Thus Says the LORD: Essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in Honor of Robert R. Wilson PDF
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LIBRARY OF HEBREW BIBLE/ OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES 502 Formerly Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series Editors Claudia V. Camp, Texas Christian University Andrew Mein, Westcott House, Cambridge Founding Editors David J. A. Clines, Philip R. Davies and David M. Gunn Editorial Board Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon, Norman K. Gottwald, Gina Hens-Piazza, John Jarick, Andrew D. H. Mayes, Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller, Yvonne Sherwood This page intentionally left blank THUS SAYS THE LORD Essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in Honor of Robert R. Wilson edited by John J. Ahn and Stephen L. Cook Copyright © 2009 by John J. Ahn and Stephen L. Cook All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher, T & T Clark International. T & T Clark International, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038 T & T Clark International, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX T & T Clark International is a Continuum imprint. Visit the T & T Clark blog at www.tandtclarkblog.com A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-13: 978-0-567-17804-6 ISBN-10: 0-567-17804-8 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Robert R. Wilson This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Abbreviations xi List of Contributors xv INTRODUCTORY CELEBRATION OF ROBERT R. WILSON John Ahn and Stephen L. Cook 1 Part I FORMER PROPHETS JOSHUA SON OF NUN: PRESENTATION OF A PROPHET Stephen B. Chapman 13 RELIGION IN THE HEROIC SPIRIT: THEMES IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES Baruch A. Levine 27 WHAT IS PROLOGUE IS PAST: COMPOSING ISRAELITE IDENTITY IN JUDGES 5 Mark S. Smith 43 JUDGES, KINGSHIP, AND POLITICAL ETHICS: A CHALLENGE TO THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM Susan Niditch 59 Part II BETWEEN THE FORMER AND LATTER PROPHETS PROPHECY AND THEODICY John Barton 73 AUTHORITY TO EDIFY: VERIFICATION OF BIBLICAL TRUTH IN WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH’S PROPHETS OF ISRAEL Warner M. Bailey 87 viii Thus Says the Lord THE POETICS OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY: POINT OF VIEW AND POINT OF STANDING IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS Harry P. Nasuti 99 THE POETRY OF CREATION Robert B. Robinson 114 “DAUGHTER ZION” F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp 125 Part III LATTER PROPHETS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE WORLD IN THE HEBREW BIBLE John J. Collins 137 PROPHETIC ASSOCIATIONS Christopher R. Seitz 156 (RE)INSCRIBING POWER THROUGH TORAH TEACHING: RHETORICAL PEDAGOGY IN THE SERVANT SONGS OF DEUTERO-ISAIAH Carolyn J. Sharp 167 JEREMIAH AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTS OF ANATHOTH S. Dean McBride, Jr. 179 REMEMBERING THE PROPHETS David L. Petersen 197 PUTTING THE MOTHER BACK IN THE CENTER: METAPHOR AND MULTIVALENCE IN EZEKIEL 19 Corrine Carvalho 208 THE SPEECHLESS SUPPRESSION OF GRIEF IN EZEKIEL 24:15–27: THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL’S WIFE AND THE PROPHET’S ABNORMAL RESPONSE Stephen L. Cook 222 PORTRAYING PROPHETIC EXPERIENCE AND TRADITION IN EZEKIEL D. Nathan Phinney 234 Contents ix “BUT IF NOT...” WHAT? THE SPEECH OF THE YOUTHS IN DANIEL 3 AND A (THEO)LOGICAL PROBLEM Roy L. Heller 244 MYTH AND TRUTH IN SOCIO-HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT SOCIETIES: HOSEA 4:11–14 AS A TEST CASE Christl M. Maier 256 THE SOCIAL LOCATION(S) OF AMOS: AMOS 1:3–2:16 Gene M. Tucker 273 JONAH AND THE USES OF PARODY William W. Hallo 285 ZEPHANIAH, A DISCIPLE OF ISAIAH? John Ahn 292 Index of References 308 Index of Authors 322 1
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