Includes bibliographical references.

Theodicy in the Book of the Twelve / James L. Crenshaw -- Futurism in the preexilic minor prophets compared with that of the postexilic minor prophets / Simon J. De Vries -- Ties that bind : intertextuality, the identification of verbal parallels, and reading strategies in the Book of the Twelve / Richard L. Schultz -- Formation of the Book of the Twelve : a review of research / Paul L. Redditt -- Messianic predestination in Romans 8 and classical Confucianism / Yeo Khiok-Khng -- Jesus' purity and the myth of liberal Christianity / Bruce Chilton -- Irenaeus's reading of Romans 8 / D. Jeffrey Bingham -- (Re)Constructing Paul : Origen's reading of Romans in Peri Arch�on / Ruth Clements -- Land is yours : Ezekiel's outrageous land claim / Kalinda Rose Stevenson -- It's all about us : nationalistic exegesis in the Greek Isaiah (Chapters 1-12) / David A. Baer -- Interpretation of the Book of Isaiah in the Septuagint and other ancient versions / Arie van der Kooij -- Moral economy, little tradition, and hidden transcript : applying the work of James C. Scott to Q / Richard A. Horsley -- Reading Romans through the macro-structure of the diatribe / Changwon Song -- "Early Jewish and Christian mysticism" : a collage of working definitions / April D. DeConick, ed. -- Silence of the lands : the ecojustice implications of Ezekiel's judgement oracles / Norman Habel.