Why Did Jael Kill Sisera? A Canonical Perspective

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Table of Contents IX
4. List of Contributors XIII
5. Table of Abbreviations XVII
6. Biographical Note: Graham Ivor Davies 1
7. Publications of Graham Ivor Davies 3
8. The Contribution by Graham Davies to Old Testament Studies 11
9. Part I. Archaeology
10. Treasures of Merenptah in the Karnak Temple at Luxor. The Record of the Walls of the Cour de la Cachette 23
11. Prophetic Speech in the Egyptian Royal Cult 39
12. The Palestinian Campaign of Pharaoh Shishak 55
13. Who Built and Who Used the Buildings at Kuntillet ‘Ajrud? 69
14. The Phoenician Inscriptions from Arslan Tash and Some Old Testament Texts (Exodus 12; Micah 5:4-5[5-6]; Psalm 91) 87
15. A Literary Analysis of the Shiloah (Siloam) Tunnel Inscription 101
16. Incense–the Ancient Room Freshener. The Exegesis of Daniel 2:46 111
17. Between Scroll and Codex? Reconsidering the Qumran Opisthographs 123
18. Liberty in the Coin Legends of the Jewish Revolts 139
19. “...wie es eigentlich gewesen” Historical “Facts” and the Reconstruction of the History of “Ancient Israel” 153
20. The “Way of the Wilderness” on Sixteenth-Century Maps 169
21. Part II. Biblical Texts
22. “Couch” or “Crouch”? Genesis 4:7 and the Temptation of Cain 195
23. The Flood and the Ten Antediluvian Figures in Berossus and in the Priestly Source in Genesis 211
24. “P” as Editor: The Case of Exodus 4:18-26 225
25. “Kingdom of Priests” What is Priestly in Exodus 19:6? 239
26. The Fifth Commandment in Context 253
27. Deuteronomy and the Babylonian Diaspora 269
28. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Date of the Final Stage of the Pentateuch 287
29. Reading Joshua after Samuel 305
30. Why Did Jael Kill Sisera? A Canonical Perspective 317
31. By Stone and Sling. 1 Samuel 17:50 and the Problem of Misreading David’s Victory over Goliath 329
32. Why does the Deuteronomistic History Make no Mention of the Prophets to Whom Books are Attributed? 343
33. The Practicalities of Prophetic Writing in Isaiah 8:1 357
34. “And he shall hear a rumour...” (Isaiah 37:7; 2 Kings 19:7) 371
35. About Third Isaiah... 375
36. Penitential Innovations within the Twelve 391
37. Hosea, Creation, and Wisdom. An Alternative Tradition 409
38. Acrostics and Lamentations 425
39. “Slaves” in Biblical Narrative and in Translation 441
40. The Repentance of God 453
41. Part III. Language and Literacy
42. Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel 465
43. Light on ئ٢ 479
44. The Operation of a Syntactic Rule in Classical Biblical Hebrew and in Hebrew Inscriptions of the Monarchic Period 493
45. The Significance of Rhetoric in the Greek Pentateuch 507
46. Midrash in Greek? An Exploration of the Versions of Aquila and Symmachus in Exodus 523
47. LXX Exodus 23 and the Figure of the High Priest 537
48. Robert Hatch Kennett (1864-1932) The Old Testament in a Time of Transition 551
49. Index of Modern Authors 565