Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Bibliography of the Writings of J. J. M. Roberts xv
6. Part 1 David and Zion
7. The “History of David’s Rise to Power” and the Neo-Babylonian Succession Apologies 3
8. R(az/ais)ing Zion in Lamentations 2 21
9. Sinai and Zion in Psalm 93 69
10. “Back to the Future”: Zion in the Book of Micah 77
11. “Who Knows? Yahweh May Be Gracious”: Why We Pray 97
12. “And Lot Went with Him”: Abraham’s Disobedience in Genesis 12:1–4a 111
13. David and Zion in the Theology of the Deuteronomistic History: Theological Ideas in 2 Samuel 5–7 125
14. Part 2 The Divine King and the Human King
15. The Divine Sovereign: The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account 143
16. The Ruler in Zion and the Hope of the Poor: Psalms 9–10 in the Context of the Psalter 187
17. Buber, Kingship, and the Book of Judges: A Study of Judges 6–9 and 17–21 199
18. The Rule of God in the Book of Daniel 219
19. Theological Anthropology at a Fulcrum: Isaiah 55:1–5, Psalm 89, and Second Stage Traditio in the Royal Psalms 247
20. King Yahweh as the Good Shepherd: Taking Another Look at the Image of God in Psalm 23 267
21. Part 3 Historical and Lexical Studies
22. The Crux of Psalm 22:17c: Solved at Long Last? 287
23. Doves in the Windows: Isaiah 60:8 in Light of Ancient Mesopotamian Lament Traditions 307
24. The Pride of Jacob 319
25. Bashan, Symbology, Haplography, and Theology in Psalm 68 351
26. The “Dying and Rising God”: A Survey of Research from Frazer to the Present Day 373
27. Isaiah at Princeton One Hundred Fifty Years Ago and Now: Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860) and J. J. M. Roberts (1939–) 387
28. Why Perez? Reflections on David’s Genealogy in Biblical Tradition 405
29. Indexes 417