. Korpel is Associate Professor of Old Testament at PThU, Groningen, the Netherlands.Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology, and has edited numerous volumes on the Old Testament. He is editor of the T&T Clark Library of Second Temple Studies series.

• CONTENTSI. INTRODUCTIONLESTER L. GRABBE AND MARJO C. A. KORPELII. ARTICLESOpen-mindedness for Understanding the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Challenge of Exod. 19–20RAINER ALBERTZ, University of Münster, GermanyEMPIRE! `… and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon’: Jeremiah 52:31–34: Fact or Fiction? HANS M. BARSTAD, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandBen Sira and Song of Songs: What about Parallels and Echoes?PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Utrecht, the NetherlandsOpen-mindedness and Planning for the Future of Academic Studies in Ancient Israel HistoryEHUD BEN ZVI, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaIsaiah 24-27: Spacing a Prophetic VisionWILLEM A. M. BEUKEN, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumEinübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispeile für Zivilcourage in den SamuelbüchernWALTER DIETRICH, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSwords or Ploughshares? The Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Northern JordanMEINDERT DIJKSTRA AND KAREL VRIEZEN, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsPenetrating the Legend: In Quest of the Historical EzraLESTER L. GRABBE, University of Hull, EnglandJoseph, the Pastor and the Conqueror of Evil by Using Good: Observations on Genesis 5015-21 in Dutch Children’s and Family BiblesCORNELIS HOUTMAN, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsLeading Scholars and the Interpretation of Scripture: The Case of LXX Haggai 2:1-9ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ, Leiden University, the NetherlandsMemories of Exile and Return in the Book of RuthMARJO C. A. KORPEL, Protestant Theological University at Groningen, the NetherlandsThe Question of JobPETER MACHINIST, Harvard University, USAThe Open Mind of the Man Born Blind (John 9)MAARTEN J. J. MENKEN, University of Tilburg, the NetherlandsJerusalem: Nightmare and Daydream in MicahJOHANNES DE MOOR, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam and Groningen (formerly Kampen), the Netherlands.Four Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Marzea?NADAV NA’AMAN, Tel Aviv University, IsraelThe Abolition of the Cult of the Dead Kings in Jerusalem (Ezek 43:6-9)HERBERT NIEHR, University of Tübingen, GermanyA Human and a Deity with Conflicting Morals (Qohelet 2:26)PAUL SANDERS, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsA Prophet Contest: Jeremiah 28 ReconsideredKLAAS A. D. SMELIK, University of Ghent, Belgium Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek LiteratureKLAAS SPRONK, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsSpeaking of Gods: Dimensions of the Divine in the Ancient Near EastKAREL VAN DER TOORN, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIs the Critical, Academic Study of the Bible Inextricably Bound to the Destinies of Theology?CHRISTOPH UEHLINGER, University of Zürich, SwitzerlandBiblical Studies and the Art of Civilization MaintenanceANNE-MAREIKE WETTER, Leiden University, the NetherlandsA New Divine Title in Isaiah 10:17HUGH M. G. WILLIAMSON, Oxford University, England

Marjo C. A. Korpel is Associate Professor of Old Testament at PThU, Groningen, the Netherlands.Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology, and has edited numerous volumes on the Old Testament. He is editor of the T&T Clark Library of Second Temple Studies series.

• CONTENTSI. INTRODUCTIONLESTER L. GRABBE AND MARJO C. A. KORPELII. ARTICLESOpen-mindedness for Understanding the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Challenge of Exod. 19–20RAINER ALBERTZ, University of Münster, GermanyEMPIRE! `… and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon’: Jeremiah 52:31–34: Fact or Fiction? HANS M. BARSTAD, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandBen Sira and Song of Songs: What about Parallels and Echoes?PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Utrecht, the NetherlandsOpen-mindedness and Planning for the Future of Academic Studies in Ancient Israel HistoryEHUD BEN ZVI, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaIsaiah 24-27: Spacing a Prophetic VisionWILLEM A. M. BEUKEN, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumEinübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispeile für Zivilcourage in den SamuelbüchernWALTER DIETRICH, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSwords or Ploughshares? The Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Northern JordanMEINDERT DIJKSTRA AND KAREL VRIEZEN, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsPenetrating the Legend: In Quest of the Historical EzraLESTER L. GRABBE, University of Hull, EnglandJoseph, the Pastor and the Conqueror of Evil by Using Good: Observations on Genesis 5015-21 in Dutch Children’s and Family BiblesCORNELIS HOUTMAN, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsLeading Scholars and the Interpretation of Scripture: The Case of LXX Haggai 2:1-9ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ, Leiden University, the NetherlandsMemories of Exile and Return in the Book of RuthMARJO C. A. KORPEL, Protestant Theological University at Groningen, the NetherlandsThe Question of JobPETER MACHINIST, Harvard University, USAThe Open Mind of the Man Born Blind (John 9)MAARTEN J. J. MENKEN, University of Tilburg, the NetherlandsJerusalem: Nightmare and Daydream in MicahJOHANNES DE MOOR, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam and Groningen (formerly Kampen), the Netherlands.Four Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Marzea?NADAV NA’AMAN, Tel Aviv University, IsraelThe Abolition of the Cult of the Dead Kings in Jerusalem (Ezek 43:6-9)HERBERT NIEHR, University of Tübingen, GermanyA Human and a Deity with Conflicting Morals (Qohelet 2:26)PAUL SANDERS, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsA Prophet Contest: Jeremiah 28 ReconsideredKLAAS A. D. SMELIK, University of Ghent, Belgium Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek LiteratureKLAAS SPRONK, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the NetherlandsSpeaking of Gods: Dimensions of the Divine in the Ancient Near EastKAREL VAN DER TOORN, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIs the Critical, Academic Study of the Bible Inextricably Bound to the Destinies of Theology?CHRISTOPH UEHLINGER, University of Zürich, SwitzerlandBiblical Studies and the Art of Civilization MaintenanceANNE-MAREIKE WETTER, Leiden University, the NetherlandsA New Divine Title in Isaiah 10:17HUGH M. G. WILLIAMSON, Oxford University, England