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Papers by George Savran
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2020
Academic Studies Press eBooks, May 17, 2022
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2019
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005
The Journal of Religion, 1999
... In some texts the protagonist makes a self-reflective statement about the experience, as does... more ... In some texts the protagonist makes a self-reflective statement about the experience, as does Ezekiel in Ezek. 3:15 or Daniel in Dan. 7. But in most cases we must resort to other means for evaluating what the implication of the theophany are for the protagonist. ...
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005
Reviewed by George Savranto be published in Nashim 9 (2005). The subtitle of this attractive volu... more Reviewed by George Savranto be published in Nashim 9 (2005). The subtitle of this attractive volume, "A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament", describes its contents clearly, if not succinctly. The book is a compendium of all the female characters,
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2015
Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History, 2003
Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, 2021
Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis, 2016
For all the importance that death has in the Bible, its occurrence is generally reported in a per... more For all the importance that death has in the Bible, its occurrence is generally reported in a perfunctory manner, with little more expression than וימת - “and he died”, עמו אל אסף - “he was gathered to his kin”, or אבותיו עם שכב - “he lay with his ancestors
Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2:6), 2021
Revue Biblique, 2003
Le psaume 95 se caracterise par une division en deux parties, qui different fortement quant aux t... more Le psaume 95 se caracterise par une division en deux parties, qui different fortement quant aux ton, contenu et locuteur. Utilisant les outils de l'analyse litteraire, cet article tient pour l'unicite du psaume. La seconde partie met en cause point par point les appels a la piete et a l'obeissance de la premiere partie, pour en verifier la sincerite, a la lumiere d'une lecture unique des traditions du desert.
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2000
Psalm 137, often classified with the psalms of lament, moves across a landscape of memory, mourni... more Psalm 137, often classified with the psalms of lament, moves across a landscape of memory, mourning, and anger in the development of its argument. Its use of quotation, reversal, and irony point to a number of unusual developments within the lament tradition.1 The psalm is ...
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2003
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009
While group speech in biblical narrative is generally expressed as a single voice, in certain cas... more While group speech in biblical narrative is generally expressed as a single voice, in certain cases the plain sense of the text is improved by discerning a number of different voices at work. While these voices are unmarked, they are clearly sensed in the cases discussed here, and their presence adds significantly to the dramatic force of the text. In addition to the well known case of Saul and the young women at the well in 2 Sam 9:11-13, there are a number of instances in the Joseph story in Genesis 37 and 42 in which the brothers' speeches reflect multiple voices, providing a fuller picture of their disagreements. In Jonah 1:8 the sailors interrogate Jonah in what appears to be a cacophony of voices, and David's return to Jerusalem in 1 Sam 19 is punctuated by verbal disagreements among the Israelites, most noticeably in 2 Sam 19:10-11.
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1994
The anomalous feature of animal speech in Gen. 3 and in Num. 22 is only the most obvious point in... more The anomalous feature of animal speech in Gen. 3 and in Num. 22 is only the most obvious point in common between the two texts. The serpent and the she-ass play complementary roles in relation to the human actors in the stories, and a comparison of their functions reveals further similarities. Both the garden story and the Balaam narrative focus on the themes of blessing and curse, vision and understanding, and obedience/disobedience to God. The intertextual relationship between the stories uncovered in this analysis sheds light on larger patterns of inner-biblical interpretation within the Pentateuch.
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2020
Academic Studies Press eBooks, May 17, 2022
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2019
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005
The Journal of Religion, 1999
... In some texts the protagonist makes a self-reflective statement about the experience, as does... more ... In some texts the protagonist makes a self-reflective statement about the experience, as does Ezekiel in Ezek. 3:15 or Daniel in Dan. 7. But in most cases we must resort to other means for evaluating what the implication of the theophany are for the protagonist. ...
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005
Reviewed by George Savranto be published in Nashim 9 (2005). The subtitle of this attractive volu... more Reviewed by George Savranto be published in Nashim 9 (2005). The subtitle of this attractive volume, "A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament", describes its contents clearly, if not succinctly. The book is a compendium of all the female characters,
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2015
Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History, 2003
Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, 2021
Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis, 2016
For all the importance that death has in the Bible, its occurrence is generally reported in a per... more For all the importance that death has in the Bible, its occurrence is generally reported in a perfunctory manner, with little more expression than וימת - “and he died”, עמו אל אסף - “he was gathered to his kin”, or אבותיו עם שכב - “he lay with his ancestors
Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2:6), 2021
Revue Biblique, 2003
Le psaume 95 se caracterise par une division en deux parties, qui different fortement quant aux t... more Le psaume 95 se caracterise par une division en deux parties, qui different fortement quant aux ton, contenu et locuteur. Utilisant les outils de l'analyse litteraire, cet article tient pour l'unicite du psaume. La seconde partie met en cause point par point les appels a la piete et a l'obeissance de la premiere partie, pour en verifier la sincerite, a la lumiere d'une lecture unique des traditions du desert.
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2000
Psalm 137, often classified with the psalms of lament, moves across a landscape of memory, mourni... more Psalm 137, often classified with the psalms of lament, moves across a landscape of memory, mourning, and anger in the development of its argument. Its use of quotation, reversal, and irony point to a number of unusual developments within the lament tradition.1 The psalm is ...
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2003
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009
While group speech in biblical narrative is generally expressed as a single voice, in certain cas... more While group speech in biblical narrative is generally expressed as a single voice, in certain cases the plain sense of the text is improved by discerning a number of different voices at work. While these voices are unmarked, they are clearly sensed in the cases discussed here, and their presence adds significantly to the dramatic force of the text. In addition to the well known case of Saul and the young women at the well in 2 Sam 9:11-13, there are a number of instances in the Joseph story in Genesis 37 and 42 in which the brothers' speeches reflect multiple voices, providing a fuller picture of their disagreements. In Jonah 1:8 the sailors interrogate Jonah in what appears to be a cacophony of voices, and David's return to Jerusalem in 1 Sam 19 is punctuated by verbal disagreements among the Israelites, most noticeably in 2 Sam 19:10-11.
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1994
The anomalous feature of animal speech in Gen. 3 and in Num. 22 is only the most obvious point in... more The anomalous feature of animal speech in Gen. 3 and in Num. 22 is only the most obvious point in common between the two texts. The serpent and the she-ass play complementary roles in relation to the human actors in the stories, and a comparison of their functions reveals further similarities. Both the garden story and the Balaam narrative focus on the themes of blessing and curse, vision and understanding, and obedience/disobedience to God. The intertextual relationship between the stories uncovered in this analysis sheds light on larger patterns of inner-biblical interpretation within the Pentateuch.