The historiography of Ancient Israel is much debated. The various approaches are never
void of ideology and some reckon more with the available evidence than others. This volume …

In their recent book The Silent God, Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor presented a provocative
view on the concept of divine silence in ancient Israel. In their view, divine silence can …

The fifth meeting of the Edinburgh prophecy network focussed on the presence of prophets
and prophecy in narrative texts. The papers in this volume scrutinize the image of prophecy …

The novelistic narrative in the Book of Ruth is praised for its plainness and beauty–and rightly
so1. The story is indeed an easy read and never fails to touch its readers. Even on our side …

Religion is a hot topic on the public stages of ‘secular’societies, not in its individualized
liberal or orthodox form, but rather as a public statement, challenging the divide between the …

Biblical and post-Biblical texts refer to the tradition of the betrayal of Edom. During the
conquest the brother-nation of Edom would have betrayed Judah by choosing sides with the …

Kuenen, A., Historisch-kritisch onderzoek naar het ontstaan en de verzameling van de
boeken des Ouden Verbonds, Deel I: Het ontstaan van de historische boeken des Ouden …

The biblical book of Esther has long been recognized as a historical novel, that is, having the
appearance of a history with folkloristic embellish m ents. 1 As such, its claim to historicity …

31: 14 285 35: 10 148 38: 8 258, 262 38: 14 130, 285 38: 18–19 188–89 40: 2 198 41: 17–20
148 42: 10 72, 237, 241, 247 42: 10–12 141 43: 6b-7 58 44: 2–4 148 44: 20 125 45: 11 58 …