Vetus Testamentum

Papers
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The Profit of a Land and the Purpose of a King: The Translation and Interpretation of Ecclesiastes 5:83
The Judean Problem in Nahum 1:92
Priestly Warfare and the Battle of Jericho2
Rethinking the Origins and Textual History of Ancient Jewish Literature: A Review of Recent Works by Emanuel Tov, James Nati, and Nathan Mastnjak1
“Midianite Men, Merchants” (Gen 37:28): Linguistic, Literary, and Historical Perspectives1
The Poor Man’s Ewe Lamb (2 Sam 12:1–4) in Intersectional, Interspecies Perspective1
Eli’s “Heavy Eyes” in LXX 1 Kingdoms 3:2 and Euripides’ Alcestis1
A Whirling Tempest1
Isaiah 2:6b and the Bible of Justin Martyr1
µετέχω παιδείας in Sir 51:281
The Truncated Oath of Innocence and the Adjudicatory Challenge to God: Three Examples (Job 31:5–6; Ps 44:21–22; Josh 22:23)1
Saul and David, Israel and Judah: The Book of Samuel as Paradigmatic History1
Toward a Reading of Proverbs 30:1b: Tracing the Life of the Text in the Versions1
Substituting Vorlagen1
Plotting Antiochus’s Death1
Die masoretische Akzentuation in den poetischen Büchern (ספרי אמ״ת)1
Centaurs and the Sacred Tree1
China Is in the Bible1
Speaking “Mouth to Mouth” (Num 12:8)1
Identifying Alphabetic Compositions in the Hebrew Bible1
Das erinnerte Heiligtum: Tradition und Geschichte der Kultstätte in Schilo, written by Ann-Kathrin Knittel0
A New Look at Abigail’s Wisdom0
Hezekiah’s “Showing” and the Babylonian Ambassadors’ “Seeing” of the Royal Treasures0
The “Spirit of Yhwh” and Samson’s Martial Rage: A Leitmotif of the Biblical Warrior Tradition0
Scribal Composition: Malachi as a Test Case, written by Sheree Lear0
Pollution in the Bible and in Cognitive Science: A Review of Recent Works by Thomas Kazen and Yitzhaq Feder0
“I Have Made an Engraving of You …” (Isa 49:16a): An Echo of an ANE Adoption Practice in Deutero-Isaiah0
An Ambiguous Oracle in the Prophecy against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34–39)0
A Hidden God: Isaiah 45’s Amun Polemic and Message to Egypt0
From Pre-Masoretic Idiolect to Pre-LXX Attestations0
Subversion through Allusion in Samuel’s Call to Prophecy (1 Sam 3)0
1 Samuel 2:6: Time and Wayyiqtol in Hannah’s Song0
Dating the Renaming of Cities Referred to in the Biblical Conquest and Settlement Accounts0
Seshat and Lady Wisdom0
New Directions for Thinking about the Bible and Nonhuman Animals: A Review of Works by Peter Atkins, Dong Hyeon Jeong, and Saul Olyan0
Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel: A Study of Biblical Hebrew Terms for Writing Materials and Implements, written by Philip Zhakevich0
Do Not be Ashamed of Rendering Judgment to Acquit the Wicked? On Sirach 42:20
Josephus’ Adaptation of the Athaliah Narratives0
Alleged Basic Meanings of the Hebrew Verb qdš “Be Holy”: An Exercise in Comparative Hebrew Lexicography0
Of Dowries and Daughters: a Law and Literature Approach to the Achsah Story in Joshua and Judges0
“Tu es de mon sang”: Les alliances dans le Proche-Orient ancient, written by Dominique Charpin0
Die Handelsgüter der Tarsis-Schiffe (1Kön 10,22): Ein Vergleich zwischen Masoretischem Text und Septuaginta0
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Daniel 4 and the Cultural Schema of the Akītu-Festival0
On the Origins of Evil in the Priestly Primeval History0
The Major Additions in the Samaritan Pentateuch Tradition0
Artemidorus Interprets the Dream of Mordecai (Additions to Esther A and F)0
« Bénissez YHWH ! » : Le verbe bénir (ברך) entre la philologie biblique et l’autorité des massorètes0
Models of Word Order in Biblical Hebrew0
Jerusalem before the Reform: Memory, Nostalgia, and Antiquarian Interest in 2 Kings 23:7–130
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The Meaning and Syntax of taʿărōg0
The Phoenicians, written by Vadim S. Jigoulov0
The Polemical Cosmogony in the Doxologies of Amos (4:13; 5:8; 9:5–6)0
Kürzlich entdeckte karaimische Übersetzungen der Hebräischen Bibel: Geschichte und Textbeziehung0
Genesis 49:4—The Route of Facile Textual Emendation vs. Appreciation for Literary Brilliance0
Confused Language in Ezra 10:440
Law, Literature, and Society in Legal Texts from Qumran: Papers from the Ninth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Leuven 2016, edited by Jutta Jokiranta and Molly Zahn0
The Book of the Twelve: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, edited by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer and Jakob Wöhrle0
On the Disparity of Penalties in Deuteronomy 22:13–21*0
A Macedonian in the Persian Court: Addition E of Esther and the Vetus Latina0
Lot’s Struggle for “Masculinity”: Use, Function, and Ideology of Masculinity in the Lot Stories0
Song of Songs 1:1—Text and Paratext0
Votive Offerings, Graffiti, or Scribal Exercises?0
Imperial Visions: The Prophet and the Book of Isaiah in an Age of Empires, edited by Reinhard Gregor Kratz and Joachim Schaper0
Falsehood and False Prophets in Jeremiah0
God, the Feminine, and Other Struggles0
Psalm 40 and the “New Covenant” of Jeremiah 31?0
The Beatitude אַשְׁרֵי and the Confession of Sins in Psalms 32–410
What’s in a Name: The Fulfillment Metaphor in Biblical Hebrew0
Characters and Characterization in the Book of Samuel, edited by Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson0
“On Wings like Eagles!” (Isa 40:31)0
Changes in Biblical Orthography Reflecting the Development of the Language0
Killing Goliath? Elhanan the Bethlehemite and the Text of 2 Samuel 21:190
Qohelet as Divine Hedonist0
The Census “Crisis Episode” and the Chronicler’s Mythic Agenda in 1 Chronicles 210
Understanding Imitatio Dei in the Holiness Source0
Race and Ethnicity at Genesis 10 and the Idea of “Semites”0
The “Wisdom Poem” in Job 28 and its Role in Job’s Final Discourse (Job 27–31)0
United in Exile, Reunited in Restoration: The Chronicler’s Agenda, written by Jordan Guy0
Jeremiah 10:1–16 MT and LXX0
Getting Steamy in Amnon’s Chamber: Philological and Metaphorical Observations on 2 Samuel 130
The Non-Masoretic Hebrew Vorlage of the Old Greek Ezekiel (LXX967/LXXB), Other Non-Masoretic and Proto-Masoretic Ezekiel Texts: Evidence from Quotations of and Allusions to Ezekiel in Second Temple Ju0
Joshua Fragment from Codex Climaci Rescriptus: A New Edition Based on the Multispectral Images0
Depictions of Egypt in the Book of Hosea and Their Implications for Dating the Book0
The Meaning(lessness) of qubbâ and the Original Text of Numbers 25:80
Ezekiel 10:2—Sprinkle Not Scatter0
Water and Water-Related Phenomena in the Old Testament Wisdom Literature: An Eco-Theological Exploration, written by Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa0
From the Jordan to Mt. Ebal and Back0
Macht und Weisheit: Untersuchungen zur politischen Anthropologie in den Erzählungen vom Absalomaufstand, written by Friederike Schücking-Jungblut0
A Note on the Alleged Egyptian Etymology of Sabaoth0
Exodus 21, the Sale of Daughters, and the Cuneiform Sources of Nuzi0
A Further Note on the Alleged Egyptian Etymology of Sabaoth0
In the Garden of Xerxes’ Palace0
The Enigma of Deuteronomy 20:19–200
דימון (Isa 15:9) and להמנות (Qoh 1:15): On Dialectal Wordplay and Nasal Spreading in the Bible0
The Vow to Kill Elisha: Function and Meaning in 2 Kings 6:31–330
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Linguistic Dating of the Book of Qohelet: A New Angle0
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„Ištar“ und „Marduk“ als jüdische Protagonisten, Purim als neues Fest der Befreiung: Zur Theologie und zum historischen Ort des Esterbuches0
“She Gazed Through the Window”: Gender and Grammatical Voice in Ancient Hebrew0
How Prophecy Works: A Study of the Semantic Field of נביא and a Close Reading of Jeremiah 1:4–19; 23:9–40 and 27:1–28:17, written by William L. Kelly0
Does God Command and Punish in the Garden of Eden?0
Reconsidering Textual Coherence: Complexity, Unity, and the Historical-Critical Task0
Siding with the Jews: מתיהדים in Esth 8:170
An Intertextual Reading of Amos 3:70
Thinking about Thinking: Recent Research on the “Mind” in Ancient Israel0
Tora in der Chronik: Studien zur Rezeption des Pentateuchs in den Chronikbüchern, written by Lars Maskow0
The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, written by Thomas Renz0
Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer: Bronze Age Cities in Iron Age Context0
“Who Knows?”: A Bakhtinian Reading of Carnivalesque Motifs in Jonah0
Incidental Loaning and the Babylonian Context of Second Isaiah0
The Verb שָׁאַף in Biblical Hebrew0
Das Amt des Jerusalemer Hohepriesters im Licht biblischer und außerbiblischer Quellen der hellenistischen Zeit0
The Book of Amos, written by M. Daniel Carroll R.0
Announcement Nomination to the Presidency of the I.O.S.O.T. 2025–20280
God and Humans in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond: A Festschrift for Lennart Boström on his 67th Birthday, edited by David Willgren0
On the Restoration of Job: Poetics and Meaning in Job 420
Shaking Up the People0
The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, edited by Stephen B. Chapman and Marvin A. Sweeney0
The Provisions Regarding the Rape and Seduction of an Unbetrothed Girl0
Centralizing the Cult: The Holiness Legislation in Leviticus 17–26, written by Julia Rhyder0
Gates and Entrances in Ezekiel 40–48: The Social Utopia of the Temple Vision0
The Cup or Qôs? Lost Prayer and Wordplay in Lamentations 4:21–220
“They Whored in Egypt” (Ezek 23:3)—When?0
The Supposedly Irrevocable Laws in Esther and Dan 6 in Light of the Motif of the King’s Inability to Undo an Execution0
Clothing, Conformity, and Power: Garment Imagery in the Book of Esther0
Luxuriant and Well-Fatted: The Meaning of מעדנת in 1 Sam 15:320
Qoheleth as a Realist0
The Meaning of Psalm 73:24b: Revisiting an Old Crux from the Perspective of Verbal Valency0
The Literary History of 2 Sam 8:1b–14 and the Old Sabaic Royal Summary Inscription RES 3945/39460
A Note on Proverbs 22:160
Decentering Exile0
“Bel Crouches; Nebo Travails”: Reading Birth Imagery in Isaiah 46:1–40
The Language of the Doxologies in Daniel0
An Army Like Goats: A Semantic and Zoological Reconsideration of 1 Kings 20:270
An Intersectional Perspective on Female Mobility in the Hebrew Bible0
Moabite Ethnicity and Territorial Claims in the Mesha Stele (and the Hebrew Bible)0
The Rendering of Unclean Birds in an Arabic Translation of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 140
The Etymology of Šadday0
The Significance of the Omission of Leaven and Honey from Grain Offerings0
Benjamin and the Anonymous Ten Tribes of Israel: A Holistic Approach to Tribal Confusions0
Nomina Sacra in Libro Iob: Theological Exegesis in Verses of Job LXX Containing ὁ θεός and ὁ κύριος without Any Counterpart in MT?0
A New Defense for the Masoretic Text and מאס I in Job 36:5: Functional Repetition and an Unrecognized Allusion0
Levites, Priests, and Temple: Was the Chronicler Influenced by Ezekiel 40–48?0
The Puzzling Portrait of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 32:24–310
“Remember!”0
Quenching Tears: A Note on 2 Kings 22:17 and 190
Paleographic Style and the Forms and Functions of the Dead Sea Psalm Scrolls: A Hand Fitting for the Occasion?0
Διαθήκη in Ptolemaic Documentary Papyri and LXX Genesis0
Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: An Introduction and Study Guide, written by Tchavdar S. Hadjiev0
The Identity, Etymology, and Material Context of סֹחֶרֶת in Esther 1:60
Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings, edited by Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson0
The Aqedah (Gen 22:1–19) and Euripides’s Iphigenia in Aulis0
Sedurot in orientalischen Bibelhandschriften0
Preparing for Military Action: Judith’s Purificatory Washing in Judith 12:70
A propos de la racine להם dans Proverbes 18:80
When Life is Endangered0
Sheshbazzar and Nehemiah0
A Sin Is Borne: Clearing up the Law of Women’s Vows (Numbers 30)0
Solomon’s Throne in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context0
Must Animals Die? Genesis 3:21, Enūma Eliš IV, and the Power of Divine Creation0
Times as Task, Not Timing: Reconsidering Qoheleth’s Catalogue of the Times0
“After such knowledge, what forgiveness?”0
Masoretic Accents and Phrasing in the Hebrew Bible Recitation: New Reflections0
Histories of Ancient Israel: Present State and Future Potential0
How to Kill a Dragon in Northwest Semitic: Three Linguistic Observations regarding Ugaritic ltn and Hebrew liwyātān0
More Corrections to Kenyon’s Text of Papyrus 963 (Numbers, Deuteronomy)0
Masoretic Forensics and Scribal Fingerprints0
Mûsār in Prov 19:27 and Sir 6:220
Wise and Foolish Love in the Song of Songs, written by Jennifer L. Andruska0
The Forgotten Meaning of אוֹת0
Divine Election in the Hebrew Bible, written by Hallvard Hagelia0
The Wicked “Sons of Eli” and the Composition of 1 Samuel 1–40
A (Somewhat) New Way to See and Understand the Diverse and Strategic Use of the Interrogatives in Isa 40:12–310
Les Psaumes: Livre 1. Psaumes 1–40 (41 TM), written by Gilles Dorival with the collaboration of Claudine Cavalier and Didier Pralon0
Textual and Literary Criticism of the Books of Kings: Collected Essays, written by Julio Trebolle Barrera0
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1 Kings 19 and Its Emotional Repertoires0
Nebuchadnezzar and Narrative Repair in the Court Tales of Daniel0
Nochmals zur Frühdatierung von Ri 19*0
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וילך שם (Ezra 10:6): “Wandering About” as a Sign of Mourning0
2 Kings 14:28—A Proposal for Solution0
A Time to Mourn, and a Time to Menstruate?0
“The Yoke Before the Oil” (Isa 10:27d) in the Light of Neo-Assyrian Covenant-Making Rituals0
Burn the Witch! A Comparison between the Portrayal of Sorceress Babylon in Isaiah 47 and the Figure of the Witch in Maqlû0
The Festival Legislation in Numbers 28–290
People and Botanical Metaphors in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira0
The Story of Adoram the Taskmaster over the Forced Labor and the Traditions Regarding the Kingdom’s Division0
Satire and Subversion in the Oracles of Ezekiel0
Decontextualized Instruction or Disembodied Reading?0
Living to Serve: The Cupbearer’s Dream (Gen 40)0
Justice, Righteousness, and the Davidic Dispute in Jeremiah and Ezekiel0
The Stripping of the Bulls: A Reexamination of the Role of Ahaz in Deuteronomistic Historiography0
A Solution to the Subject(s) of Psalm 7:13–140
Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary, written by Bruce K. Waltke and Ivan D. V. de Silva0
Substituting Anthropomorphisms?0
Not the Name Alone: A Linguistic Study of Exodus 3:14–150
Is the Sin of Jehu the Fault of the Deuteronomist?0
Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread as a Single Ritual Complex0
Judean Reception of the Elisha Narratives0
Beiträge zum Wortschatz des Alten Testaments: Das Hapax legomenon פְּתִיגִיל in Jesaja 3,240
Samson’s Lion Encounter (Judges 14:5–6) and Persian Period Leonine Iconography0
Text and Ritual in the Pentateuch: A Systematic and Comparative Approach, edited by Christophe Nihan and Julia Rhyder0
A Legal Allusion: The Correlation of Law and History in Ezekiel 200
lārešet ʾet hāʾāreṣ—“To Possess the Land, to Enjoy Possession of the Land”: A Lexicographic Proposal and Its Theological Ramifications0
A Doe’s Call Grows into Lament: The Comparison with the Doe in Psalm 42:1 and its Meaning for the Description of the Næpæš0
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