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"Theater such as Kenneth Koch cannot be simply paraphrased, and presents to the audience the classic Mennipean challenge: to ponder, to mull it over, to think."--Mac Wellman The Banquet brings together 144 plays, ten screenplays, and five operas spanning more than five decades of experimental work from a writer John Ashbery has called "simply the best we have." Witty, provocative, and playful, Kenneth Koch's work draws on poetry, musicals, improvisational comedy, satire, and other forms for their inspiration and touches on subjects ranging from the silly to the sublime. Kenneth Koch (1925--2002), known for his association with the New York School of poetry, wrote many collections of poetry, fiction, plays, and nonfiction. His books include Seasons on Earth, On the Edge, Thank You and Other Poems, The Art of Love, One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays, Hotel Lambosa, and The Collected Fiction, and several books on teaching children how to write poetry.Koch was awarded numerous honors, including the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Library of Congress in 1996, as well as awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Ingram-Merrill foundations. In 1996 he was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kenneth Koch lived in New York City, where he was professor of English at Columbia University.

In der vorliegenden Studie widmet Jordan Davis den geografischen Hinweisen am Ende des Buches Numeri große Aufmerksamkeit und kombiniert archäologische, historische und literarkritische Erkenntnisse, um zu überprüfbaren Ergebnissen zu gelangen.

Transjordanien war keine abgelegene, marginalisierte Region, sondern über die südliche Levante hinaus in den Mittelmeerraum, Ägypten und Mesopotamien eingebunden. In interdisziplinärer Perspektive werden in diesem Band die ungelösten Fragen zur Geschichte Transjordaniens von der Eisenzeit bis zur hellenistischen Periode untersucht.

Obwohl ein dauerhafter, allgemeiner Konsens über die Identifizierung der Priesterschrift (P) besteht, gibt es dennoch mehrere offene Fragen im Zusammenhang mit dieser wichtigen literarischen Schicht des Pentateuch. Eine dieser entscheidenden, aber umstrittenen Fragen ist die Datierung und Verortung dieser Texte. Die Beitragenden des vorliegenden Sammelbands versuchen, die priesterlichen Schriften sowohl zeitlich als auch geographisch besser zu verorten. Dabei achten sie auf die Auswahl geeigneter Kriterien und bedenken Aspekte, die in der jüngeren Forschung vernachlässigt wurden, wie etwa die geographischen Angaben und Hinweise auf die materielle Kultur, die in den priesterlichen Texten vorkommen.

The articles in this volume offer an interdisciplinary analysis of the Oracles against the Nations in the Book of Jeremiah, exploring their literary, historical, and theological significance. Bringing together leading international scholars, it integrates biblical exegesis with archaeological and historical research, shedding new light on the political and cultural contexts of these prophetic texts. The book challenges both traditional views (OAN as an irrelevant appendix) as well as modern biases (OAN as Schadenfreude-literature) by demonstrating how these oracles are not mere additions but essential to the prophetic message of Jeremiah. With a strong focus on the historical rooting of the oracles, it provides fresh insights into the complex dynamics between Israel and its neighbouring nations. A key resource for scholars of biblical studies, ancient history, and theology.