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Donn F, Morgan (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible (New York, NY: Viking, 2019).

Abstract

"This Oxford Handbook is a serious resource for the study of the literature of the Writings (Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Esther, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Daniel) of the Hebrew Bible, including its context and its scriptural/canonical shape and reception. A first section provides an overview of the post-exilic period in which much of the Writings was written, focusing on history, archeology, and the development of major literary traditions, all of which provide the context for understanding and interpreting this literature. A second section contains creative studies of the books in the Writings, focusing on structure, purpose, and distinctive characteristics of this very diverse literature. A third section looks at the Writings from larger and longer perspectives including the ancient Near East, developing Judaism and Christianity, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, music and the arts, and its canonization and reception by Judaism and Christianity. This handbook has a focus on the special character and shape of the Writings as scripture and canon, including the recurring issues of diversity and difference, dates of canonization, its special relationship to other scripture and canon (Torah, Prophets, New Testament), and its interpretation in religious and non-religious communities."--Publisher description.

Contents

Studying the writings as postexilic literature and canon / Donn F. Morgan -- The writings in the early postexilic period (Cyrus through Ezra-Nehemiah) / Lester L. Grabbe -- The writings in the Hellenistic and Roman period / Timothy H. Lim -- Archaeology of the postexilic period and the writings / Benjamin D. Gordon -- Cultic traditions in the writings : priests and Levites in the postexilic period / Mark A. Leuchter -- Wisdom traditions and the writings : sage and scribe / James L. Crenshaw -- Apocalyptic visions and revisions of the end in the writings / Bennie H. Reynolds III -- Postexilic prose traditions in the writings : novella writers, storytellers, and history writers / Thomas M. Bolin -- Postexilic poetic traditions in the writings / Susan E. Gillingham -- Reading Psalms sapientially in the writings / William P. Brown -- The book of Job in the context of the writings / Katharine J. Dell -- Reading Proverbs as a book in the writings / Julius Steinberg -- Lamentations and canon : conversations in the dark / Scott Ellington -- Ruth : a reading of scripture? / A. Graeme Auld -- Esther's frame within the writings / Timothy J. Stone -- Qoheleth in the writings / Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- The wisdom of desire in the Song of Songs / Carey Walsh -- Reimagining community past and present in Ezra and Nehemiah / Melody D. Knowles -- Chronicles and the writings / John C. Endres -- Reading Daniel as part of the writings / Ralph W. Klein -- Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Nascent Judaism : the writings and the history of religions / Jon L. Berquist -- Ancient Near Eastern religions and the writings / Daniel C. Snell -- The divine-human encounter in the Hebrew wisdom of the writings and the Confucian Analects / Archie C.C. Lee -- Moving texts : the writings in Western music and visual arts / Roger Ferlo -- The reception of the writings and their place in the biblical canon / Lee Martin McDonald -- The canonical shape and function of the writings / Timothy J. Stone -- Aspects of Jewish reception of the Ketuvim (Writings) / Alan Cooper -- The writings in the Christian Bible / Mark W. Elliott -- The writings and canon : enduring issues and legacy / Donn F. Morgan.

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