Raising up a Faithful Exegete. Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson

R a i s i n g u p a F a i t h f u l E x e g e t e . Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson (Winona Lake, IN 2010, Eisenbrauns, VII + 363 S., geb. $ 54,50). [Die Festschriftehrt einen ausgewiesenen Kenner des Deuteronomismus und der Vorderen Propheten mit einer Reihe von Beiträgen zu diesem Forschungsschwerpunkt: IX-XII B. Schramm, »I Still Can't Believe It«: A Brief Biography of Richard D. Nelson; XVII-XXIII K. L. Noll, Introduction; 3-30 M. Nissinen, Prophetic Madness: Prophecy and Ecstasy in the Ancient Near East and in Greece; 31-39 R. F. Person Jr., The Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles: Scribal Works in an Oral World; 41-50, N. P. Lemche, The Deuteronomistic History: Historical Reconsiderations; 51-60 P. R. Davies, The Deuteronomistic History and »Double Redaction«; 61-72 E. Ben Zvi, On the Term Deuteronomistic in Relation to Joshua-Kings in the Persian Period; 73-86 K. L. Noll, A Portrait of the Deuteronomistic Historian at Work?; 87-102 T. Römer, Book-Endings in Joshua and the Question of the So-Called Deuteronomistic History; 103-116 T. B. Dozeman, Joshua in the Book of Joshua; 117-128 A. G. Auld, Synoptic David: The View from Chronicles; 129-148 T.M. Willis, »Rest All Around from All His Enemies« (2 Samuel 7:1b): The Occasion for David's Offer to Build a Temple; 149-158 S. L. McKenzie, Why Did David Stay Home? An Exegetical Study of 2 Samuel 11:1; 159-175 C. Edenburg, David, the Great King, King of the Four Quarters: Structure and Signification in the Catalog of David's Conquests (2 Samuel 8:1-14, 1 Chronicles 18:1-13); 179-192 T. E. Fretheim, The Self-Limiting God of the Old Testament and Issues of Violence; 193-210 J. R. Lundbom, Wisdom Influence in the Book of Deuteronomy; 211-224 R. R. Hutton, A Simple Matter of Numbering? »Sovereignty« and »Holiness« in the Decalogue Tradition; 225-236 R. L. Heller, What Is Abimelek Doing in Judges?; 237-246 R.W. Klein, The Chronicler's Theological Rewriting of the Deuteronomistic History: Amaziah, a Test Case; 247-260, A. O. Bellis, The Rescue of Jerusalem from the Assyrians in 701 b.c.e. by the Cushites; 261-274 A.F. Botta, Covenant and Liberation: Diachronic Perspectives; 275-282 M. E. Stevens, Woe or Ho: The Lamentable Translation of ... in Isaiah 55:1; 283-292 R. L. Foster, Tested at the Boundary: Deuteronomy and Matthew in Conversation on Testing; 293-324 R. P. Carlson, Whose Faith? Reexamining the Habakkuk 2:4 Citation within the Communicative Act of Romans 1:1-17; 325-339 W. F. Taylor Jr., The Lord's Supper as a Meal of Siblings. Die üblichen Register erschließen die lohnende Aufsatzsammlung.] J. C. G.