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The authors of this volume celebrate the contributions of David P. Wright to the fields of biblical studies and ancient Near Eastern studies. They place particular focus on topics of ritual and law, the major concerns of Wright's scholarship. The studies included deal with various texts and issues in the Hebrew Bible, Mesopotamian texts and material culture, Hittite cultic ritual, and comparative mythology.
Price: £119.00
Pages: 273
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament
Publication Date:
03 February 2025
ISBN: 9783161638794
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
Jeffrey Stackert Preface - Alan Lenzi Introduction - Jeffery M. Leonard Curses and the Composition of Deuteronomy - Tina M. Sherman Exodus 34 and the Strategic Use of Law in the Construction of National Identity - Jason M. H. Gaines On Moses's Foreskin: Narrative Repurposing of the Circumcision Ritual in the Priestly Source - Joel S. Baden The Decalogue in Deuteronomy and (then) in Exodus - Tamar Kamionkowski The Concept of Desecration in Leviticus - Marc Zvi Brettler YHWH's Laws in Psalms - Bruce Wells Identifying the Form of Enslavement in Exodus 21:20-21 - Madadh Richey Elisha and the Bears (2 Kings 2:23-25) - Jeffrey Stackert Typicality and Verisimilitude in Neo-Assyrian and Judean Figural Representation - Ada Taggar-Cohen The Status of Women in the Hittite Cult as Mirrored in Royal Ideology and Prescribed Rituals - Alan Lenzi Exploring Manners, Etiquettes, and Protocols with Šuila-Prayer Ištar 1 - Tzvi Abusch / Emily Blanchard West 'Awful Silence, Deathly Stillness': Fears and Anxieties among the Gods in Mesopotamian and Indic Literature