Preface

Abbreviations

Biographical Sketch: H. Neil Richardson

Curriculum Vitae: H. Neil Richardson

THE HEBREW BIBLE IN ITS TIME

The Slaying of the Fleeing, Twisting Serpent: Isaiah 27:1 in Context - Bernard W. Anderson

Two Unifying Female Images in the Book of Isaiah - Katheryn Pfisterer Darr

A Prophetic Vision of an Alternative Community: A Reading of Isaiah 40-55 - Ann Johnson

The ‘Fortresses of Rehoboam’: Another Look - T. R. Hobbs

The Lachish Letters and Official Reactions to Prophecies - Simon B. Parker

The Perception of Shame within the Divine-Human Relationship in Biblical Israel - Lyn M. Bechtel

The Motherhood of God: The Use of hyl as God-Language in the Hebrew Scripture - Julia A. Foster

ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE

Archaeology, Texts, and History-Writing: Toward an Epistemology - William G. Dever

Demographic Aspects of the Problem of the Israelite Settlement - Ilan Sharon

Notes on the Development of Stamp-Glyptic Art in Palestine during the Assyrian and Persian Periods - E. Stern

Archaeological Indications on the Origins of Roman Mithraism - Lewis M. Hopfe

THE HEBREW BIBLE AND ITS LATER USES

Laws Concerning Idolatry in the Temple Scroll - Lawrence H. Schiffman

Method in Septuagint Lexicography - Gary Alan Chamberlain

The Semantic Field of the Term ‘Idolatry’ - Charles A. Kennedy

The Use of Hebrew Scripture in Stephen’s Speech - Robert T. Anderson

The Role of Isaiah in the Development of the Christian Canon - William R. Farmer

The Tabernacle in Samaritan Iconography and Thought - James D. Purvis

The Bible in Recent English Translation: The Word and the Words - Ernest S. Frerichs

Biblical Hermeneutics and Contemporary African Theology - Robert G. Rogers

INDEXES

Index of Authorities

Index of Scripture References