“Plowing with a Heifer” in Judges 14:18: Tracing a Sexual Euphemism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Richard Elliott Friedman. An Appreciation ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Part 1. The Hebrew Bible
7. Ezekiel and the Levites 3
8. Framing Aaron: Incense Altar and Lamp Oil in the Tabernacle Texts 13
9. Necromancy and 1 Samuel 19:22 23
10. A Tale of the Prophet and the Courtier: A Responsive Reading of the Nathan Texts 33
11. A Forgotten Cultic Reform? 2 Kings 3:2b 43
12. Scribal Error and the Transmission of 2 Kings 18–20 and Isaiah 36–39 51
13. Empirical Taxonomy and the Hebrew Bible 61
14. Place-Names as Superlatives in Classical Hebrew 73
15. The Real Formal Full Personal Name of the God of Israel 81
16. Part 2. Source Criticism
17. Leitwort Style and Literary Structure in the J Primeval Narrative 93
18. How Moses Gained and Lost the Reputation of Being the Torah’s Author: Higher Criticism prior to Julius Wellhausen 111
19. How Was the Bible Written? Reflections on Sources and Authors in the Book of Kings 133
20. Part 3. Israel and the Ancient Near East
21. The “Biblical” Origins of Passover 147
22. “Plowing with a Heifer” in Judges 14:18: Tracing a Sexual Euphemism 163
23. Aramean Skin Care: A New Perspective on Naaman’s Leprosy 169
24. Abraham and Damascus in Some Greek and Latin Texts of the Hellenistic Period 179
25. Rethinking Sectarian Judaism: The Centrality of the Priesthood in the Second Temple Period 195
26. Part 4. The Bible and Archaeology
27. In Defense of Forgery 217
28. Can Archaeology Serve as a Tool in Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible? 225
29. “You Shall Make for Yourself No Molten Gods”: Some Thoughts on Archaeology and Edomite Ethnic Identity 239
30. Female Infanticide in Iron II Israel and Judah 257
31. Part 5. Religion and Religious Studies
32. Elements of Popular Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Psalms Commentary 275
33. The Biblical Icon 293
34. Walter Rauschenbusch, the Social Gospel Movement, and How Julius Wellhausen Unwittingly Helped Create American Progressivism in the Twentieth Century 315
35. “Starving” the Patient: A Jewish Perspective on Terry Schiavo and the Feeding Tube Controversy 325
36. Index of Authors 331
37. Index of Scripture 339