Overview
The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures is an academic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of the Hebrew Bible that provides a forum for critical scholarly exchange. You’ll find articles from top Hebrew scholars on the latest trends in Hebrew and Old Testament scholarship, including historical, literary, textual, and interpretive topics. The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures also includes reviews of the most important scholarly works, lexicons and grammars, and reference works from Old Testament scholarship.
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Key Features
- Academic, peer-reviewed articles and reviews
- Old Testament scholarship from top Hebrew scholars
- The latest research and trends
Individual Titles
Articles:
- “The Contribution of Archaeozoology to the Identification of the Ritually Clean Ungulates Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible” by Zohar Amar, Ram Bouchnick, and Guy Bar-Oz
- “Closure in Samson” by Marian Broida
- “To Create, to Separate, or to Construct: An Alternative for a Recent Proposal as to the Interpretation of ברא in Genesis 1:1–2:4a” by Bob Becking and Marjo C. A. Korpel
- “Archaeology and Professional Ethical Codes in Israel in the Mid 80s: The Case of the Association of Archaeologists in Israel and Its Code of Ethics” by Raz Kletter and Gideon Solimani
- “The Book of Samuel: Its Composition, Structure, and Significance as a Historigraphical Source” by Moshe Garsiel
- “‘And Many Beasts’ (Jonah 4:11): The Function and Status of Animals in the Book of Jonah” by Yael Shemesh
- “Jeremiah 41 and the Ammonite Alliance” by Russel Hobson
- “Nehemiah 5: No Economic Crisis” by Philippe Guillaume
- “In Conversation with Joshua A. Berman, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2008)” by Saul M. Olyan
- “The Panchronic Yiqtol: Functionality Consistent and Cognitively Plausible” by Alexander Andrason
- “Three Sides of a Coin: In Conversation with Ben Zvi and Nogalski, Two Sides of a Coin” by Francis Landy
- “Tradition and Interpretation in Genesis 1:1–2:4a” by Jürg Hutzli
- “Nehemiah 5: A Response to Philippe Guillaume” by Marvin Lloyd Miller
- “Eeny Meeny Miny Moe: Who Is the Craftiest to Go?” by Karolien Vermeulen
- “Zechariah 8 Revision and Digest of Zechariah 1–7” by Elie Assis
- “El as the Speaking Voice in Psalm 82:6–8” by David Frankel
- “Divine Mediation and the Rise of Civilization in Mesopotamian Literature and in Genesis 1–11” by David P. Melvin
- “‘The Tallest Man Cannot Reach Heaven; the Broadest Man Cannot Cover Earth.’ Reconsidering the Proverb and Its Biblical Parallels” by Nili Samet
- “Archaeology as a High Court in Ancient Israelite History: A Reply to Nadav Na’aman” by Israel Finkelstein
Articles:
- “Zechariah 8 and its Allusions to Jeremiah 30–33 and Deutero-Isaiah” by Elie Assis
- “‘Some Worthless and Reckless Fellows’: Landlessness and Parasocial Leadership in Judges” by Brian R. Doak
- “Structure and Meaning in the Third Vision of Amos (7:7–17)” by Martha E. Campos
- “The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1–36): An Anti-Mosaic, Non-Mosaic, or Even Pro-Mosaic Writing?” by Veronika Bachmann
- “David’s Elite Warriors and Their Exploits in the Books of Samuel and Chronicles” by Moshe Garsiel
- “The Shattered Dream: The Prophecies of Joel: A Bridge Between Ezekiel and Haggai?” by Tova Ganzel
- “Comparison with David as a Means of Evaluating Character in the Book of Kings” by Amos Frisch
- “Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol: A Dynamic Definition” by Alexander Andrason
- “Semantics and the Semantics of ברא: A Rejoinder to the Arguments Advanced by B. Becking and M. Korpel” by Ellen van Wolde and Robert Rezetko
- “The Narrative Effect of Psalms 84–89” by Robert E. Wallace
- “The Call Narratives of Gideon and Moses: Literary Convention or More?” by Hava Shalom-Guy
- “The Mound on the Mount: A Possible Solution to the ‘Problem with Jerusalem’” by Israel Finkelstein, Ido Koch, and Oded Lipschits
- “Lot and His Daughters (Genesis 19:30–38). Further Literary and Stylistic Examinations” by Talia Sutskover
- “The Typological Classification of the Hebrew of Genesis: Subject-Verb or Verb-Subject?” by Robert D. Holmstedt
- “Compositional Strata in the Priestly Sabbath: Exodus 31:12–17 and 35:1–3” by Jeffrey Stackert
Product Details
- Title: Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vols. 10–11
- Editor: Ehud Ben Zvi
- Publisher: Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
- Volumes: 2
About Ehud Ben Zvi
Ehud Ben Zvi, a professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta, received his PhD from Emory University in 1990. He devotes his teaching and research energies to the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient Near East, the Second Temple Period, and Judaism, and has published several books and numerous articles. In addition to serving as general editor for the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, he has served as president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and as president of the Northwest American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Review of Biblical Literature.