Leshon Limmudim : Essays on the Language and Literature of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of A. A. Macintosh

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Introduction Part I: The Languageand Literature of the Pentateuch 1.The imagodei in Genesis 1-3 - N. MacDonald 2.Evensong in Eden: As It Was Probably Not in the Beginning - R.P. Gordon 3.Noah's Drunkenness and the Curse of Canaan inGenesis 9.18-27 - J. Day 4.Dividing Up the Pentateuch: Some Notes on the Hebrew Tradition - G.I. Davies Part II: The Language and Literature of the Historical Books 5.Can The Samson Narrative Properly Be Called Heroic? - C. Echols 6.Translating Politics into Religion: Theological Enrichment in 1 Kings 5-9 - G. Eberhardt 7.Behind Closed Doors: the Secret World of Jerusalem's Palace Diplomacy - R.E. Clements Part III: TheLanguage and Literature of the Prophets 8.YHWH's Wise Man (Psalm 1) in LXX Isaiah 32. A Case of Fortunate Reframing - D.A. Baer 9.Food forthe Birds of Heaven: Staged Death and Intercession in Jeremiah in Light of Shakespeare's Cymbeline - D. Lipton 10.David their King (Whom God Will Raise): Hosea3.5 and the Onset of Messianic Expectation in the Prophetic Books - A. Rofe 11.Goddesses, Trees, and the Interpretation of Hosea 14.9 - J. Hadley 12.The Text and Interpretation of Nahum 2.2 - E. Ball Part IV: The Language and Literature of the Writings 13.Psalm 102.14 and Didache 10.6 on Grace to Come -W. Horbury 14.Wisdom and Psalm 119 - C. Engle 15.Biblical Texts in New Contexts: Job in Music - K. Dell 16.An Overlooked Suggestion at Proverbs 1.10 - H.G.M. Williamson 17.Reflections on the Aramaic Portions of Daniel - E. Hunter 18.The Text of Daniel 3.16 - B. Mastin Part V: Themes and Resonances of Biblical Language and Literature 19.Some Comments on the Semantic Range of the Stem ??? in Early Rabbinic Texts - S. Reif 20.Wine Production in Ancient Israel and the Meaning of shemarim in the Hebrew Bible - W.D. Barker 21.The Cherished Child: Images of Parental Love in the Hebrew Bible - R. Lentin 22.'The Hills are Alive!': The Personification ofNature in the Hebrew Bible - H. Marlow 23.Beginning and Ending: Genesis 1.1 and the Gospel of John - D. Ford Part VI:Afterword (the editors)