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Book SynopsisExegesis has ethical dimensions. This is the case for the Bible, which has a foundational status in traditional perspectives that is simultaneously contested in the modern world. This innovative essay collection, largely about Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts, is written by an international team – all Doktorkinder of a pioneer in this area, Professor John Barton, whose 70th birthday this volume celebrates. With interdisciplinary angles, the essays highlight the roles and responsibilities of the biblical scholar, often located professionally between religious and secular domains. This reflects a broader reality: all readers of texts are engaged ethically in the public square of ideas.
Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations Notes on Contributors XV Introduction Hywel Clifford and Megan Daffern Part 1: Establishing the Exegetical and the Ethical 1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text? Alma Brodersen 2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation James E. Patrick 3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36 Laura Quick 4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel Katharine Dell Part 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical 5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity Aulikki Nahkola 6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis Megan Daffern 7 Ethics in Song of Songs Anselm C. Hagedorn 8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekiel’s Oracles Against the Nations Andrew P. Langley 9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy Benjamin Sargent Part 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical 10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1–8 in Philo and Beyond Hywel Clifford 11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in “Holy Writ”? Christian Hofreiter 12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity Kris Sonek 13 A Tale of Two “Houses”: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics S. Min Chun Conclusion John Barton Index
