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The Exegetical and the Ethical
The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square. Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Bartonâs 70th Birthday
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 197
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 â 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.
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.
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.
Contents
Abbreviations
Notes on ContributorsâXV
Introduction
âHywel Clifford and Megan Daffern
1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text?
âAlma Brodersen
2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation
âJames E. Patrick
3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36
âLaura Quick
4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel
âKatharine Dell
5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity
âAulikki Nahkola
6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis
âMegan Daffern
7 Ethics in Song of Songs
âAnselm C. Hagedorn
8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekielâs Oracles Against the Nations
âAndrew P. Langley
9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy
âBenjamin Sargent
10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1â8 in Philo and Beyond
âHywel Clifford
11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in âHoly Writâ?
âChristian Hofreiter
12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity
âKris Sonek
13 A Tale of Two âHousesâ: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics
âS. Min Chun
Conclusion
âJohn Barton
Index
Abbreviations
Notes on ContributorsâXV
Introduction
âHywel 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?
âAlma Brodersen
2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation
âJames E. Patrick
3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36
âLaura Quick
4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel
âKatharine Dell
Part 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical
5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity
âAulikki Nahkola
6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis
âMegan Daffern
7 Ethics in Song of Songs
âAnselm C. Hagedorn
8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekielâs Oracles Against the Nations
âAndrew P. Langley
9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy
âBenjamin Sargent
Part 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical
10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1â8 in Philo and Beyond
âHywel Clifford
11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in âHoly Writâ?
âChristian Hofreiter
12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity
âKris Sonek
13 A Tale of Two âHousesâ: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics
âS. Min Chun
Conclusion
âJohn Barton
Index
This book will be of interest and relevance to scholars and students of religion and theology in universities, colleges, and seminaries active in Biblical Studies, especially the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.