Meaningful meetings with foreigners in the world of the Bible : essays in honour of Klaas Spronk on the occasion of his retirement / Marjo Korpel, Paul Sanders (eds.).

Format:

Book

Series:

Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 0926-6097 119.

Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology, 0926-6097 ; 119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels.

Emigration and immigration--Biblical teaching.

Emigration and immigration.

Political refugees--Biblical teaching.

Political refugees.

Refugees--Biblical teaching.

Refugees.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.

Judaism.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Physical Description:

lii, 428 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2024.

Summary:

"Several Bible characters travelled to other regions to sojourn there, either temporarily, or for the rest of their lives. Some of them left their place of birth because of famine, war, or conflicts with relatives, while others were deported. Not only the Bible but also other texts from the ancient Near East call attention to the plight of desperate foreigners and express the obligation to offer them help and asylum. The articles in this volume are devoted to the status of foreigners in ancient Israel and in the ancient Near East, as well as in Early Judaism and in the Early Church, and the influence of these foreigners on those who welcomed them. Special attention is given to contextual Bible reading, an approach that highlights the influence of readers’ opinions on the interpretation of ancient texts, including texts about foreigners."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction / Marjo Korpel and Paul Sanders

A bibliography of Klaas Spronk's academic work

Part 1: The Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern background

Asylum among Isrealites and Canaanites / Marjo C. A. Korpel

Ebed-melech the Kushite (Jerimiah 38-39): New light from outside the Bible / Paul Sanders

How to deal with a foreign king? Answers from Babylonia and Judah / Bert van der Spek

Part 2: The Hebrew Bible and its interpretation in Judaism

An angel in disguise: Who was that man (Genesis 37:15-17)? / Raymond de Hoop

The foreigner in collocations in Leviticus / Willem Th. Van Peursen

Meaningful meetings with foreigners in the Book of Joshua / Michaël van der Meer

Meeting with a stranger: Conversations about an upcoming birth in Judges 13 / Piet van Midden

A foreigner asking for forgiveness in 2 Kings 5:15-19 / Eep Talstra

Unravelling Isaiah 17 / H. G. M. Williamson

At home in the city: Migrant integration in urban Babylon and today / C. L. Crouch

We all arrived from elsewhere Contextual remarks on Amos 9:7 / Bob Becking

Opponents, converts, supporters: The multifaceted role and function of the goyim in the Book of Zechariah / Joep Dubbink

Meeting Job in the early Jewish tradition: The foreigner who took care of foreigners / Lieve Teugels

Part 3: The New Testament and the early church

Meeting the eunuch and the foreigner: Acts 826-40 in its various contexts and its reception history / Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman

The apostle and the foreigner: Cornelius' vindication and Peter's transformation in Acts 10 / Bärry Hartog

The apostle Paul meets with Apollos of Alexandria / Riemer Roukema

"Aliens and exiles": How an Old Testament motif shaped early Christian self-understanding / Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

Part 4: Contextual Biblical reading

"Those are the clans of the sons of Noah": Ethnic and cultural diversity in the Table of the Nations (Genesis 10) / Koert van Bekkum

A world without borders: Migration in Genesis / Hedda Klip and Hadi Ghantous

First contact with Canaan and Isu: Communicative intertextuality between Assassin's Creed III and Numbers 13-14 / Archibald van Wieringen and Frank Bosman

Postcolonial portrayals of foreign kings: Comic relief in Jonah 3 and Hamilton / L. Juliana Claassens

Foreign women, sexuality and food in the Book of Ruth / Dorothea Erbele-Küster

Facilitating strange(r ) sacred texts in community-based work / Gerald West

At home as a foreigner: Observations on Paul's letter to the Philippians / Peter-Ben Smit.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789042952942

9042952946

OCLC:

1439691261

Publisher Number:

9789042952942