xviii, 270 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

I. The Hebrew Bible in its time -- The slaying of the fleeing, twisting serpent: Isaiah 27:1 in context / Bernhard 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 Johnston -- 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 scriptures / Julia A. Foster

II. 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

III. 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

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