“I Still Can’t Believe It”: A Brief Biography of Richard D. Nelson

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Contributors viii
4. “I Still Can’t Believe It”: A Brief Biography of Richard D. Nelson ix
5. Bibliographical History of Richard D. Nelson’s Career xiii
6. Introduction xvii
7. Abbreviations xxiv
8. Part 1. Biblical Studies, Ancient History, and Ancient Literature
9. Prophetic Madness: Prophecy and Ecstasy in the Ancient Near East and in Greece 3
10. The Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles: Scribal Works in an Oral World 31
11. The Deuteronomistic History: Historical Reconsiderations 41
12. The Deuteronomistic History and “Double Redaction” 51
13. On the Term Deuteronomistic in Relation to Joshua–Kings in the Persian Period 61
14. A Portrait of the Deuteronomistic Historian at Work? 73
15. Book-Endings in Joshua and the Question of the So-Called Deuteronomistic History 87
16. Joshua in the Book of Joshua 103
17. Synoptic David: The View from Chronicles 117
18. “Rest All Around from All His Enemies” (2 Samuel 7:1b): The Occasion for David’s Offer to Build a Temple 129
19. Why Did David Stay Home? An Exegetical Study of 2 Samuel 11:1 149
20. David, the Great King, King of the Four Quarters Structure and Signification in the Catalog of David’s Conquests (2 Samuel 8:1–14, 1 Chronicles 18:1–13) 159
21. Part 2. The Bible, Theology, and the Christian Community
22. The Self-Limiting God of the Old Testament and Issues of Violence 179
23. Wisdom Influence in the Book of Deuteronomy 193
24. A Simple Matter of Numbering? “Sovereignty” and “Holiness” in the Decalogue Tradition 211
25. What Is Abimelek Doing in Judges? 225
26. The Chronicler’s Theological Rewriting of the Deuteronomistic History: Amaziah, a Test Case 237
27. The Rescue of Jerusalem from the Assyrians in 701 b.c.e. by the Cushites 247
28. Covenant and Liberation: Diachronic Perspectives 261
29. Woe or Ho: The Lamentable Translation of הוי in Isaiah 55:1 275
30. Tested at the Boundary: Deuteronomy and Matthew in Conversation on Testing 283
31. Whose Faith? Reexamining the Habakkuk 2:4 Citation within the Communicative Act of Romans 1:1–17 293
32. The Lord’s Supper as a Meal of Siblings 325
33. Index of Authors 341
34. Index of Scripture 348