Essays in Biblical Autobiography
edited by
Philip R. Davies
Copyright © 2002 Sheffield Academic Press
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Introduction: Autobiography as Exegesis
Letters to the Editor of Genesis
Wide Gaps, Narrow Escapes: I am Known as Raḥab, the Broad
I, Delilah: A Victim of Interpretation
Gillian Cooper and John Goldingay
Hosea and Gomer Visit the Marriage Counsellor
Acknowledgement and Dedication
Back in 1994, Ulrika Lindblad from Finland sent me a short essay on Susanna, written in the first person. That essay inspired the book that has now appeared eight years later. And so this book is dedicated to Ulrika Lindblad.
AB Anchor Bible
ABD David Noel Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992)
BDB Francis Brown, S.R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907)
BibInt Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches
BR Bible Review
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ICC International Critical Commentary
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JES Journal of Ecumenical Studies
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
NCB New Century Bible
neb New English Bible
OTL Old Testament Library
RSR Recherches de science religieuse
SBLDS SBL Dissertation Series
SBLSP SBL Seminar Papers
TQ Theologische Quartalschrift
VT Vetus Testamentum
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Yairah Amit is a Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Athalya Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the Faculty of the Humanities, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gillian Cooper studied Theology at Oxford, specializing in Old Testament, was ordained, and then taught at St John’s College, Nottingham.
John Goldingay studied Theology at Oxford, specializing ...
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About First Person: Essays in Biblical AutobiographyHebrew Biblical narratives are notoriously sparing in their portrayal of character, leaving much to the reader’s imagination. Here a number of internationally renowned scholars assume the identities of some familiar biblical characters and use the clues in the text, their own exegetical skills and knowledge of the biblical world, and their readerly imagination to fill in the gaps of the biblical text. In doing so, they remove the point of view of the biblical narrator, allowing the ideology of the text to be affirmed, adjusted or challenged. Contributors to this volume include Francis Landy, Athalya Brenner, Yairah Amit, John Goldingay, Jonathan Magonet, Hugh Pyper, and Philip Davies; the characters include Rahab, Isaiah, Gomer, Eve, Delilah, Joseph, Jeremiah and Haman. |
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