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The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2019

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000

Zion, city of our God gathers studies by an international team of scholars that help portray the ... more Zion, city of our God gathers studies by an international team of scholars that help portray the full significance of Jerusalem in the First Temple period of the Old Testament. John M. Monson explores Jerusalem's temple of Solomon in its original ancient Near Eastern context. Richard S. Hess looks at one of the most important events in the Bible's record of pre-exilic Jerusalem - Sennacherib's attack on the city. Martin J. Selman and Gary N. Knoppers outline the theological significance of Jerusalem in the books of Chronicles, providing as well a summary statement on the key role of the city in the entire Old Testament. Thomas Renz examines the Zion tradition as it underwent its greatest challenge, the fall of Jerusalem. Philip E. Satterthwaite and Knut M. Heim describe Jerusalem's place in the poetry of the Hebrew Bible, giving special attention, respectively, to the Songs of Ascents and Lamentations. Lastly, Rebecca Doyle discusses what Ugaritic, Old Testament, and other texts tell us about the cult of Molek and the worship of this god in Jerusalem.

1. Ancient Ugarit 2. School texts: introducing the language and alphabet 3. Letters (KTU 2): an i... more 1. Ancient Ugarit 2. School texts: introducing the language and alphabet 3. Letters (KTU 2): an inductive introduction to Ugaritic 4. Administrative texts (KTU 4) 5. Legal texts (KTU 3) 6. Literary texts (KTU 1) 7. Grammatical precis.

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2017

The Asbury Journal, 2001

I. INTRODUCTION One could cite a plethora of Pentateuchal passages that suggest "Loyal Opposition... more I. INTRODUCTION One could cite a plethora of Pentateuchal passages that suggest "Loyal Opposition" in the Torah. ! These passages counter what appear to have been commonly held ideas of the time. A narrative telling of a younger brother surpassing the eldest son, as in the case of Jacob and Esau, allows the reversal of apparently normal inheritance rights for the larger purposes of God. The traditions of Exodus, in which slaves are freed from terrible bondage and consequently formed into a nation, bespeak a view of life that centers on hope for hopeless people to find a new existence in relationship with God. Even the legal corpora of the Torah, with, for example, their emerging concern for the status of women, suggest the stirrings of basic principles of fairness by which faithful people express commitment to Cod and solidarity with persons. We will narrow our purview considerably, however, and examine two related themes of the Torah: love of God and love of persons. Perhaps there is no more natural place to focus than Deuteronomy, a book that, in ways similar to the connotation of the phrase "Loyal Opposition," uses political rhetoric to express religious obligations. If the twin ideas of love of God and love of persons are central to the identity and mission of the Church, as this symposium suggests, then it is fruitful to consider again this document as foundational for the Loyal Opposition. The covenantal language of Deuteronomy clearly declares the correlating concepts of love of God and love of persons. Deuteronomy understands Israel's identity as inextricably bound to the nation's exclusive devotion to Yahweh. Deuteronomy also requires that Israel demonstrate covenantal solidarity with others. Within the expression of these companion concepts one may recognize the early stirrings of a Loyal Opposition understanding of Christian obligation, for life within the Kingdom

Language, Culture, and Literature, 2007

Most of the major literary texts from Ugaritic are in the form of narrative poems. Included here ... more Most of the major literary texts from Ugaritic are in the form of narrative poems. Included here are selections from the three most famous poems: the Baal Cycle (§§6.2 and 6.5), the Keret Epic (§6.3), and the Story of Aqhat (§6.6). In addition, we have provided a selection from El's Marziḥu (§6.1), which can be read with the legal text dealing with the Marziḥu in Chapter 5 (§5.3). The so-called Snake Bite Text (§6.4) has been the subject of numerous studies and has been one of the more difficult texts to understand; it seems to have been used in a ritual. The Birth of the Goodly Gods (§6.7) describes the sexual activity of the god El with much metaphorical language and the birth of two gods with ravenous appetites. Near Eastern literary texts, including Ugaritic texts, rely heavily on parallelism and standard formulas. Parallelism involves the juxtaposition of phrases using similar syntactic and semantic structures. Standard formulas include the marking of time, the introduction of direct speech, the entrance and exit of characters, and the use of divine epithets. Although these can seem redundant, they reflect the oral recitation of these literary texts (see S. Parker, Stories in Scripture and Inscriptions ). A main problem that the student will face in studying these literary texts is their fragmentary nature. Even where they are complete, there are many obscurites in the vocabulary or in understanding the ancient Ugaritic social context.

Language, Culture, and Literature, 2007

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2019

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2017

The Asbury Journal, 2001

Language, Culture, and Literature, 2007