Laura Quick, University of Oxford, UK and Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA
Dress Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible
Creating Gender in the Garden
Edited by Antonios Finitsis, Pacific Lutheran University, USA
Barbara Deutschmann, University of Divinity, Australia
"Let Your Garments Always Be Bright"
Antonios Finitsis and contributors examine dress and clothing in the Hebrew Bible in this collection of illuminating essays. Using primary evidence, the contributors are able to reveal the social, psychological, aesthetic, ideological and symbolic meanings of dress in the Hebrew Bible, thereby producing insights into the literature and cultural world of the ancient Near East. UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 224 pages • 8 bw illus HB 9780567702685 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567702692 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Hate and Enmity in Biblical Law
Klaus-Peter Adam, Lutheran School of Theology, USA Enmity between individuals was an ubiquitous phenomenon in the ancient world. Using the method of legal anthropology, this book examines patterns of hate-driven feuding in kinship-based and segmentary societies and applies these insights to biblical law. It defines the fundamental categories of enmity, love, revenge, honor and shame in the context of feuding. It then illustrates certain legal actions, such as giving false witness, and shows how they are expressions of hateful relationships. Adam also uses this to unpack the meaning of the quintessential biblical command to "love your neighbor". UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 304 pages HB 9780567681898 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567681904 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination
Essays in Honour of Professor Susan Gillingham Edited by Katherine E. Southwood, University of Oxford, UK & Holly Morse, University of Manchester, UK Contributors provide fresh insight into the context surrounding the composition and reception of the Psalms, the relationships between the Psalms, and of early audiences who engaged with the material. Close attention is also paid to specific interpretative problems which emerge in the Psalms, both linguistic and theological. UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 256 pages HB 9780567696328 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567696335 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Inconstant Partnership of Eve and Adam
What can explain the persistence of gender inequality throughout history? Do narratives such as the Eden story explain that dissymmetry or contribute to it? This book suggests that the Hebrew Bible began and has sustained a rich conversation about sex and gender throughout its life. A literary study of the Eden story reveals a focus on the human partnership as integral to the divine creation project. Understanding the different ways that Adam and Eve have been conceived gives us perspective on our own 21st century gender architecture. UK March 2022 • US March 2022 • 272 pages HB 9780567704566 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567704573 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Loanwords in Biblical Literature
Rhetorical Studies in Esther, Daniel, Ezra, and Exodus Jonathan Thambyrajah, Broken Bay Institute and Sydney University, Australia In contrast to previous scholarship which has approached loanwords from etymological and lexicographic perspectives, Jonathan Thambyrajah considers them not only as data but as rhetorical elements of the literary texts of which they are a part. He explains why certain biblical texts strongly prefer to use loanwords whereas others have few. Thambyrajah studies the loanwords of Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus rhetorically, considering their impact on audiences and readers, and paying close attention to how these texts present ethnicity. UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 272 pages HB 9780567703064 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567703071 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
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The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Reading Esther Intertextually
Edited by David Firth, Trinity College Bristol, UK & Brittany N. Melton, Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA Looking at the Book of Esther through the lens of intertextuality, this collection considers its connections with each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts throughout history. It provides and invites further study into the relationship between Esther and its intertexts, many which are under explored. As an edited collection, the book draws together scholars with expertise in the wide variety of texts that are intertextually connected with Esther, offering the reader a more nuanced and informed discussion and facilitating greater insight on both the Book of Esther and current methodological research. UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 272 pages HB 9780567703019 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567703026 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
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