The Exegetical and the Ethical

The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square. Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Barton's 70th Birthday
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50548-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 197, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 604 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Exegesis has ethical dimensions. This is the case for the Bible, which has a foundational status in traditional perspectives that is simultaneously contested in the modern world. This innovative essay collection, largely about Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, is written by an international team – all Doktorkinder of a pioneer in this area, Professor John Barton, whose 70th birthday this volume celebrates. With interdisciplinary angles, the essays highlight the roles and responsibilities of the biblical scholar, often located professionally between religious and secular domains. This reflects a broader reality: all readers of texts are engaged ethically in the public square of ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Clifford, Hywel

Daffern, Megan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors XV

Introduction

Hywel Clifford and Megan Daffern

Part 1: Establishing the Exegetical and the Ethical

1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text?

Alma Brodersen

2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation

James E. Patrick

3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36

Laura Quick

4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel

Katharine Dell

Part 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical

5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity

Aulikki Nahkola

6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis

Megan Daffern

7 Ethics in Song of Songs

Anselm C. Hagedorn

8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekiel’s Oracles Against the Nations

Andrew P. Langley

9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy

Benjamin Sargent

Part 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical

10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1–8 in Philo and Beyond

Hywel Clifford

11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in “Holy Writ”?

Christian Hofreiter

12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity

Kris Sonek

13 A Tale of Two “Houses”: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics

S. Min Chun

Conclusion

John Barton

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hywel Clifford, DPhil (2005), Oxford, is Lecturer in Old Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University. He has published in Biblical Studies, Second Temple Judaism, and Biblical Interpretation.

Megan Daffern, DPhil (2014), Oxford, is Tutor and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, and Tutor in Old Testament for the Eastern Region Ministry Course. She has published in Biblical Studies and Biblical Interpretation for both church and academy.

Contributors are Alma Brodersen, S. Min Chun, Katharine Dell, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Christian Hofreiter, Andrew P. Langley, Aulikki Nahkola, James E. Patrick, Laura Quick, Benjamin Sargent, and Kris Sonek.