Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation

Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999) in Semitic Languages, Leiden University, is associate professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. His publications include The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2004) and Language and Interpretation in the Syriac Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2007).Janet W. Dyk, Ph.D. (1994) in General Linguistics, VU University Amsterdam, is assistant professor of Bible Translation at the VU University and senior researcher at the Werkgroep Informatica, with emphasis on Hebrew and Syriac syntax. Her publications include Participles in Context (Amsterdam, 1994).

• List of ContributorsPrefaceJanet Dyk and Wido van Peursen1. Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Scholarship: An IntroductionWido van Peursen and Janet DykPART ONE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE BIBLE ITSELF2. A Story of Three Prophets: Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Jeremiah 26 Joep Dubbink3. ‘Against you, Daughter of Babylon!’ A Remarkable Example of Text-Reception in the Oracle of Jeremiah 50–51 Eric Peels4. ‘Reading Jeremiah Makes Me Angry!’ The Role of Jeremiah 32[39]:36–41 in Transformation within the ‘Jeremianic’TraditionJanneke Stegeman5. Beyond ‘Singers and Syntax’: Theological and Canonical Reflections on Psalm 8Carl J. Bosma6. Where is God? Romans 3:13–18 as an Addition to Psalm 14Eveline van Staalduine–Sulman7. Reading Qohelet as Text, Author, and ReaderTimothy Walton8. Tradition through Reading—Reading the Tradition: Reflections on Eep Talstra’s Exegetical MethodologyLouis JonkerPART TWO: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE RECEPTION OF THE BIBLE9. Between Stigmatizing and Idolizing the Bible: On the Reception of Genesis 12:10–20; 20; 26:1–11 Cornelis Houtman10. ‘Out of Egypt I Have Called My Son’: Matthew 2:15 and Hosea 11:1 in Dutch and American EvangelicalInterpretationGert Kwakkel11. Daniel’s Four Kingdoms in the Syriac TraditionWido van Peursen12. The Identity of Israel’s God: The Potential of the So-called Extra-Calvinisticum Cornelis van der Kooi13. A Jewish Childbirth Amulet from the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana Margaretha FolmerPART THREE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN LINGUISTIC AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE14. Computer-Assisted Tools for Textual CriticismEmanuel Tov15. On Biblical Hebrew and Computer Science: Inspiration, Models, Tools, and Cross-FertilizationUlrik Sandborg-Petersen16. Persuasive Hebrew Exercises: The Wit of Technology-Enhanced Language LearningNicolai Winther-Nielsen17. Judging Jephthah: The Contribution of Syntactic Analysis to the Interpretation of Judges 11:29–40Klaas Spronk18. Masoretic Tradition and Syntactic Analysis of the PsalmsLuis Vegas Montaner19. Who is Speaking—Who is Listening? How Information Technology Can Confirm the Integrity of the TextOliver Glanz20. Jerusalem’s Comforters in Isaiah 40:1–2: Participant Tracking in a Prophetic TextReinoud Oosting21. Hebrew hāyāh: Etymology, Bleaching, and Discourse StructureFrank Polak22. The Lexeme סָבִיבChristo H. J. van der Merwe23. Language, Structure, and Strategy in Isaiah 53:1–6: אָכֵן , Word Order, and the TranslatorLénart J. de Regt24. אָבִי in Job 34:36Constantijn J. SikkelDissertations under the Guidance of Eep TalstraPublications by Eep TalstraIndex of SourcesIndex of Modern Authors