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Congress Volume Zurich 2022
Proceedings of the 24th Congress of the IOSOT
Series: - Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 201
This volume presents the main lectures of the 24th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Zurich, Switzerland, in August 2022. It is written by nineteen established international scholars, whose combined research reflects the broad spectrum of contemporary biblical scholarship. The volume includes articles ranging from the study of the ancient Near East, the archaeology of ancient Israel and Judah, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, via thematic investigations and ideological readings of key texts, to studies exploring the formation, ideology, and reception of biblical books.
Samuel Arnet, Ph.D. (2020), is a Hebrew Bible scholar at the University of Zurich and served as the IOSOT Congress Secretary in 2022. He co-edited the Konzise und aktualisierte Ausgabe des Hebräischen und Aramäischen Lexikons zum Alten Testament (KAHAL) (Brill, 2019).
Konrad Schmid, Ph.D. (1995), is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich. He has published widely on subjects of the Hebrew Bible, including The Making of the Bible (Harvard University Press, 2021).
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Ph.D. (2002), is Professor in Old Testament Exegesis at ALT School of Theology, Sweden. She has published widely on the Hebrew Bible, including In Search of Jonathan (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Konrad Schmid, Ph.D. (1995), is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich. He has published widely on subjects of the Hebrew Bible, including The Making of the Bible (Harvard University Press, 2021).
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Ph.D. (2002), is Professor in Old Testament Exegesis at ALT School of Theology, Sweden. She has published widely on the Hebrew Bible, including In Search of Jonathan (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Preface
List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 The Composition of the Pentateuch as a Historical and a Hermeneutical Problem
âKonrad Schmid
2 Imperial Desires
Constructions and Maintenance of Race in Biblical Interpretation
âSteed Vernyl Davidson
3 Neo-Assyrian Administrative Texts and the Bible
âPeter Dubovský
4 âUnsere Vorfahren haben uns erzählt â¦â (Ps 78,3)
Geschichtserinnerungen der Psalmen im Spiegel ihrer Rezeptionsgeschichte
âSusanne Gillmayr-Bucher
5 Kosmisierung des Chaos
Neue Erkenntnisse zu einer zentralen Denkfigur alttestamentlicher und frühjüdischer Weisheitstraditionen
âFriedhelm Hartenstein
6 Past, Present and Future
The Redaction History of 2â¯Kings 17
âShuichi Hasegawa
7 The Lure and Relief of Ritualised Behaviour
Cognitive and Cultural Readings of Scrolls and Covenant Ritualisation
âJutta Jokiranta
8 Since When and for How Long Was Azekah Part of the Kingdom of Judah?
âOded Lipschits and Sabine Kleiman
9 Turbulent Priests?
Rethinking the History of the Israelite Priesthood
âNathan MacDonald
10 The Disavowing and Devaluing of Women and Womenâs Labor
A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of the Book of Numbers
âDora Rudo Mbuwayesango
11 Rethinking Historical Methods
Time, Text, and Ancestors in the Memories of Israel
âJudith Newman
12 Die Bedeutung der Numismatik für das Studium des Alten Testaments
âManfred Oeming
13 YHWH, a God Who Speaks
Remarks on the Rhetoric of Direct Speeches by God in Biblical Narratives
âMartin Prudký
14 Incertitude et indécidabilité en critique textuelle de la Bible hébraïque
Trois problèmes épistémologiques
âMatthieu Richelle
15 From Empirical Knowledge to Critical Wisdom
The Composition and Intention of the Book of Proverbs
âBernd U. Schipper
16 Why Do People Have a Problem with the Cursing Psalms?
Scripture, Genre, and the Ethics of Prayer
âBenjamin D. Sommer
17 Rereading
âWilliam A. Tooman
18 Travel and Divination Inquiries in the Hebrew Bible and Epigraphic Sources
An Overview
âDavid S. Vanderhooft
19 The Biblical âSpecial Traits Listâ
A Subversive Reaction to Imperial Power
âNili Wazana
Index
List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 The Composition of the Pentateuch as a Historical and a Hermeneutical Problem
âKonrad Schmid
2 Imperial Desires
Constructions and Maintenance of Race in Biblical Interpretation
âSteed Vernyl Davidson
3 Neo-Assyrian Administrative Texts and the Bible
âPeter Dubovský
4 âUnsere Vorfahren haben uns erzählt â¦â (Ps 78,3)
Geschichtserinnerungen der Psalmen im Spiegel ihrer Rezeptionsgeschichte
âSusanne Gillmayr-Bucher
5 Kosmisierung des Chaos
Neue Erkenntnisse zu einer zentralen Denkfigur alttestamentlicher und frühjüdischer Weisheitstraditionen
âFriedhelm Hartenstein
6 Past, Present and Future
The Redaction History of 2â¯Kings 17
âShuichi Hasegawa
7 The Lure and Relief of Ritualised Behaviour
Cognitive and Cultural Readings of Scrolls and Covenant Ritualisation
âJutta Jokiranta
8 Since When and for How Long Was Azekah Part of the Kingdom of Judah?
âOded Lipschits and Sabine Kleiman
9 Turbulent Priests?
Rethinking the History of the Israelite Priesthood
âNathan MacDonald
10 The Disavowing and Devaluing of Women and Womenâs Labor
A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of the Book of Numbers
âDora Rudo Mbuwayesango
11 Rethinking Historical Methods
Time, Text, and Ancestors in the Memories of Israel
âJudith Newman
12 Die Bedeutung der Numismatik für das Studium des Alten Testaments
âManfred Oeming
13 YHWH, a God Who Speaks
Remarks on the Rhetoric of Direct Speeches by God in Biblical Narratives
âMartin Prudký
14 Incertitude et indécidabilité en critique textuelle de la Bible hébraïque
Trois problèmes épistémologiques
âMatthieu Richelle
15 From Empirical Knowledge to Critical Wisdom
The Composition and Intention of the Book of Proverbs
âBernd U. Schipper
16 Why Do People Have a Problem with the Cursing Psalms?
Scripture, Genre, and the Ethics of Prayer
âBenjamin D. Sommer
17 Rereading
âWilliam A. Tooman
18 Travel and Divination Inquiries in the Hebrew Bible and Epigraphic Sources
An Overview
âDavid S. Vanderhooft
19 The Biblical âSpecial Traits Listâ
A Subversive Reaction to Imperial Power
âNili Wazana
Index
This book will be of special interest to academic institutes, libraries, specialists, and (post-graduate) students in biblical studies.