{"product_id":"the-exegetical-and-the-ethical-the-bible-and-the-academy-in-the-public-square-essays-for-the-occasion-of-professor-john-barton-s-70th-birthday-9789004505483","title":"The Exegetical and the Ethical: The Bible and the Academy in the Public Square. Essays for the Occasion of Professor John Barton’s 70th Birthday","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExegesis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents   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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210836631895,"sku":"9789004505483","price":111.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-exegetical-and-the-ethical-the-bible-and-the-academy-in-the-public-square-essays-for-the-occasion-of-professor-john-barton-s-70th-birthday-9789004505483","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}