On stone and scroll : essays in honour of Graham Ivor Davies / edited by James K. Aitken, Katharine J. Dell, and Brian A. Mastin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Graham I.

Aitken, James K. (James Keltie), 1968-2023

Dell, Katharine J. (Katharine Julia), 1961-

Mastin, Brian A.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 420.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Bd. 420

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davies, Graham I.

Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Middle East.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 575 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]

Contents:

Treasures of Merenptah in the Karnak Temple at Luxor : the record of the walls of the Cour de la Cachette / James Atwell

Prophetic speech in the Egyptian royal cult / John W. Hilber

The Palestinian campaign of Pharaoh Shishak / A.D.H. Mayes

Who built and who used the buildings at Kuntillet ʻAjrud? / B.A. Mastin

The Phoenician inscriptions from Arslan Tash and some Old Testament texts (Exodus 12; Micah 5:4-5(5-6); Psalm 91) / Kevin J. Cathcart

A literary analysis of the Shiloah (Siloam) Tunnel inscription / Klaas A.D. Smelik

Incense, the ancient room freshener : the exegesis of Daniel 2:46 / Alan Millard

Between scroll and codex? Reconsidering the Qumran opisthographs / George J. Brooke

Liberty in the coin legends of the Jewish revolts / William Horbury

"... wie es eigentlich gewesen" : historical "facts" and the reconstruction of the history of "ancient Israel" / Joachim Schaper

The "way of the wilderness" on sixteenth-century maps / John R. Bartlett

"Couch" or "crouch"? Genesis 4:7 and the temptation of Cain / Robert P. Gordon

The Flood and the ten antediluvian figures in Berossus and in the Priestly source in Genesis / John Day

"P" as editor : the case of Exodus 4:18-26 / William Johnstone

"Kingdom of priests" : what is priestly in Exodus 19:6? / Philip Jenson

The fifth commandment in context / David L. Baker

Deuteronomy and the Babylonian diaspora / Ernest Nicholson

The Dead Sea scrolls and the date of the final stage of the Pentateuch / Armin Lange

Reading Joshua after Samuel / Graeme Auld

Why did Jael kill Sisera? A canonical perspective / Paul Noble

By stone and sling : 1 Samuel 17:50 and the problem of misreading David's victory over Goliath / Walter Moberly

Why does the deuteronomistic history make no mention of the prophets to whom books are attributed? / Joseph Blenkinsopp

The practicalities of prophetic writing in Isaiah 8:1 / H.G.M. Williamson

"And he shall hear a rumour ..." (Isaiah 37:7; 2 Kings 19:7) / James Kinnier Wilson

About Third Isaiah / John Goldingay

Penitential innovations within the Twelve / Mark J. Boda

Hosea, creation, and wisdom : an alternative tradition / Katharine J. Dell

Acrostics and Lamentations / Robert B. Salters

"Slaves" in biblical narrative and in translation / Peter J. Williams

The repentance of God / Anthony Gelston

Literacy, orality, and literature in Israel / Stuart Weeks

Light on [leyts] / A.A. Macintosh

The operation of a syntactic rule in classical Biblical Hebrew and in Hebrew inscriptions of the monarchic period / Jan Joosten

The significance of rhetoric in the Greek Pentateuch / James K. Aitken

Midrash in Greek? An exploration of the versions of Aquila and Symmachus in Exodus / Alison Salvesen

LXX Exodus 23 and the figure of the high priest / Arie van der Kooij

Robert Hatch Kennett (1864-1932) : the Old Testament in a time of transition / Ronald E. Clements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110228052

311022805X

OCLC:

712127534