Tag: Journal of Biblical Literature
Loving one’s neighbor in JBL and elsewhere
The most recent issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature carries Matthew Goldstone’s essay “Rebuke, Lending, and Love: An Early Exegetical Tradition on Leviticus 19:17–18” (307–21). According to the abstract, In this article I posit the presence of an early Jewish exegesis of Lev 19:17–18 preserved in the Tannaitic midrash known as Sifra, which is…
Gaventa, “Romans 13”
The newest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature contains Beverly Gaventa’s essay, “Reading Romans 13 with Simone Weil: Toward a More Generous Hermeneutic.” According to the abstract, Simone Weil’s interpretation of the Iliad as a “poem of force” has resonances with Rom 1–8, reinforcing the question of how Rom 13:1–7 belongs in the larger argument…
Journal of Biblical Literature 134, no. 1
The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes: Athalya Brenner-Idan, “Introduction to the Presidential Address” Fernando F. Segovia, “Presidential Address: Criticism in Critical Times: Reflections on Vision and Task” Duane E. Smith, “The Divining Snake: Reading Genesis 3 in the Context of Mesopotamian Ophiomancy” David E. S. Stein, “A Rejoinder concerning Genesis 3:6…
Journal of Biblical Literature 133, no. 2
The Journal of Biblical Literature 133, no. 2 includes: Joram Mayshar, “Who Was the Toshav?” Amitai Baruchi-Unna, “Two Clearings of Goats (1 Kings 20:27): An Interpretation Supported by an Akkadian Parallel” Ryan E. Stokes, “Satan, Yhwh’s Executioner” Saul M. Olyan, “Jehoiakim’s Dehumanizing Interment as a Ritual Act of Reclassification” John L. McLaughlin, “Is Amos (Still) among the…
Journal of Biblical Literature 132, no. 3
The upcoming issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature is set to include the following: Mark F. Whitters, “Baruch as Ezra in 2 Baruch“ Brian R. Doak, “Ezekiel’s Topography of the (Un-)Heroic Dead in Ezekiel 32:17–32” Ruth Sheridan, “Issues in the Translation of оἱ ̓Iоυαῖоι in the Fourth Gospel” Andrew T. Lincoln, “Luke and Jesus’ Conception:…