Far From Minimal

Duncan Burns is a former doctoral student of Professor Davies and is a freelance copy-editor.Professor John Rogerson is a former head of the department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield and Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.

• AbbreviationsList of ContributorsForeword WRITING TIME AND ETERNITY IN SAMUEL AND KINGS - Graeme AuldWHEN YHWH TESTS PEOPLE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PARTICULAR OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE BOOKS OF CHRONICLES AND JOB -Ehud Ben ZviFORMLESS BUT NOT VOID: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMIST-SUBJECT FROM CLAY-LEVEL -Fiona C. BlackTHE SERVANT OF THE LORD, THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THE EXALTED ONE OF 4Q491C -Joseph BlenkinsoppA FLESHLY READING: MASOCHISM, ECOCRITICISM AND THE SONG OF SONGS -Roland BoerRULES FOR MARTYRS: THE SACRIFICE OF THE BELOVED SON IN RABBINIC JUDAISM, PATRISTIC CHRISTIANITY, SUNNI ISLAM - Bruce ChiltonIN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: WHOSE BIBLICAL STUDIES IS IT ANYWAY? - Edgar Conrad1 WERE ZERUBBABEL AND NEHEMIAH THE SAME PERSON? -Diana EdelmanFOUR NOTES ON CONSERVATIVE BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: REHOV, MEGIDDO, JERUSALEM AND ROSH ZAYIT - Israel FinkelsteinPROPHECY AS INSPIRED BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: THE TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND DAVID KORESH - Lester L. GrabbePRUDENT ABIGAIL, SUBMISSION, AND THE FORCE OF BEAUTY: VOLTAIRE'S VERSION OF THE BIBLE IN HIS SAÜL, 1763 - David M. GunnWHY WAS THE SECOND TEMPLE BUILT? - John M HalliganDIVINE KNOWLEDGE IN JOB AND 4QINSTRUCTIONS - James E. HardingTURNING A SOW'S EAR INTO A SILK PURSE: THE ARGUMENT AGAINST SILENCE IN THE QUEST FOR "EARLY ISRAEL" - David HenigeONLY FOOLS AND CHILDREN: BELIEF IN GOD AS A PROBLEM FOR THE PSALMIST IN PSALMS 8-14 - Alastair Hunter1 THE STINGS IN THE TALES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH - John JarickTHE POWER OF PARENTHESIS: 2 SAMUEL 4:4 IN ITS LITERARY CONTEXT - David JoblingMeroz (Judges 5.23) - Axel KnaufISAIAH 2: TORAH AND TERROR - Francis LandyJOSHUA AND WESTERN VIOLENCE - Niels Peter LemcheA STUDY IN METHODOLOGICAL (IN)CONSISTENCY, OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE WORK OF THE JESUS SEMINAR - William John Lyons'JEWS BY NATURE': PAUL, ETHNICITY AND GALATIANS - R. Barry MatlockTHE SECOND TEMPLE ORIGINS OF THE HALAKHAH OF BESAH - Jacob NeusnerTHE DECONSTRUCTION OF DEUTERONOMISM IN THE FORMER PROPHETS: MICAIAH BEN IMLAH AS EXAMPLE - K.L. Noll1 PRODUCTIVE PRESUPPOSITIONS, EXUBERANT COMMENTARIES? THE NEW TESTAMENT DISCIPLINE READ THROUGH THE LENS OF FOUCAULT'S 'L'ORDRE DU DISCOURS' - Jorunn ØklandTHE GREEK OF THE JEWS AND EARLY CHRISTIANS: THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE FROM A HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE - Stanley E. PorterTHE BOOK OF DANIEL, THE CANON AND THE GRAND NARRATIVE OF CHRISTIANITY - I.J.J. SpangenbergTHE VERB(S) lgr IN CLASSICAL HEBREW AND THE TASK OF THE LEXICOGRAPHER - David M. StecWITHOUT EVIDENCE OR METHOD - Thomas L. ThompsonCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AS IMPETUS FOR A MULTILEVEL HEBREW-ENGLISH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION - Christo H J van der MerweTHE RHETORIC OF 2 PETER: AN APOLOGIA FOR EARLY CHRISTIAN ETHICS (AND NOT 'PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY') - Robert L. WebbSOME RECENT DISCUSSION ON THE HEREM - K. Lawson Younger, Jr.Index