Amy L. Balogh is lecturer of religious studies at Regis University, Denver, Colorado, and editorial assistant at Gorgias Press.Jina Kang is assistant professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and associate director of educational programming for the Trauma Healing Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.Hyun Chul Paul Kim is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Harold B. Williams chair of Biblical Studies at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), Delaware, Ohio.Tammi J. Schneider holds the Danforth Chair of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.

Reading this volume is entering a space in which dialogue and reflection across subfields happens. The reader gets an expanded toolbox full of methods, a jewel box full of ideas, and an angel on the right shoulder giving hints for ethical conversing with each other and representing the other in our writing. This sort of work will strengthen the survival chances of the Humanities!

• IntroductionChapter 1: Why Comparative and Why Now: A Review from the Field, Amy L. Balogh and Tammi J. SchneiderChapter 2: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent!”: An Analysis of Isaiah 62 with Poetic Aurality and Tri-Polar Comparative Approaches, Johanna Rönnlund and Beth E. Elness-HansonChapter 3: A Comparative Approach to the Concept of Nakedness in the Garden of Eden Narratives of the Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an, Rebekah CallChapter 4: When Prophets and Poets Clash in the Courts of Kings: A Comparative Analysis of the Elijah Narrative and the Old Norse Egil’s Saga, Tod R. HarrisChapter 5: Comparing Referential and Discursive Dimensions of Texts, Edwin K. BroadheadChapter 6: Reimagining Grief: A Comparative Analysis of Grief and Its Social Function in Paul and Epictetus, Melissa J. Barciela MandalaChapter 7: How to Do Things with Prophecy: J. L. Austin’s How to Do Things with Words and the Book of Jonah, Kelsey SpinnatoChapter 8: Wait, Did Paul Know Homer? A Reflection on Reflecting on Paul’s Reflections, Dan Clanton Jr.Chapter 9: A Method in the Study of Literary Motifs: How Folkloric Studies Can Inform Comparative Methodologies, Alison K. HawanchakChapter 10: Does My Story Count?: The Bible and #MeToo, Leah CechChapter 11: Exploring the State and Future of Comparison in Biblical Studies: A Response, Drew S. Holland

Amy L. Balogh is lecturer of religious studies at Regis University, Denver, Colorado, and editorial assistant at Gorgias Press.Jina Kang is assistant professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and associate director of educational programming for the Trauma Healing Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.Hyun Chul Paul Kim is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Harold B. Williams chair of Biblical Studies at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), Delaware, Ohio.Tammi J. Schneider holds the Danforth Chair of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.

Reading this volume is entering a space in which dialogue and reflection across subfields happens. The reader gets an expanded toolbox full of methods, a jewel box full of ideas, and an angel on the right shoulder giving hints for ethical conversing with each other and representing the other in our writing. This sort of work will strengthen the survival chances of the Humanities!

• IntroductionChapter 1: Why Comparative and Why Now: A Review from the Field, Amy L. Balogh and Tammi J. SchneiderChapter 2: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent!”: An Analysis of Isaiah 62 with Poetic Aurality and Tri-Polar Comparative Approaches, Johanna Rönnlund and Beth E. Elness-HansonChapter 3: A Comparative Approach to the Concept of Nakedness in the Garden of Eden Narratives of the Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an, Rebekah CallChapter 4: When Prophets and Poets Clash in the Courts of Kings: A Comparative Analysis of the Elijah Narrative and the Old Norse Egil’s Saga, Tod R. HarrisChapter 5: Comparing Referential and Discursive Dimensions of Texts, Edwin K. BroadheadChapter 6: Reimagining Grief: A Comparative Analysis of Grief and Its Social Function in Paul and Epictetus, Melissa J. Barciela MandalaChapter 7: How to Do Things with Prophecy: J. L. Austin’s How to Do Things with Words and the Book of Jonah, Kelsey SpinnatoChapter 8: Wait, Did Paul Know Homer? A Reflection on Reflecting on Paul’s Reflections, Dan Clanton Jr.Chapter 9: A Method in the Study of Literary Motifs: How Folkloric Studies Can Inform Comparative Methodologies, Alison K. HawanchakChapter 10: Does My Story Count?: The Bible and #MeToo, Leah CechChapter 11: Exploring the State and Future of Comparison in Biblical Studies: A Response, Drew S. Holland