Thus Says the LORD: Essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in Honor of Robert R. Wilson

346 Pages·2009·2.231 MB·English

by  Stephen L. Cook, John J. Ahn

LIBRARY OF HEBREW BIBLE/
OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES

502

Formerly Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series

Editors
Claudia V. Camp, Texas Christian University
Andrew Mein, Westcott House, Cambridge

Founding Editors
David J. A. Clines, Philip R. Davies and David M. Gunn

Editorial Board
Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon,
Norman K. Gottwald, Gina Hens-Piazza, John Jarick, Andrew D. H. Mayes,
Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller, Yvonne Sherwood
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THUS SAYS THE LORD

Essays on the Former and Latter Prophets
in Honor of Robert R. Wilson

edited by

John J. Ahn
and
Stephen L. Cook
Copyright © 2009 by John J. Ahn and Stephen L. Cook

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ISBN-13: 978-0-567-17804-6
ISBN-10: 0-567-17804-8

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations xi
List of Contributors xv

INTRODUCTORY CELEBRATION OF ROBERT R. WILSON
John Ahn and Stephen L. Cook 1

Part I
FORMER PROPHETS

JOSHUA SON OF NUN: PRESENTATION OF A PROPHET
Stephen B. Chapman 13

RELIGION IN THE HEROIC SPIRIT: THEMES IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES
Baruch A. Levine 27

WHAT IS PROLOGUE IS PAST: COMPOSING ISRAELITE IDENTITY
IN JUDGES 5
Mark S. Smith 43

JUDGES, KINGSHIP, AND POLITICAL ETHICS: A CHALLENGE
TO THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Susan Niditch 59

Part II
BETWEEN THE FORMER AND LATTER PROPHETS

PROPHECY AND THEODICY
John Barton 73

AUTHORITY TO EDIFY: VERIFICATION OF BIBLICAL TRUTH
IN WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH’S PROPHETS OF ISRAEL
Warner M. Bailey 87
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THE POETICS OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY: POINT OF VIEW AND POINT
OF STANDING IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS
Harry P. Nasuti 99

THE POETRY OF CREATION
Robert B. Robinson 114

“DAUGHTER ZION”
F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp 125

Part III
LATTER PROPHETS

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE WORLD
IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
John J. Collins 137

PROPHETIC ASSOCIATIONS
Christopher R. Seitz 156

(RE)INSCRIBING POWER THROUGH TORAH TEACHING:
RHETORICAL PEDAGOGY IN THE SERVANT SONGS
OF DEUTERO-ISAIAH
Carolyn J. Sharp 167

JEREMIAH AND THE LEVITICAL PRIESTS OF ANATHOTH
S. Dean McBride, Jr. 179

REMEMBERING THE PROPHETS
David L. Petersen 197

PUTTING THE MOTHER BACK IN THE CENTER:
METAPHOR AND MULTIVALENCE IN EZEKIEL 19
Corrine Carvalho 208

THE SPEECHLESS SUPPRESSION OF GRIEF IN EZEKIEL 24:15–27:
THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL’S WIFE AND THE PROPHET’S
ABNORMAL RESPONSE
Stephen L. Cook 222

PORTRAYING PROPHETIC EXPERIENCE AND TRADITION IN EZEKIEL
D. Nathan Phinney 234
Contents ix
“BUT IF NOT...” WHAT? THE SPEECH OF THE YOUTHS IN DANIEL 3
AND A (THEO)LOGICAL PROBLEM
Roy L. Heller 244

MYTH AND TRUTH IN SOCIO-HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION
OF ANCIENT SOCIETIES: HOSEA 4:11–14 AS A TEST CASE
Christl M. Maier 256

THE SOCIAL LOCATION(S) OF AMOS: AMOS 1:3–2:16
Gene M. Tucker 273

JONAH AND THE USES OF PARODY
William W. Hallo 285

ZEPHANIAH, A DISCIPLE OF ISAIAH?
John Ahn 292

Index of References 308
Index of Authors 322

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