Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 4

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes:

• Jonathan Kaplan, “1 Samuel 8:11-18 as ‘A Mirror for Princes’”
• Nizzim Amzallag and Mikhal Avriel, “The Cryptic Meaning of the Isaiah 14 Māšāl“
• Mark Hamilton, “Isaiah 32 as Literature and Political Meditation”
• Mark Awabdy, ”Yhwh Exegetes Torah: How Ezekiel 44:7–9 Bars Foreigners from the Sanctuary”
• Christian Stadel, ”A Septuagint Translation Tradition and the Samaritan Targum to Genesis 41:43″
• John Meier, ”The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13:24–30): Is Thomas‘s Version (Logion 57) Independent?”
• Andrew Simmonds, ”Mark’s and Matthew’s Sub Rosa Message in the Scene of Pilate and the Crowd”
• Matthew Rindge, ”Reconfiguring the Akedah and Recasting God: Lament and Divine Abandonment in Mark”
• Benjamin Lappenga, ”Misdirected Emulation and Paradoxical Zeal: Paul’s Redefinition of ‘The Good’ as Object of ζῆλος in Galatians 4:12–20″
• Callie Callon, ”Secondary Characters Furthering Characterization: The Depiction of Slaves in the Acts of Peter“