I am Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism and Chair of the Department of Textual, Historical and Systematic Studies of Judaism and Christianity. I conduct research on the intellectual, cultural, and social history of ancient Israel and Judah, with particular attention to the impact of displacement on Israelite and Judahite identities. My current work employs social scientific research on migration, trauma, and imperial-colonial power to interpret biblical and extra-biblical evidence relating to Israel and Judah; previous projects have drawn on anthropology, archaeology, translation theory, and film studies. I also have an interest in ethics and social justice, especially in ways that historical research can contribute to contemporary ethical conversations. Prospective doctoral students with related interests are invited to make contact by email. Address: Fuller Theological Seminary 135 N Oakland Ave Pasadena, CA 91182 United States
Editorial Introduction
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough?... more Editorial Introduction C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough? C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
A Resident Alien in Transit Mark Leuchter (Temple)
Before and after Exile C. L. Crouch (Nottingham)
There – But Not Back Again David J. Reimer (Edinburgh)
Forced/Involuntary Migration, Diaspora Studies, and More Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv)
Final Thoughts C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Introduction
C. L. Crouch
University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refug... more Introduction C. L. Crouch University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refugees in Jeremiah Steed Vernyl Davidson McCormick Theological Seminary
Embracing Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Jeremiah 29 as Foundation for a Christian Theology of Migration and Integration C. A. Strine University of Sheffield
The Art of Wounded Hope: Forced Migration, Prophecy and Aesth/ethics Susanna Snyder Catherine of Siena College, University of Roehampton
Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service Anna Rowlands Durham University
This volume offers a data-driven approach to translation practices in the Iron Age, building on a... more This volume offers a data-driven approach to translation practices in the Iron Age, building on and reinforcing conclusions drawn in Israel and the Assyrians about Deuteronomy and the Akkadian treaty tradition. Translating Empire employs “optimal translation” theory to analyze the Akkadian-Aramaic bilingual inscription from Tell Fekheriyeh, arguing that it exhibits an isomorphic style of translation and only occasional use of dynamic replacement sets. It applies these findings to other proposed instances of Iron Age translation from Akkadian to dialects of Northwest Semitic, including the relationship between Deuteronomy and the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and the relationship between the treaty of Aššur-nerari V with Matiʾilu and the Sefire treaties. It argues that the lexical and syntactic changes in these cases diverge so significantly from the model established by Tell Fekheriyeh as to exclude the possibility that they constitute translational relationships.
This Introduction provides a concise entry point to Jeremiah, introducing the diverse approaches ... more This Introduction provides a concise entry point to Jeremiah, introducing the diverse approaches currently taken to the book, including theological interpretation, canonical criticism, postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and trauma studies. It has been described as a ‘sure guide through tangled hermeneutical thickets’ (Sharp) and ‘an impressive balance of comprehensive discussion regarding critical issues in the study of the text and a detailed consideration of key passages’ (Leuchter).
Israel and the Assyrians undermines the popular interpretation of Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial... more Israel and the Assyrians undermines the popular interpretation of Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial, subversive tract. The book draws on theories of adaptation and allusion to provide the theoretical foundation for a discussion of subversion and its detection. It thereby tests the idea of subversive intent against the social context in which it would have functioned. It contains detailed textual analyses of Deuteronomy 13 and 28 in relation to the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and other ancient Near Eastern curse and treaty traditions. It also reflects on the historical circumstances of the seventh century BCE, with particular attention to questions of bilingualism of authors and audiences. The book’s argument challenges one of the major touchstones for the pre-exilic dating of Deuteronomy as well as problematizing the Israelites’ wider relationship with the Assyrian Empire.
In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE a... more In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic and post-exilic periods as well as scholarship which limits pre-exilic identity concerns to Josianic nationalism. The argument analyses the archaeological material from the southern Levant during Iron Age II, then draws on anthropological research to argue for an ethnic response to the economic, political and cultural change of this period. The volume concludes with an investigation into identity issues in Deuteronomy, highlighting centralisation and exclusive Yahwism as part of the deuteronomic formulation of Israelite ethnic identity.
The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a s... more The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking. In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human kings’ military activities are legitimated through their identification with this cosmic struggle against chaos, begun by the divine king at creation. Military violence is thereby cast not only as morally tolerable but as morally imperative. Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.
A collection of short, informative and accessible papers written by academics of the University o... more A collection of short, informative and accessible papers written by academics of the University of Nottingham on the significance of the Bible in theology, church, and society. The essays encourage an informed grappling with the Bible, inviting readers to look again at this formative text not only for Western Christianity, and encounter its joys and challenges.
This volume brings together experts in the study of ancient prayers and divination methods to ana... more This volume brings together experts in the study of ancient prayers and divination methods to analyse the variety of means by which human beings sought to communicate with their gods and by which the gods were seen to communicate with their worshippers. In a departure from previous scholarship, the volume brings together the study of prophecy, as an intuitive form of divination, with the study of technical methods of communication and other forms of institutionalised communication such as prayer. Such a format allows divine-human communication to be studied in both directions simultaneously: the means by which the divine communicates to human beings through divination, and the means by which human beings communicate with the divine through prayer. This new perspective on the study of divine-human-divine communication allows scholars to better appreciate the way in which communication and the relationship between heaven and earth was conceived in the ancient near East.
In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing ... more In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing British and Spanish imperial usage of the Bible as well as the use of the Bible to counteract imperialism.
Six essays explore the intersections of political movements and biblical exegesis. Individual contributions examine English political theorists' use of the Bible in the context of secularisation, analyse the theological discussion of discoveries in the New World in a context of fraught Jewish-Christian relations in Europe and dissect millennarian preaching in the lead up to the Crimean War. Others investigate the anti-imperialist use of the Bible in southern Africa, compare Spanish and British biblicisation techniques and trace the effects of biblically-rooted articulations of nationalism on the development of Hinduism's relationship to the Vedas.
Contributors include: Yvonne Sherwood, Ana Valdez, Mark Somos, Andrew Mein, Hendrik Bosman and Hugh Pyper.
A newly found fragment of a cuneiform text found very recently in a private collection in Kuopio ... more A newly found fragment of a cuneiform text found very recently in a private collection in Kuopio was recently joined with a fragment (K.4209) from the Kouyunjik collection at the British museum. It is now clear that the text is not, as previously thought a short god list, but instead contains an oracle from Queen Mulissu to an unknown individual, Martû-Inurta (“rod of Ninurta”). It is the aim of this brief textual note to present this newly joined text and to discuss a number of surprising and unique expressions found in it. Only further research will show the impact of this tablet on our understanding of Neo-Assyrian prophecy, metaphors in the Hebrew Bible, as well as cross-cultural communication in the ancient world.
Uncertain terminology, versional differences and the juxtaposition of multiple images for Jehoiac... more Uncertain terminology, versional differences and the juxtaposition of multiple images for Jehoiachin combine to render Jer 22:28–30 an interpretive quagmire. The article proposes to ameliorate this confusion through the emendation of the first word of v. 28, haʿæṣæb. The emended text reveals a coherent oracle, drawing on a consistent and well-established nexus of concepts associated with the consequences for vassal disloyalty.
Regardless of the detailed redactional debates over specific elements of these books, their expli... more Regardless of the detailed redactional debates over specific elements of these books, their explicit statements and implicit sentiments regarding both their prophets’ and the people’s relationships to the state are expressed against the background of the late 7th and early 6th centuries. In the case of Zephaniah the state in question is Judah, apparently in the context of a dying Assyrian empire, while Nahum and Habakkuk are concerned with the imperial states of Assyria and Babylonia. These three prophetic books are agreed on one thing: YHWH is the ultimate authority in all affairs of state. Though he may employ a variety of human agents – both foreign kings and home-grown leaders – to enact his will, YHWH is the source and arbiter of all human claims to power, and all who exercise such power on his behalf must answer to him as regards their use of it. In Nahum the acknowledgement of this fact takes the form of a declaration that YHWH will not allow the Assyrians untrammeled scope for the implementation of violent capacities; in Habakkuk the focus is on the implications of YHWH’s control over the Babylonians for understanding the justice of the divine nature. Zephaniah, whether understood in a monarchic or post-monarchic context, reiterates that even the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem must acquiesce to YHWH’s authority; if they do not, they cannot survive. No human power, however superlative, is independently founded; every state, great or small, derives its power from YHWH and is accountable to him for its use of it.
This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition whi... more This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition which described the creation of the human king as YHWH’s counterpart in the divine battle against chaos. The residual royal features of the narrative of the creation of אדם in Genesis 1—the creation of the אדם in the image of god, to exercise dominion—appear in a context of a polemical revision of YHWH’s Chaoskampf and are suggestive of the older tradition’s inclusion of the king’s commissioning as YHWH’s representative and earthly counterpart in these activities. Psalm 8 similarly associates the creation of a royal figure with the exertion of authority and dominion over chaos, using the same image of god language as Genesis 1 to describe this figure and to articulate his special relationship with YHWH. Psalm 18 and especially Psalm 89 affirm the location of the king’s Chaoskampf commission in the midst of YHWH’s own Chaoskampf activities, with the latter’s use of parental language echoing the image of god language in Genesis 1.
Editorial Introduction
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough?... more Editorial Introduction C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough? C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
A Resident Alien in Transit Mark Leuchter (Temple)
Before and after Exile C. L. Crouch (Nottingham)
There – But Not Back Again David J. Reimer (Edinburgh)
Forced/Involuntary Migration, Diaspora Studies, and More Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv)
Final Thoughts C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Introduction
C. L. Crouch
University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refug... more Introduction C. L. Crouch University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refugees in Jeremiah Steed Vernyl Davidson McCormick Theological Seminary
Embracing Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Jeremiah 29 as Foundation for a Christian Theology of Migration and Integration C. A. Strine University of Sheffield
The Art of Wounded Hope: Forced Migration, Prophecy and Aesth/ethics Susanna Snyder Catherine of Siena College, University of Roehampton
Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good: Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service Anna Rowlands Durham University
This volume offers a data-driven approach to translation practices in the Iron Age, building on a... more This volume offers a data-driven approach to translation practices in the Iron Age, building on and reinforcing conclusions drawn in Israel and the Assyrians about Deuteronomy and the Akkadian treaty tradition. Translating Empire employs “optimal translation” theory to analyze the Akkadian-Aramaic bilingual inscription from Tell Fekheriyeh, arguing that it exhibits an isomorphic style of translation and only occasional use of dynamic replacement sets. It applies these findings to other proposed instances of Iron Age translation from Akkadian to dialects of Northwest Semitic, including the relationship between Deuteronomy and the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and the relationship between the treaty of Aššur-nerari V with Matiʾilu and the Sefire treaties. It argues that the lexical and syntactic changes in these cases diverge so significantly from the model established by Tell Fekheriyeh as to exclude the possibility that they constitute translational relationships.
This Introduction provides a concise entry point to Jeremiah, introducing the diverse approaches ... more This Introduction provides a concise entry point to Jeremiah, introducing the diverse approaches currently taken to the book, including theological interpretation, canonical criticism, postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and trauma studies. It has been described as a ‘sure guide through tangled hermeneutical thickets’ (Sharp) and ‘an impressive balance of comprehensive discussion regarding critical issues in the study of the text and a detailed consideration of key passages’ (Leuchter).
Israel and the Assyrians undermines the popular interpretation of Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial... more Israel and the Assyrians undermines the popular interpretation of Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial, subversive tract. The book draws on theories of adaptation and allusion to provide the theoretical foundation for a discussion of subversion and its detection. It thereby tests the idea of subversive intent against the social context in which it would have functioned. It contains detailed textual analyses of Deuteronomy 13 and 28 in relation to the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and other ancient Near Eastern curse and treaty traditions. It also reflects on the historical circumstances of the seventh century BCE, with particular attention to questions of bilingualism of authors and audiences. The book’s argument challenges one of the major touchstones for the pre-exilic dating of Deuteronomy as well as problematizing the Israelites’ wider relationship with the Assyrian Empire.
In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE a... more In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic and post-exilic periods as well as scholarship which limits pre-exilic identity concerns to Josianic nationalism. The argument analyses the archaeological material from the southern Levant during Iron Age II, then draws on anthropological research to argue for an ethnic response to the economic, political and cultural change of this period. The volume concludes with an investigation into identity issues in Deuteronomy, highlighting centralisation and exclusive Yahwism as part of the deuteronomic formulation of Israelite ethnic identity.
The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a s... more The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking. In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human kings’ military activities are legitimated through their identification with this cosmic struggle against chaos, begun by the divine king at creation. Military violence is thereby cast not only as morally tolerable but as morally imperative. Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.
A collection of short, informative and accessible papers written by academics of the University o... more A collection of short, informative and accessible papers written by academics of the University of Nottingham on the significance of the Bible in theology, church, and society. The essays encourage an informed grappling with the Bible, inviting readers to look again at this formative text not only for Western Christianity, and encounter its joys and challenges.
This volume brings together experts in the study of ancient prayers and divination methods to ana... more This volume brings together experts in the study of ancient prayers and divination methods to analyse the variety of means by which human beings sought to communicate with their gods and by which the gods were seen to communicate with their worshippers. In a departure from previous scholarship, the volume brings together the study of prophecy, as an intuitive form of divination, with the study of technical methods of communication and other forms of institutionalised communication such as prayer. Such a format allows divine-human communication to be studied in both directions simultaneously: the means by which the divine communicates to human beings through divination, and the means by which human beings communicate with the divine through prayer. This new perspective on the study of divine-human-divine communication allows scholars to better appreciate the way in which communication and the relationship between heaven and earth was conceived in the ancient near East.
In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing ... more In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing British and Spanish imperial usage of the Bible as well as the use of the Bible to counteract imperialism.
Six essays explore the intersections of political movements and biblical exegesis. Individual contributions examine English political theorists' use of the Bible in the context of secularisation, analyse the theological discussion of discoveries in the New World in a context of fraught Jewish-Christian relations in Europe and dissect millennarian preaching in the lead up to the Crimean War. Others investigate the anti-imperialist use of the Bible in southern Africa, compare Spanish and British biblicisation techniques and trace the effects of biblically-rooted articulations of nationalism on the development of Hinduism's relationship to the Vedas.
Contributors include: Yvonne Sherwood, Ana Valdez, Mark Somos, Andrew Mein, Hendrik Bosman and Hugh Pyper.
A newly found fragment of a cuneiform text found very recently in a private collection in Kuopio ... more A newly found fragment of a cuneiform text found very recently in a private collection in Kuopio was recently joined with a fragment (K.4209) from the Kouyunjik collection at the British museum. It is now clear that the text is not, as previously thought a short god list, but instead contains an oracle from Queen Mulissu to an unknown individual, Martû-Inurta (“rod of Ninurta”). It is the aim of this brief textual note to present this newly joined text and to discuss a number of surprising and unique expressions found in it. Only further research will show the impact of this tablet on our understanding of Neo-Assyrian prophecy, metaphors in the Hebrew Bible, as well as cross-cultural communication in the ancient world.
Uncertain terminology, versional differences and the juxtaposition of multiple images for Jehoiac... more Uncertain terminology, versional differences and the juxtaposition of multiple images for Jehoiachin combine to render Jer 22:28–30 an interpretive quagmire. The article proposes to ameliorate this confusion through the emendation of the first word of v. 28, haʿæṣæb. The emended text reveals a coherent oracle, drawing on a consistent and well-established nexus of concepts associated with the consequences for vassal disloyalty.
Regardless of the detailed redactional debates over specific elements of these books, their expli... more Regardless of the detailed redactional debates over specific elements of these books, their explicit statements and implicit sentiments regarding both their prophets’ and the people’s relationships to the state are expressed against the background of the late 7th and early 6th centuries. In the case of Zephaniah the state in question is Judah, apparently in the context of a dying Assyrian empire, while Nahum and Habakkuk are concerned with the imperial states of Assyria and Babylonia. These three prophetic books are agreed on one thing: YHWH is the ultimate authority in all affairs of state. Though he may employ a variety of human agents – both foreign kings and home-grown leaders – to enact his will, YHWH is the source and arbiter of all human claims to power, and all who exercise such power on his behalf must answer to him as regards their use of it. In Nahum the acknowledgement of this fact takes the form of a declaration that YHWH will not allow the Assyrians untrammeled scope for the implementation of violent capacities; in Habakkuk the focus is on the implications of YHWH’s control over the Babylonians for understanding the justice of the divine nature. Zephaniah, whether understood in a monarchic or post-monarchic context, reiterates that even the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem must acquiesce to YHWH’s authority; if they do not, they cannot survive. No human power, however superlative, is independently founded; every state, great or small, derives its power from YHWH and is accountable to him for its use of it.
This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition whi... more This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition which described the creation of the human king as YHWH’s counterpart in the divine battle against chaos. The residual royal features of the narrative of the creation of אדם in Genesis 1—the creation of the אדם in the image of god, to exercise dominion—appear in a context of a polemical revision of YHWH’s Chaoskampf and are suggestive of the older tradition’s inclusion of the king’s commissioning as YHWH’s representative and earthly counterpart in these activities. Psalm 8 similarly associates the creation of a royal figure with the exertion of authority and dominion over chaos, using the same image of god language as Genesis 1 to describe this figure and to articulate his special relationship with YHWH. Psalm 18 and especially Psalm 89 affirm the location of the king’s Chaoskampf commission in the midst of YHWH’s own Chaoskampf activities, with the latter’s use of parental language echoing the image of god language in Genesis 1.
Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of tw‘bh have associated the language with ... more Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of tw‘bh have associated the language with cultic concerns in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel or with ethical concerns in Proverbs. The reconciliation of these interests, especially in conjunction with a number of additional outlier texts, has proved problematic. This investigation suggests that the texts which use tw‘bh and t‘b exhibit a persistent focus on issues of identity, on the transgression of boundaries and on perceptions of the compatibility and incompatibility of fundamental social, theological and ideological categories. This understanding goes some way towards providing an explanation of the diverse appearances of these terms across the biblical texts.
It has been for many centuries a commonplace to assert that the fall of Nineveh involved the city... more It has been for many centuries a commonplace to assert that the fall of Nineveh involved the city’s flooding, resulting from either natural or man-made causes. In a recent article Pinker has examined these and other related accounts, concluding that the claim that Nineveh was brought low as a result of its water sources should be abandoned. It is not the aim of this contribution to question the accuracy of Pinker’s conclusions, but to suggest that the idea that Nineveh fell as a result of flooding is not as inexplicable as the logical implausibility of the idea at first suggests. This short essay examines Nahum, which has generally constituted the focus of biblical scholarship on this subject, and suggests that this language is quite explicable once an awareness of the common cosmological language of the destruction wrought during military campaigns in the ancient Near East is brought to bear on the relevant texts. The language in Nahum describing YHWH as having the effect of a flood is in keeping not only with ancient Near Eastern but also biblical language and conceptualisation about the god’s involvement in earthly warfare.
Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal are well known to scholars of ancient Near Eastern prophecy, thanks t... more Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal are well known to scholars of ancient Near Eastern prophecy, thanks to their affinity for prophecy and the prophetic goddess Ištar in particular, which resulted in the preservation of oracular material in a manner not attested for other Sargonid kings. It has been suggested that one of the reasons for this affinity was the reliance of both kings on prophetic legitimation to buttress their contested claims to kingship. This paper explores how Assurbanipal in particular also relies on Ištar to legitimate his military activities, also as a result of the difficult political circumstances in which he was obliged to operate. This legitimation takes the form of allusion to Enuma Elish and the accrual of the characteristics of its warrior hero to the goddess Ištar.
Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than... more Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than in Mesopotamia. This observation challenges two major theories of the book’s origins: Deuteronomy as pre-exilic attempt to subvert Assyrian imperial power and Deuteronomy as exilic, utopian manifesto for a restored Israel. The indications of a true Levantine context for the deuteronomic interest are identified in both the legal content of the book (passages which presuppose the audience’s presence in the land or identify its interests with the southern Levant and its inhabitants) and in its terminology (»in/from your midst«, »other gods«, lack of »foreigner« language). Note is also made of later attempts to reapply material originally orientated toward the Levant to an exilic population dealing with Mesopotamian culture.
The characterisation of Yahweh as king in Isaiah 40-45 and the use of creation language to reiter... more The characterisation of Yahweh as king in Isaiah 40-45 and the use of creation language to reiterate Yahweh‟s power are well known. This article examines the way in which these themes reflect this text‟s re-working of pre-exilic theology in order to cope with the exilic situation. It discusses the pre-exilic military tradition, especially in relation to Yahweh's roles as warrior, king and creator, then examines how Isaiah 40-45 adapts this tradition to a changed reality. It concludes that the author has abandoned the traditional rendering of the Chaoskampf, in which Yahweh‟s roles as warrior, king and creator are linked, in order to retain the characteristics necessary to persuade the exiles of Yahweh's power to save. Though Yahweh remains warrior, king and creator, these characteristics are no longer interconnected.
This essay argues that Ezekiel’s use of mythological motifs of a cosmological type, both in the c... more This essay argues that Ezekiel’s use of mythological motifs of a cosmological type, both in the cycle of OANs and as part of the book as a whole, is derived from the royal military ideology that was current in Jerusalem prior to the exile, and that the oracles constitute a direct attempt to incorporate the experience of exile into this ideology. Ultimately, however, Ezekiel’s initial efforts to this end were perceived to have failed, and alternative ideological explanations of warfare were introduced, either by Ezekiel himself or by an editor.
This note suggests that Gen 4,7 can be rendered comprehensible by the removal of the term ht't, u... more This note suggests that Gen 4,7 can be rendered comprehensible by the removal of the term ht't, understanding its appearance as an interpolative gloss, and the interpretation of the remaining rbts as the subject of a nominal clause. This eliminates the lack of agreement between the feminine singular ht't and the three masculine singulars which follow, and it allows an interpretation of the verse which sees Cain being offered the option of reversing the decision made by Eve when she ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
'Jerusalem: Fall of a City—Rise of a Vision' is a project of the Society for Old Testament Study ... more 'Jerusalem: Fall of a City—Rise of a Vision' is a project of the Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS), the society for the study of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament in Britain and Ireland, undertaken as part of the Society's centenary celebrations in 2017. It has been led by Dr Carly Crouch (Nottingham) and Dr Jonathan Stökl (King's College London), with the assistance of Dr Holly Morse (Manchester), Dr Natasha O'Hear (St Andrews), Dr Josef Briffa (Pontifical Biblical Institute), Dr Jessica Keady (Helsinki), Dr Penelope Barter (Tilburg) and Catherine Quine (Nottingham).
The Society's membership is made up of scholars working in the British Isles, with some additional members resident in Europe, North America, and Israel. The expertise of this membership has led to the principal focus of this exhibition being on the imagination of Jerusalem in the Jewish and Christian traditions, although the city's significance in the Muslim tradition merits attention in its own right.
Visitors interested in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament may also wish to visit the SOTS Wiki, with articles on numerous topics relevant to the study of these books.
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Books by Carly L. Crouch
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough?
C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
A Resident Alien in Transit
Mark Leuchter (Temple)
Before and after Exile
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham)
There – But Not Back Again
David J. Reimer (Edinburgh)
Forced/Involuntary Migration, Diaspora Studies, and More
Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv)
Final Thoughts
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
C. L. Crouch
University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refugees in Jeremiah
Steed Vernyl Davidson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Embracing Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Jeremiah 29 as Foundation for a Christian Theology of Migration and Integration
C. A. Strine
University of Sheffield
The Art of Wounded Hope: Forced Migration, Prophecy and Aesth/ethics
Susanna Snyder
Catherine of Siena College, University of Roehampton
Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good:
Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service
Anna Rowlands
Durham University
Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.
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Six essays explore the intersections of political movements and biblical exegesis. Individual contributions examine English political theorists' use of the Bible in the context of secularisation, analyse the theological discussion of discoveries in the New World in a context of fraught Jewish-Christian relations in Europe and dissect millennarian preaching in the lead up to the Crimean War. Others investigate the anti-imperialist use of the Bible in southern Africa, compare Spanish and British biblicisation techniques and trace the effects of biblically-rooted articulations of nationalism on the development of Hinduism's relationship to the Vedas.
Contributors include: Yvonne Sherwood, Ana Valdez, Mark Somos, Andrew Mein, Hendrik Bosman and Hugh Pyper.
Papers by Carly L. Crouch
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
Is »Exile« Enough?
C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
A Resident Alien in Transit
Mark Leuchter (Temple)
Before and after Exile
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham)
There – But Not Back Again
David J. Reimer (Edinburgh)
Forced/Involuntary Migration, Diaspora Studies, and More
Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv)
Final Thoughts
C. L. Crouch (Nottingham) and C. A. Strine (Sheffield)
C. L. Crouch
University of Nottingham
The Imperial End: How Empire Overtakes Refugees in Jeremiah
Steed Vernyl Davidson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Embracing Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Jeremiah 29 as Foundation for a Christian Theology of Migration and Integration
C. A. Strine
University of Sheffield
The Art of Wounded Hope: Forced Migration, Prophecy and Aesth/ethics
Susanna Snyder
Catherine of Siena College, University of Roehampton
Temporality, Dispossession and the Search for the Good:
Interpreting the Book of Jeremiah with the Jesuit Refugee Service
Anna Rowlands
Durham University
Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.
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Six essays explore the intersections of political movements and biblical exegesis. Individual contributions examine English political theorists' use of the Bible in the context of secularisation, analyse the theological discussion of discoveries in the New World in a context of fraught Jewish-Christian relations in Europe and dissect millennarian preaching in the lead up to the Crimean War. Others investigate the anti-imperialist use of the Bible in southern Africa, compare Spanish and British biblicisation techniques and trace the effects of biblically-rooted articulations of nationalism on the development of Hinduism's relationship to the Vedas.
Contributors include: Yvonne Sherwood, Ana Valdez, Mark Somos, Andrew Mein, Hendrik Bosman and Hugh Pyper.
The Society's membership is made up of scholars working in the British Isles, with some additional members resident in Europe, North America, and Israel. The expertise of this membership has led to the principal focus of this exhibition being on the imagination of Jerusalem in the Jewish and Christian traditions, although the city's significance in the Muslim tradition merits attention in its own right.
Visitors interested in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament may also wish to visit the SOTS Wiki, with articles on numerous topics relevant to the study of these books.
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