TY - BOOK AU - Korpel, Marjo C. A. (ed) AU - Grabbe,Lester L. AU - TI - Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: a volume of studies in honour of Bob Becking T2 - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies SN - 9780567663801 (hbk.) AV - BT83.587 .O64 2015 U1 - 230.0411 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury T&T clark KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Open theism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-358) and indexes; Open-mindedness for understanding the formation of the Pentateuch: the challenge of Exodus 19-20; Rainer Albertz --; Empire! '...and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52.31-34: fact or fiction?; Hans M. Barstad --; Ben Sira and Song of songs: what about parallels and echoes?; Pancratius C. Beentjes --; Open-mindedness and planning for the future of academic studies in ancient Israel history; Ehud Ben Zvi --; Isaiah 24-27: spacing a prophetic vision; Willem A. M. Beuken --; Einübung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispiele für Zivilcourage in den Samuelbüchern; Walter Dietrich --; Swords or ploughshares?: the transition from the Late Bronze to the early Iron Age in northern Jordan; Meindert Dijkstra and Karel Vriezen --; Penetrating the legend: in quest of the historical Ezra; Lester L. Grabbe --; Joseph, the pastor and the conqueror of evil by using good: observations on Genesis 50.15-21 in Dutch children's and family Bibles; Cornelis Houtman --; The myth of the reborn nation; Izaak J. de Hulster --; Leading scholars and the interpretation of Scripture: the case of LXX Haggai 2.1-9; Arie van der Kooij --; Memories of exile and return in the book of Ruth; Marjo C.A. Korpel --; The question of Job; Peter Machinist --; The open mind of the man born blind (John 9); Maarten J.J. Menken --; Jerusalem: nightmare and daydream in Micah; Johannes C. de Moor --; Four notes on the ancient Near Eastern Marzeaḥ; Nadav Na'aman --; The abolition of the cult of the dead kings in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43.6-9); Herbert Niehr --; A human and a deity with conflicting morals (Qohelet 2.26); Paul Sanders --; A prophet contest: Jeremiah 28 reconsidered; Klaas A.D. Smelik --; Comparing the book of Judges to Greek literature; Klaas Spronk --; Speaking of gods: dimensions of the divine in the ancient Near East; Karel van der Toorn --; Is the critical, academic study of the Bible inextricably bound to the destinies of theology?; Christoph Uehlinger --; Biblical studies and the art of civilization maintemance; Anne-Mareike Wetter --; A new divine title in Isaiah 10.17; H.G.M. Williamson ER -