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Did the Israelites Believe in Their Myths?

Biblical Indeterminacy and the Depiction of God

Dexter E. Callender, Jr., University of Miami, USA This is a study of indeterminacy in the Hebrew Bible. Callender looks specifically in texts that make ambiguous reference to God in the context of divine intervention in human affairs, and also those that present ambiguous intermediary figures which blur the distinction between humanity and divinity or between divine and human realms�

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 176 pages HB 9780567027559 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePdf 9780567697820 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Human Interaction with the Natural World in Wisdom Literature and Beyond

Essays in Honour of Tova L� Forti

Edited by Mordechai Cogan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Katharine J. Dell, University of Cambridge, UK & David Glatt-Gilad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Created in honor of the work of Professor Tova Forti, this collection considers the natural world in key wisdom books – Proverbs, Job and Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes, Ben Sira and Song of Songs/Solomon� It also examines particular animal and plant imagery in other texts in the Hebrew Bible�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 288 pages • 36 black and white images HB 9780567701206 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePdf 9780567701213 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4

Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary

Peter Joshua Atkins, University of Chester, UK A detailed investigation into the nature of Nebuchadnezzar's animalising affliction in Daniel 4 and the degree to which he is depicted as actually becoming an animal� Atkins demonstrates that when Daniel 4 is read in the context of Mesopotamian texts, the affliction represents a far more significant categorical change from human to animal than has hitherto been identified. These texts conceive of the human animal boundary as being indicated primarily in relation to possession or lack of the divine characteristic of wisdom, and this illuminates Atkins' understanding of Daniel 4�

UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 272 pages HB 9780567706195 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePdf 9780567706201 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15

Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Johannes-GutenbergUniversitaet Mainz, Germany The so-called purity laws in Leviticus 11-15 reflect a cultic and social view of the body� These texts do not give detailed physiological descriptions� Instead, they prescribe what to do in the cases of skin disease, delivery and wo/man's genital discharges� But how do these texts construct the male and female body? Which roles does gender play within this language? Through themes such as menstruation and circumcision, the author unfolds the language used for the body in Leviticus and its interpretation history� The study provides material for a contemporary anthropology of bodies which relates the human sexed body to God's holiness�

UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 288 pages PB 9780567708762 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9780567246561 ePdf 9780567496652 • £26�20 / $35�95 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve

Edited by George Athas, Moore College, Australia, Beth M. Stovell, Ambrose Seminary of Ambrose University, Canada, Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA & Colin M. Toffelmire, Ambrose University, Canada Explores the themes of theodicy and hope in both individual books and sub-sections of the Twelve books and in the Book of the Twelve as a whole� The contributors use a diversity of approaches to the text(s) with a particular interest in synchronic perspectives� While these essays engage the mostly redactional scholarship surrounding the Book of Twelve, there is also an examination of various forms of literary analysis of final text forms, and engagement in descriptions of the thematic and theological perspectives of the collection�

UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 304 pages PB 9780567701718 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9780567695352 ePdf 9780567695369 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Narrative Ethics in the Hebrew Bible

Moral Dilemmas in the Story of King David

Eryl W. Davies, Bangor University, UK This volume explores the moral issues underlying the stories concerning David in 1 and 2 Samuel and reveals their ethical implications� Beginning with Martha Nussbaum's notion that a sensitive and informed commentary can unpack the complexity of fictional accounts, the book explores the possibility of a fruitful dialogue between biblical ethics and moral philosophy� Finally, it emphasises the ethical accountability of biblical scholars and their responsibility to evaluate the moral teaching that the Hebrew Bible has to offer�

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 208 pages PB 9780567699664 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9780567699633 ePdf 9780567699640 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark