“Now These Records are Ancient”
“Now These Records are Ancient”. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History, Language and Culture in Honor of K. Lawson Younger, Jr.
Edited by James K. Hoffmeier, Richard E. Averbeck, J. Caleb Howard and Wolfgang Zwickel
Ägypten und Altes Testament 114
2022
ISBN 978-3-96327-190-8 (book)
ISBN 978-3-96327-191-5 (e-book, via ProQuest)
XVI + 497 pp. / DIN-A4 / hardcover, thread stitching
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This Festschrift assembles 32 contributions devoted to K. Lawson Younger, Jr. by his colleagues and students from North America, Israel and Europe. In accordance with significant topics of his own scholarly oeuvre the articles focus on Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern studies. Among many other topics the relations of “Deuteronomy 13 and the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon” are explored as well as “Rituals in the Gideon Narrative (Judges 6–8)”, “Deities in the Ammonite Personal Names” and “the textual evidence for “The ‘Priests’ of Ugarit”. Archaeological contributions focus on—to list just a few—“The Carmel in the Bronze and Iron Ages”, “Deer Antlers in Iron Age I Cultic Contexts at Tel Abel Beth Maacah” and the “Archaeological Evidence of Priests and Priesthood in Iron Age Israel and Judah”. Linguistic and cultural studies evaluate recent studies of Amorite and examine “East as Symbolic Space” and raise the question of “Aramaean Identity” in Iron Age Syria. |
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K. Lawson Younger, Jr. Publications of K. Lawson Younger, Jr. Bill T. Arnold and Brian T. Shockey: Deuteronomy 13 and the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon: A Fresh Investigation Richard E. Averbeck: The Meaning and Importance of “subdue” (kābaš) in Genesis 1:28 Barry J. Beitzel: An Inquiry into the Rendering of Hebrew sûf and yam sûf in the Early History of Translation Koert van Bekkum: Moses Wilhelm Shapira’s “Deuteronomy” between Epigraphy and Literary Criticism Daniel I. Block: Giving Nebuchadrezzar and Ezekiel Their Due: Rethinking the Exiled Prophet’s Final Word in Ezekiel 29:17–21 Scott Booth, Ariel Shatil, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Naama Yahalom-Mack, Carroll Kobs and Robert A. Mullins: The Buck Stops Here: Deer Antlers in Iron Age I Cultic Contexts at Tel Abel Beth Maacah and Their Implications Caleb T. Chow: “Attribution Displacement” and its Implications for Biblical Historiography: A Methodological Discussion Daniel E. Fleming: Why Did Emar’s Diviner Hold Documents for the Sale of City-Owned Land? Walter E. Foster: Mari’s ARM 1 6: A New Translation and Commentary Seymour Gitin: Ekron of the Philistines: A Response to Issues Raised in the Literature (3) Holger Gzella: On the Origin and Meaning of ḥānīḵ in Genesis 14:14 Oliver A. Hersey: Genesis 1:6–8 and Ancient Near Eastern Celestial Perspectives Richard S. Hess: Deities in the Ammonite Personal Names John W. Hilber: The Contextual Method through the Lens of Relevance Theory James K. Hoffmeier and Mark Janzen: Towards a Diplomatic, Contextual Reading of the Encounter Between Jacob and Esau in Genesis 33 J. Caleb Howard: Some of What’s New in the Study of Amorite Neal A. Huddleston: Deposit and Read! A Discursive Explanation of Peripheral Akkadian Treaty Traditions and their Implications for Deuteronomy Sara Kipfer and Wolfgang Zwickel: The Carmel in the Bronze and Iron Ages: A Multiperspective Approach Michelle Knight: Geometry and Psalmody: Characterization and the Role of Deborah’s Song (Judges 5) Jens Bruun Kofoed: East as Symbolic Space Jacob Lauinger: The Supposed Recycling of a Silver Statue of a God from Middle Bronze Age / Old Babylonian Alalah (AlT 366 [40.05]) André Lemaire: Sabaic Inscription B-L Nashq? Revisited Within its Ancient Near Eastern Context Theodore J. Lewis: A Magical Aramaic Curse in Jeremiah 10:11: A Performative Sociolinguistic Solution Aren M. Maeir: “The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel” (Deut 18:1): Is there Archaeological Evidence of Priests and Priesthood in Iron Age Israel and Judah? Alan Millard: Celebrating Victory in Poetry and Prose Dennis Pardee: The “Priests” of Ugarit: The Textual Evidence Jillian L. Ross: Rituals in the Gideon Narrative (Judges 6–8) Hélène Sader: On Aramaean Identity or What is Aramaean in the Culture of Iron Age Syria? Jack M. Sasson: Sightless in Gaza: On the Fate of Samson JoAnn Scurlock: Northern Kingdom Voices in the Hebrew Bible? Jeroboam ben Nebat and Jehu ben Nimshi in the Tale of Elijah and the Prophets of Baʿal Karel van der Toorn: Northern Prophets and Nazirites David S. Vanderhooft and Luiz Gustavo Assis: The Successful Divinatory Procedure of Abraham’s Servant for Singling out Rebekah (Genesis 24:21) Contributors Abbreviations |