Steven L. McKenzie is hoogleraar Hebreeuwse Bijbel/Oude Testament wiens wetenschap zich verdiept in de geschiedenis van het oude Israël, de literatuur van de Hebreeuwse Bijbel en de complexiteit van de Hebreeuwse taal. Zijn onderzoeksinteresses strekken zich uit tot de Dode Zeerollen, methoden van Bijbelse interpretatie en archeologie, en bieden lezers een uitgebreid begrip van deze oude teksten. McKenzies werk verlicht complexe Bijbelse verhalen en hun culturele contexten met een diepe waardering voor historische en linguïstische nuances. Hij betrekt lezers bij discussies over interpretatie en betekenis, waardoor oude geschriften toegankelijk en relevant worden.
Designed for theological students and pastors, this series offers concise, critical insights into the Old Testament. It serves as a valuable resource for upper-level college students and educators in congregational settings. Each commentary not only provides essential information but also demonstrates careful interpretation methods, helping readers engage critically and thoughtfully with biblical texts.
Strange but True Bible Facts Did you know: that King David swore like a sailor? that the Book of Ecclesiastes encourages drinking, especially beer? that mandrakes were the biblical equivalent of Viagra®? that the law of Moses prescribes bikini waxing? that Joseph's "coat of many colors" might have actually been a dress? that Eve might have been created, not from Adam's rib, but from something a little lower down? Discover all this, and more, in The Uncensored Bible.
Texts after Terror offers an important new theory of rape and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible. While the Bible is filled with stories of rape, scholarly approaches to sexual violence in the scriptures remain exhausted, dated, and in some cases even un-feminist, lagging far behind contemporary discourse about sexual violence and rape culture. Graybill responds to this disconnect by engaging contemporary conversations about rape culture, sexual violence, and #MeToo, arguing that rape and sexual violence - both in the Bible and in contemporary culture - are frequently fuzzy, messy, and icky, and that we need to take these features seriously. Texts after Terror offers a new framework informed by contemporary conversations about sexual violence, writings by victims and survivors, and feminist, queer, and affect theory. In addition, Graybill offers significant new readings of biblical rape stories, including Dinah (Gen. 34), Tamar (2 Sam. 13), Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11), Hagar (Gen. 16), Daughter Zion (Lam. 1-2), and the unnamed woman known as the Levite's concubine (Judges 19). Texts after Terror urges feminist biblical scholars and readers of all sorts to take seriously sexual violence and rape, while also holding space for new ways of reading these texts that go beyond terror, considering what might come after.
Pozoruhodná publikace přibližuje čtenáři postavu biblického sjednotitele židovských kmenů – krále Davida. Autor se zabývá touto osobností jednak jako symbolem určitých vlastností, ale především pátrá v dobových písemných i archeologických pramenech po Davidovi historickém, čímž vytváří zajímavý obraz doby a prostředí, v nichž židovský král skutečně žil.