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Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation
Studies Presented to Professor Eep Talstra on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday
Series: - Studia Semitica Neerlandica, Volume: 57
The theme of this volume in honour of Eep Talstra is âTradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretationâ, with an emphasis on the innovative role of computer-assisted textual analysis. It focusses on the role of tradition in biblical interpretation and of the innovations brought about by ICT in reconsidering existing interpretations of texts, grammatical concepts, and lexicographic practices. Questions addressed include: How does the role of exegesis as the âclarification of oneâs own tradition, in order to understand choices and preferencesâ (Talstra) relate to the critical role which Scripture has towards this tradition? How does the indebtedness to tradition of computer-driven philology relate to its innovative character? And how does computer-assisted analysis of the biblical texts lead to new research methods and results?
Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999) in Semitic Languages, Leiden University, is associate professor of Old Testament at Leiden University. His publications include The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2004) and Language and Interpretation in the Syriac Text of Ben Sira (Brill, 2007).
Janet W. Dyk, Ph.D. (1994) in General Linguistics, VU University Amsterdam, is assistant professor of Bible Translation at the VU University and senior researcher at the Werkgroep Informatica, with emphasis on Hebrew and Syriac syntax. Her publications include Participles in Context (Amsterdam, 1994).
Janet W. Dyk, Ph.D. (1994) in General Linguistics, VU University Amsterdam, is assistant professor of Bible Translation at the VU University and senior researcher at the Werkgroep Informatica, with emphasis on Hebrew and Syriac syntax. Her publications include Participles in Context (Amsterdam, 1994).
List of Contributors
Preface
Janet Dyk and Wido van Peursen
1. Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Scholarship: An Introduction
Wido van Peursen and Janet Dyk
PART ONE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE BIBLE ITSELF
2. A Story of Three Prophets: Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Jeremiah 26
Joep Dubbink
3. âAgainst you, Daughter of Babylon!â A Remarkable Example of Text-Reception in the Oracle of Jeremiah 50â51
Eric Peels
4. âReading Jeremiah Makes Me Angry!â The Role of Jeremiah 32[39]:36â41 in Transformation within the âJeremianicâ
Tradition
Janneke Stegeman
5. Beyond âSingers and Syntaxâ: Theological and Canonical Reflections on Psalm 8
Carl J. Bosma
6. Where is God? Romans 3:13â18 as an Addition to Psalm 14
Eveline van StaalduineâSulman
7. Reading Qohelet as Text, Author, and Reader
Timothy Walton
8. Tradition through ReadingâReading the Tradition: Reflections on Eep Talstraâs Exegetical Methodology
Louis Jonker
PART TWO: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE RECEPTION OF THE BIBLE
9. Between Stigmatizing and Idolizing the Bible: On the Reception of Genesis 12:10â20; 20; 26:1â11
Cornelis Houtman
10. âOut of Egypt I Have Called My Sonâ: Matthew 2:15 and Hosea 11:1 in Dutch and American Evangelical
Interpretation
Gert Kwakkel
11. Danielâs Four Kingdoms in the Syriac Tradition
Wido van Peursen
12. The Identity of Israelâs God: The Potential of the So-called Extra-Calvinisticum
Cornelis van der Kooi
13. A Jewish Childbirth Amulet from the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana
Margaretha Folmer
PART THREE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN LINGUISTIC AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE
14. Computer-Assisted Tools for Textual Criticism
Emanuel Tov
15. On Biblical Hebrew and Computer Science: Inspiration, Models, Tools, and Cross-Fertilization
Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen
16. Persuasive Hebrew Exercises: The Wit of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
17. Judging Jephthah: The Contribution of Syntactic Analysis to the Interpretation of Judges 11:29â40
Klaas Spronk
18. Masoretic Tradition and Syntactic Analysis of the Psalms
Luis Vegas Montaner
19. Who is SpeakingâWho is Listening? How Information Technology Can Confirm the Integrity of the Text
Oliver Glanz
20. Jerusalemâs Comforters in Isaiah 40:1â2: Participant Tracking in a Prophetic Text
Reinoud Oosting
21. Hebrew hÄyÄh: Etymology, Bleaching, and Discourse Structure
Frank Polak
22. The Lexeme סָ×Ö´××
Christo H. J. van der Merwe
23. Language, Structure, and Strategy in Isaiah 53:1â6: ×Ö¸×Öµ× , Word Order, and the Translator
Lénart J. de Regt
24. ×Ö¸×Ö´× in Job 34:36
Constantijn J. Sikkel
Dissertations under the Guidance of Eep Talstra
Publications by Eep Talstra
Index of Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Preface
Janet Dyk and Wido van Peursen
1. Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Scholarship: An Introduction
Wido van Peursen and Janet Dyk
PART ONE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE BIBLE ITSELF
2. A Story of Three Prophets: Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Jeremiah 26
Joep Dubbink
3. âAgainst you, Daughter of Babylon!â A Remarkable Example of Text-Reception in the Oracle of Jeremiah 50â51
Eric Peels
4. âReading Jeremiah Makes Me Angry!â The Role of Jeremiah 32[39]:36â41 in Transformation within the âJeremianicâ
Tradition
Janneke Stegeman
5. Beyond âSingers and Syntaxâ: Theological and Canonical Reflections on Psalm 8
Carl J. Bosma
6. Where is God? Romans 3:13â18 as an Addition to Psalm 14
Eveline van StaalduineâSulman
7. Reading Qohelet as Text, Author, and Reader
Timothy Walton
8. Tradition through ReadingâReading the Tradition: Reflections on Eep Talstraâs Exegetical Methodology
Louis Jonker
PART TWO: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE RECEPTION OF THE BIBLE
9. Between Stigmatizing and Idolizing the Bible: On the Reception of Genesis 12:10â20; 20; 26:1â11
Cornelis Houtman
10. âOut of Egypt I Have Called My Sonâ: Matthew 2:15 and Hosea 11:1 in Dutch and American Evangelical
Interpretation
Gert Kwakkel
11. Danielâs Four Kingdoms in the Syriac Tradition
Wido van Peursen
12. The Identity of Israelâs God: The Potential of the So-called Extra-Calvinisticum
Cornelis van der Kooi
13. A Jewish Childbirth Amulet from the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana
Margaretha Folmer
PART THREE: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN LINGUISTIC AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE
14. Computer-Assisted Tools for Textual Criticism
Emanuel Tov
15. On Biblical Hebrew and Computer Science: Inspiration, Models, Tools, and Cross-Fertilization
Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen
16. Persuasive Hebrew Exercises: The Wit of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
17. Judging Jephthah: The Contribution of Syntactic Analysis to the Interpretation of Judges 11:29â40
Klaas Spronk
18. Masoretic Tradition and Syntactic Analysis of the Psalms
Luis Vegas Montaner
19. Who is SpeakingâWho is Listening? How Information Technology Can Confirm the Integrity of the Text
Oliver Glanz
20. Jerusalemâs Comforters in Isaiah 40:1â2: Participant Tracking in a Prophetic Text
Reinoud Oosting
21. Hebrew hÄyÄh: Etymology, Bleaching, and Discourse Structure
Frank Polak
22. The Lexeme סָ×Ö´××
Christo H. J. van der Merwe
23. Language, Structure, and Strategy in Isaiah 53:1â6: ×Ö¸×Öµ× , Word Order, and the Translator
Lénart J. de Regt
24. ×Ö¸×Ö´× in Job 34:36
Constantijn J. Sikkel
Dissertations under the Guidance of Eep Talstra
Publications by Eep Talstra
Index of Sources
Index of Modern Authors
All those interested in the processes that were at work in the formation of the Bible, its history of interpretation and the challenges of combining biblical scholarship with computer technology.