The Present State of Old Testament Studies in the Low Countries: A Collection of Old Testament Studies Published on the Occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap

309 Pages·2016·4.83 MB·English

by  Klaas Spronk

The Present State of Old Testament Studies in the Low Countries
Oudtestamentische Studiën
Old Testament Studies published on behalf of the Societies
for Old Testament Studies in the Netherlands and
Belgium, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Ireland
Editor
B. Becking (Utrecht)
Editorial Board
P. Van Hecke (Leuven)
H.F. Van Rooy (Potchefstroom)
H.G.M. Williamson (Oxford)
Volume 69
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The Present State of
Old Testament Studies in the
Low Countries
A Collection of Old Testament Studies
Published on the Occasion of the Seventy-Fifth
Anniversary of the Oudtestamentisch
Werkgezelschap
Edited by
Klaas Spronk
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Spronk, Klaas, editor.
Title: The present state of Old Testament studies in the Low Countries : a
 collection of Old Testament studies published on the occasion of the
 seventy-fifth anniversary of the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap / edited
 by Klaas Spronk.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016. | Series: Oudtestamentische
 studiën = Old Testament studies, ISSN 0169-7226 ; Volume 69 | Includes
 bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016026398 (print) | LCCN 2016027153 (ebook) | ISBN
 9789004326132 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004326255 (E-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation,
 etc.—Netherlands. | Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation,
 etc.—Belgium. | Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België.
Classification: LCC BS1171.3 .P74 2016 (print) | LCC BS1171.3 (ebook) | DDC
 221.609492—dc23
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Contributors x
1 Seventy-Five Years Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap: The Study of the
Old Testament in the Netherlands and Belgium 1
Klaas Spronk
2 Micah in the Low Countries 13
Bob Becking
3 Revelation, History and Religious Plurality: Old Testament Studies from
the Apeldoorn / Kampen Reformed Perspective 30
Koert van Bekkum and Eric Peels
4 Salient Features in the Book of Job 47
Jan Fokkelman
5 A Changing ‘Archaeology of Palestine’ at the University of Leiden,
1959–2014 64
Gerrit van der Kooij
6 Gender Perspectives on Hosea 2:4–25: Contributions from the
Netherlands from 1988 until 2003 104
Gert Kwakkel
7 The Rise and Demise of the So-called Deuteronomistic History: A Plea
for the Compositional Unity of Genesis–Kings 122
Casper Labuschagne
8 Septuagint Studies in Louvain 145
Bénédicte Lemmelijn and Hans Ausloos
9 The Dynamics of the Incomparable God Highlighted by the Immobility
of an Idol: The Rhetorical Integrity of Isa. 40:12–26, 41:1–7 and
46:1–13 159
Pieter van der Lugt
viii CONTENTS
10 Biblical Violence and the Task of the Exegete 180
Ed Noort
11 Computer-Assisted Analysis of Old Testament Texts: The Contribution
of the WIVU to Old Testament Scholarship 192
Reinoud Oosting
12 Old Testament Exegesis and Biblical Theology from an Ede/Leuven
Evangelical Perspective 210
Mart-Jan Paul
13 Data, Knowledge and Tradition: Biblical Scholarship and the
Humanities 2.0: Exodus 19 as a Laboratory Text 228
Eep Talstra
14 Towards an Annotated Edition of Tannaitic Parables 248
Lieve M. Teugels
15 Delimitation Criticism: An Interim Evaluation 267
Wilfred G.E. Watson
Index of Authors 283
Index of Textual References 290
List of Illustrations
5.1 Pottery and stones in the first ‘Workrooms for Palestinian Archaeology’,
ca. 1965 (archive Deir Alla project) 65
5.2 Tell Deir Alla and surroundings in 1963, looking south-southwest
(archive Deir Alla project) 70
5.3 Contour map of Tell Deir Alla with the excavation trenches, also
indicating the main periods unearthed in them 75
5.4 Line-drawing of one of the more recently found complete clay-tablets
inscribed on five sides 78
5.5 Facsimile drawing of the upper part of the Balaam-text
(‘combination 1’) 80
5.6 Aramaic ink inscription on a curved sherd (15 cm long) from a typical
Ammonite painted jug. The content concerns the request to families to
deliver stones for the repair of a gate 81
5.7 A simplified drawing of the traditional irrigation system in the
‘Zerqa-triangle’ (after aerial photos from ca. 1945) 85
5.8 Topographic map (ca. 1945) with circles around Khirbet Balama and the
cave NW of Qabatiya 90
5.9 View over Khirbet Balama, to NW (1996) 91
5.10 Elevation and plan drawing of the step-tunnel of Khirbet Balama, with
its lower access at the Wadi Balama (after the original drawing by
Ibrahim Iqteit, DACH) 92
5.11 Topographic map (ca. 1945) of Nablus and surroundings, with Tell Balata
indicated at the SE-end of the narrow valley between mounts Ebal and
Gerizim 95
5.12 Tell Balata: plan of the sections excavated since 1913, with colours/
shading distinguishing the expeditions and numbers for the areas of
interest as described in Tell Balata Changing Landscape (original plan by
G.R.H. Wright of the American Joint Expedition) 97
5.13 The western half of Tell Balata, view to the south (2011, after surface
clearance; archive Balata Park project) 99
5.14 The western city wall (wall A) with the 2 m wide test trench (plan and
section drawing) through the sloping layers of chalk chips, running
perpendicular to this wall (photo to south, 2011; archive Balata Park
project) 100