Monday, February 6, 2012

Open Access Journal: Journal of Hebrew Scriptures

[First posted in AWOL 23 October 2009. Updated 6 February 2012]

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
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The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, journal established in 1996 to foster scholarly research on the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel’s History and cognate fields of studies.


JHS articles are included in the ATLA Religion Database, RAMBI, and BiBIL. The full contents of the journal are archived by Library and Archives Canada and is accessible for consultation and research at the Electronic Collection site maintained by Library and Archives Canada. JHS volumes are published in hard-copy, with a year delay, by Gorgias Press as part of their series Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts. Volumes 1-9 (1996-2009) are available.

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Author Title Volume Article Year
Bridge, Edward J. Female Slave vs Female Slave: אָמָה and שִׁפְחָה in the HB show/hide abstract 12 2 2012
Wolters, Al, The Meaning of ṢANTĔRÔT (Zech 4:12) show/hide abstract 12 1 2012
Stackert, Jeffrey, Compositional Strata in the Priestly Sabbath: Exodus 31:12-17 and 35:1-3 show/hide abstract 11 15 2011
Holmstedt, Robert D. The Typological Classification of the Hebrew of Genesis: Subject-Verb or Verb-Subject? show/hide abstract 11 14 2011
Sutskover, Talia Lot and His Daughters (Gen 19:30–38). Further Literary and Stylistic Examinations show/hide abstract 11 13 2011
Finkelstein,Israel, Ido Koch and Oded Lipschits The Mound on the Mount: A Possible Solution to the “Problem with Jerusalem” show/hide abstract 11 12 2011
Shalom-Guy, Hava, The Call Narratives of Gideon and Moses: Literary Convention or More? show/hide abstract 11 11 2011
Wallace, Robert E., The Narrative Effect of Psalms 84–89 show/hide abstract 11 10 2011
van Wolde, Ellen and Robert Rezetko, Semantics and the Semantics of ברא: A Rejoinder to the Arguments Advanced by B. Becking and M. Korpel show/hide abstract 11 9 2011
Andrason, Alexander, Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol: A Dynamic Definition show/hide abstract 11 8 2011
Frisch, Amos, Comparison With David as a Means of Evaluating Character in the Book of Kings show/hide abstract 11 7 2011
Ganzel, Tova, The Shattered Dream. The Prophecies of Joel: A Bridge between Ezekiel and Haggai? show/hide abstract 11 6 2011
Garsiel, Moshe, David’s Elite Warriors and Their Exploits in the Books of Samuel and Chronicles show/hide abstract 11 5 2011
Bachmann, Veronika, The Book of The Watchers (1 Enoch 1–36): An Anti-Mosaic, Non-Mosaic, or Even Pro-Mosaic Writing? show/hide abstract 11 4 2011
Campos, Martha E., Structure and Meaning in the Third Vision of Amos (7:7–17) show/hide abstract 11 3 2011
Doak, Brian R., “Some Worthless and Reckless Fellows”: Landlessness and Parasocial Leadership in Judges show/hide abstract 11 2 2011
Assis, Elie Zechariah 8 and its Allusions to Jeremiah 30–33 and Deutero-Isaiah show/hide abstract 11 1 2011
Finkelstein, Israel, Archaeology as a High Court in Ancient Israelite History: A Reply to Nadav Na’aman show/hide abstract 10 19 2010
Samet, Nili, “The Tallest Man Cannot Reach Heaven; the Broadest Man Cannot Cover Earth” – Reconsidering the Proverb and its Biblical Parallels show/hide abstract 10 18 2010
Melvin, David P., Divine Mediation and the Rise of Civilization in Mesopotamian Literature and in Genesis 1–11 show/hide abstract 10 17 2010
Frankel, David, El as the Speaking Voice in Psalm 82:6–8 show/hide abstract 10 16 2010
Assis, Elie, Zechariah 8 As Revision and Digest of Zechariah 1–7 show/hide abstract 10 15 2010
Vermeulen, Karolien, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. Who Is The Craftiest To Go? show/hide abstract 10 14 2010
Miller, Marvin Lloyd, Nehemiah 5: A Response to Philippe Guillaume show/hide abstract 10 13 2010
Hutzli, Jürg Tradition and Interpretation in Gen 1:1–2:4a show/hide abstract 10 12 2010
Landy, Francis Three Sides of a Coin: In Conversation with Ben Zvi And Nogalski, Two Sides of a Coin show/hide abstract 10 11 2010
Andrason, Alexander The Panchronic Yiqtol: Functionally Consistent and Cognitively Plausible show/hide abstract 10 10 2010
Olyan, Saul M., (ed.) In Conversation With Joshua A. Berman, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke With Ancient Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2008). show/hide abstract 10 9 2010
Guillaume, Philippe, Nehemiah 5: No Economic Crisis show/hide abstract 10 8 2010
Hobson, Russell, Jeremiah 41 and the Ammonite Alliance show/hide abstract 10 7 2010
Shemesh, Yael, “And Many Beasts” (Jonah 4:11): The Function and Status of Animals in the Book of Jonah show/hide abstract 10 6 2010
Garsiel, Moshe, The Book of Samuel: Its Composition, Structure and Significance as a Historiographical Source show/hide abstract 10 5 2010
Kletter, Raz and Gideon Solimani Archaeology and Professional Ethical Codes in Israel in the mid 80s: The Case of the Association of Archaeologists in Israel and Its Code of Ethics show/hide abstract 10 4 2010
Becking, Bob and Marjo C.A. Korpel To Create, to Separate or to Construct: An Alternative for a Recent Proposal as to the Interpretation of ברא in Gen 1:1–2:4a show/hide abstract 10 3 2010
Broida, Marian Closure in Samsonshow/hide abstract 10 2 2010
Amar Zohar, Ram Bouchnick and Guy Bar-Oz The Contribution of Archaeozoology to the Identification of the Ritually Clean Ungulates Mentioned in The Hebrew Bibleshow/hide abstract 10 1 2010
Van Seters, John A Response to G. Aichelle, P. Miscall and R. Walsh, “An Elephant in the Room: Historical-Critical and the Postmodern Interpretations of the Bible” show/hide abstract 9 26 2009
Savran, George Multivocality in Group Speech in Biblical Narrative show/hide abstract 9 25 2009
Finkelstein, Israel Persian Period Jerusalem and Yehud: A Rejoinder show/hide abstract 9 24 2009
Renz, Thomas A Perfectly Broken Acrostic in Nahum 1? show/hide abstract 9 23 2009
Vermeulen, Karolien To See or Not To See. The Polysemy of the Word עין in the Isaac Narratives (Gen 17–35) show/hide abstract 9 22 2009
Pinker, Aron Intrusion of Ptolemaic Reality on Cultic Practices in Qoh 4:17 show/hide abstract 9 21 2009
Lipschits, Oded Persian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations show/hide abstract 9 20 2009
Holmstedt, Robert D. אני ולבי-The Syntactic Encoding of the Collaborative Nature of Qohelet's Experiment show/hide abstract 9 19 2009
Knauf, Ernst Axel Observations on Judah's Social and Economic History and the Dating of the Laws in Deuteronomy show/hide abstract 9 18 2009
Person Jr., Raymond F. (ed.) In Conversation With Thomas Römer, The So-Called Deuteronomistic History: A Sociological, Historical And Literary Introduction (London: T. & T. Clark, 2005). show/hide abstract 9 17 2009
Guillaume, Philippe Lamentations 5: The Seventh Acrostic show/hide abstract 9 16 2009
Becking, Bob God-Talk for a Disillusioned Pilgrim in Psalm 121 show/hide abstract 9 15 2009
Olyan, Saul M. The Ascription of Physical Disability as a Stigmatizing Strategy in Biblical Iconic Polemics show/hide abstract 9 14 2003
Gow, Andrew C. The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship show/hide abstract 9 13 2009
Kennedy, James M. Psalm 29 as Semiotic System: A Linguistic Reading show/hide abstract 9 12 2009
Boda, Mark J. (ed.) In Conversation with Steven Schweitzer, Reading Utopia in Chronicles (LHBOTS, 442; London: T. & T. Clark International, 2007) show/hide abstract 9 11 2009
Gilmour, Rachelle Suspense and Anticipation in 1 Samuel 9:1–14 show/hide abstract 9 10 2009
Timmer, Daniel The Intertextual Israelite Jonah Face À L'empire: The Post-Colonial Significance of The Book's Cotexts and Purported Neo-Assyrian Context show/hide abstract 9 9 2009
Spronk, Klaas Jonah, Nahum, and the Book of the Twelve: A Response to Jakob Wöhrle show/hide abstract 9 8 2009
Wöhrle, Jakob A Prophetic Reflection on Divine Forgiveness: The Integration of the Book of Jonah into the Book of the Twelve show/hide abstract 9 7 2009
Guillaume, Philippe Rhetorical Reading Redundant: A Response to Ehud Ben Zvi show/hide abstract 9 6 2009
Ben Zvi, Ehud Jonah 4:11 and the Metaprophetic Character of the Book of Jonah show/hide abstract 9 5 2009
Bolin, Thomas M. Eternal Delight and Deliciousness: The Book of Jonah After Ten Years show/hide abstract 9 4 2009
Guillaume, Philippe Arguing under the Qiqayon: An Introduction to a Set of Articles on Jonah show/hide abstract 9 3 2009
Athas, George In Search of the Seventy ‘Weeks’ of Daniel 9 show/hide abstract 9 2 2009
Christian, Mark A. Priestly Power that Empowers: Michel Foucault, Middle-tier Levites, and the Sociology of “Popular Religious Groups” in Israel show/hide abstract 9 1 2009
Young, Ian Late Biblical Hebrew And The Qumran Pesher Habakkuk show/hide abstract 8 25 2008
Na'aman, Nadav Shaaraim - The Gateway To The Kingdom Of Judah show/hide abstract 8 24 2008
Steinmann, Andrew E. Letters of Kings about Votive Offerings, The God of Israel and the Aramaic Document in Ezra 4:8–6:18 show/hide abstract 8 23 2008
Garfinkel, Yosef and Saar Ganor Khirbet Qeiyafa: Sha`arayim show/hide abstract 8 22 2008
Na'aman, Nadav In Search of the Ancient Name of Khirbet Qeiyafa show/hide abstract 8 21 2008
Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W. Psalm 133: A (Close) Reading show/hide abstract 8 20 2008
Assis, Elie The Temple in the Book of Haggai show/hide abstract 8 19 2008
Avioz, Michael Saul as a Just Judge in Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews show/hide abstract 8 18 2008
Kline, Moshe “The Editor was Nodding” A Reading of Leviticus 19 in Memory of Mary Douglas show/hide abstract 8 17 2008
Jacobs, Jonathan Characterizing Esther from the Outset: The Contribution of the Story in Esther 2:1–20 show/hide abstract 8 16 2008
Römer, Thomas Moses Outside the Torah and the Construction of a Diaspora Identity show/hide abstract 8 15 2008
Basser, Herb Did Rashi Notice a Janus Parallelism in Ezek 20:37? show/hide abstract 8 14 2008
Scatolini Apóstolo, Silvio Sergio Imagining Ezekiel show/hide abstract 8 13 2008
Wright, David P. Deciphering a Definition: The Syntagmatic Structural Analysis of Ritual in the Hebrew Bible show/hide abstract 8 12 2008
Schmitt, Rüdiger The Problem of Magic and Monotheism in the Book of Leviticus show/hide abstract 8 11 2008
Olyan, Saul M. Mary Douglas's Holiness/Wholeness Paradigm: Its Potential for Insight and its Limitations show/hide abstract 8 10 2008
Marx, Alfred The Relationship between the Sacrificial Laws and the Other Laws in Leviticus 19 show/hide abstract 8 9 2008
Hendel, Ronald Mary Douglas and Anthropological Modernism show/hide abstract 8 8 2008
Hendel, Ronald and Saul M. Olyan Beyond Purity and Danger: Mary Douglas and The Hebrew Bible show/hide abstract 8 7 2008
Pinker, Aron The Doings of the Wicked in Qohelet 8:10 show/hide abstract 8 6 2008
Shemesh, Yael Elisha Stories as Saints' Legends show/hide abstract 8 5 2008
Shemesh, Yael Elisha and The Miraculous Jug of Oil(2 Kgs 4:1–7) show/hide abstract 8 4 2008
Cook, John A. The Vav-Prefixed Verb Forms in Elementary Hebrew Grammar show/hide abstract 8 3 2008
Kletter, Raz The Friends of Antiquities (in Heb. נאמני עתיקות): The Story of an Israeli Volunteer Group and Comparative Remarks show/hide abstract 8 2 2008
Stein, David E. S. The Noun אִישׁ ('îš) in Biblical Hebrew: A Term of Affiliation show/hide abstract 8 1 2008
Guillaume, Philippe A Reconsideration of Manuscripts Classified as Scrolls of the Twelve Minor Prophets (XII) show/hide abstract 7 16 2007
Guillaume, Philippe The Unlikely Malachi-Jonah Sequence (4QXIIa) show/hide abstract 7 15 2007
Ben Zvi, Ehud (ed.) Rereading Oracles of God: Twenty Years After John Barton, Oracles of God: Perceptions of Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1986) show/hide abstract 7 14 2007
Bodner, Keith Crime Scene Investigation: A Text-Critical Mystery and the Strange Death of Ishbosheth show/hide abstract 7 13 2007
Knoppers, Gary N. (ed.) Revisiting the Composition of Ezra-Nehemiah: In Conversation with Jacob Wright's Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and its Earliest Readers (BZAW, 348; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2004) show/hide abstract 7 12 2007
Assis, Elie Composition, Rhetoric and Theology in Haggai 1:1–11 show/hide abstract 7 11 2007
Leuchter, Mark (ed.) Scribes Before and After 587 BCE: A Conversation show/hide abstract 7 10 2007
Van Seters, John Author or Redactor? show/hide abstract 7 9 2007
Pinker, Aron A Goat to Go to Azazel show/hide abstract 7 8 2007
Knoppers, Gary N. (ed.) Expatriates, Repatriates, and the Question of Zion's Status – In Conversation with Melody D. Knowles, Centrality Practiced: Jerusalem in the Religious Practices of Yehud and the Diaspora in the Persian Period (Atlanta, SBL, 2006). show/hide abstract 7 7 2007
Boer, Roland Keeping It Literal: The Economy of the Song of Songs show/hide abstract 7 6 2007
Sneed, Mark "White Trash” Wisdom: Proverbs 9 Deconstructed show/hide abstract 7 5 2007
Noegel, Scott B. “Word Play” in Qoheleth show/hide abstract 7 4 2007
Fried, Lisbeth S. Did Second Temple High Priests Possess the Urim and Thummim? show/hide abstract 7 3 2007
Vanderhooft, David (ed.) In Conversation with Oded Lipschits, The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2005) show/hide abstract 7 2 2007
Henige, David Found But Not Lost: A Skeptical Note on the Document Discovered in the Temple Under Josiah show/hide abstract 7 1 2007
Holmstedt, Robert D. Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead Language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew show/hide abstract 6 11 2006
Wöhrle, Jakob The Formation and Intention of the Haggai-Zechariah Corpus show/hide abstract 6 10 2006
Gilders, William K. Why Does Eleazar Sprinkle the Red Cow Blood? Making Sense of a Biblical Ritual show/hide abstract 6 9 2006
Pinker, Aron Nahum and the Greek Tradition on Nineveh's Fall show/hide abstract 6 8 2006
Scatolini Apóstolo, Silvio Sergio On The Elusiveness and Malleability of “Israel” show/hide abstract 6 7 2006
Tebes, Juan Manuel “You Shall Not Abhor an Edomite, for He is Your Brother”: The Tradition of Esau and the Edomite Genealogies from an Anthropological Perspective show/hide abstract 6 6 2006
Benun, Ronald Evil and the Disruption of Order: A Structural Analysis of the Acrostics in the First Book of Psalms show/hide abstract 6 5 2006
Carr, David M. (ed.) The State of the Field of Hebrew Bible Study: In Conversation with John J. Collins, The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Eerdmans, 2005) show/hide abstract 6 4 2006
Kim, Yung Suk Lex Talionis in Exod 21:22–25: Its Origin and Context show/hide abstract 6 3 2006
Knoppers, Gary N. (ed.) Chronicles and the Chronicler: A Response to I. Kalimi, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, his Time, Place and Writing show/hide abstract 6 2 2006
Pinker, Aron The Core Story in the Prologue-Epilogue of the Book of Job show/hide abstract 6 1 2006
Knowles, Melody D. (ed.) New Studies in Chronicles: A Discussion of Two Recently-Published Commentaries show/hide abstract 5 20 2005
Assis, Elie “The Hand of a Woman”: Deborah and Yael (Judges 4) show/hide abstract 5 19 2005
Knoppers, Gary N. (ed.) In Conversation with W. M. Schniedewind, How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel (Cambridge, 2003) show/hide abstract 5 18 2005
Davies, Philip. R. The Origin of Biblical Israel show/hide abstract 5 17 2005
Avioz, Michael Could Saul Rule Forever? A New Look at 1 Samuel 13:13–14 show/hide abstract 5 16 2005
Britt, Brian Death, Social Conflict, and the Barley Harvest in the Hebrew Bible show/hide abstract 5 15 2005
Kummerow, David Job, Hopeful or Hopeless? The Significance of גם in Job 16:19 and Job's Changing Conceptions of Death show/hide abstract 5 14 2005
Guillaume, Philippe Tracing the Origin of the Sabbatical Calendar in the Priestly Narrative (Genesis 1 to Joshua 5) show/hide abstract 5 13 2005
Pinker, Aron On the meaning of קשת נחושה show/hide abstract 5 12 2005
Landy, Francis A Rejoinder to A. Brenner, “Regulating ‘Sons’ and ‘Daughters’ in the Torah and in Proverbs: Some Preliminary Insights” show/hide abstract 5 11 2005
Brenner, Athalya Regulating ‘Sons’ and ‘Daughters’ in the Torah and in Proverbs: Some Preliminary Insights show/hide abstract 5 10 2005
Guillaume, Philippe New Light on the Nebiim from Alexandria: A Chronography to Replace the Deuteronomistic History show/hide abstract 5 9 2004
Noegel, Scott Geminate Ballast and Clustering: An Unrecognized Literary Feature in Ancient Semitic Poetry show/hide abstract 5 8 2004
Pinker, Aron The Hard "Sell” in Nah 3:4 show/hide abstract 5 7 2004
Schniedewind, William M. Prolegomena for the Sociolinguistics of Classical Hebrew show/hide abstract 5 6 2004
Doudna, Greg Ostraca KhQ1 and KhQ2 from the Cemetary of Qumran: A New Edition show/hide abstract 5 5 2004
Grayson, A. Kirk Shalmaneser III and the Levantine States: The Damascus Coalition Rebellion" show/hide abstract 5 4 2004
Haase, Ingrid M. Uzzah's Rebellion show/hide abstract 5 3 2004
Linville, James R. Letting the “Bi-word” “Rule” in Joel 2:17 show/hide abstract 5 2 2004
Najm, S. & Ph. Guillaume Jubilee Calendar Rescued from The Flood Narrative show/hide abstract 5 1 2004
Malul, Meir Ledabbēr baššelî (2 Sam. 3:27) "to Talk Peace” show/hide abstract 4 8 2002
Pinker, Aron Upon an Attack in Nahum 2:2 show/hide abstract 4 7 2002
Leuchter, Mark Something Old, Something Older: Reconsidering 1 Sam. 2:27–36 show/hide abstract 4 6 2002
Kletter, Raz A Very General Archaeologist - Moshe Dayan and Israeli Archaeology show/hide abstract 4 5 2002
Liss, Hanna Undisclosed Speech: Patterns of Communication in the Book of Isaiah show/hide abstract 4 4 2002
Mitchell, Christine Accession in Chronicles: Transformations in Meaning: Solomon's Accession in Chronicles show/hide abstract 4 3 2002
Heard, R. Christopher Echoes of Genesis in 1 Chronicles 4:9–10: An Intertextual and Contextual Reading of Jabez's Prayer show/hide abstract 4 2 2002
Lipschits, Oded “Jehoiakim Slept with His Fathers…” - Did He? show/hide abstract 4 1 2002
Boda, Mark J. Oil, Crowns and Thrones: Prophet, Priest and Kingin Zechariah 1:7–6:15 show/hide abstract 3 10 2001
Cohn Eskenazi, Tamara Nehemiah 9–10: Structure and Significance show/hide abstract 3 9 2001
Scatolini, Silvio Sergio Delimiting the Countours of Israel in Ezek 12:21–15 and 12:26–28 show/hide abstract 3 8 2001
Huddlestun, John R. Unveiling the Versions: The Tactics of Tamar in Genesis 38:15 show/hide abstract 3 7 2001
de Caën, Vincent Hebrew Linguistics and Biblical Criticism: A Minimalist Programme show/hide abstract 3 6 2001
Bauer, Uwe F. W. A Metaphorical Etiology in Judges 18:12 show/hide abstract 3 5 2001
Knoppers, Gary N. “Great Among His Brothers,” but Who is He? Heterogeneity in the Composition of Judah? show/hide abstract 3 4 2000
Jenkins, Allan K. Erasmus' Commentary on Psalm 2 show/hide abstract 3 3 2000
Wesselius, Jan-Wim Towards a New History of Israel show/hide abstract 3 2 2000
Lemche, Niels Peter On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) History show/hide abstract 3 1 2000
Rendsburg, Gary A. Confused Language as a Deliberate Literary Device in Biblical Hebrew Narrative show/hide abstract 2 6 1999
Landy, Francis Leviticus, Deconstruction and the Body show/hide abstract 2 5 1999
Bergen, David A. Bakhtin Revisits Deuteronomy: Narrative Theory and the Dialogical Event of Deut 31:2 and 34:7 show/hide abstract 2 4 1999
Linville, James R. On the Nature of Rethinking Prophetic Literature: Stirring a Neglected Stew (A Response to David L. Petersen) show/hide abstract 2 3 1999
Bauer, Uwe F. W. Anti-Jewish Interpretations of Psalm 1 in Luther and in Modern German Protestantism show/hide abstract 2 2 1998
Sweeney, Marvin A. A Form-Critical Rereading of Hosea show/hide abstract 2 1 1998
Lee, Bernon A Specific Application of the Proverb in Ecclesiastes 1:15 show/hide abstract 1 6 1997
Davies, Philip R Loose Canons. Reflections on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible show/hide abstract 1 5 1997
Fox, Michael V. What Happens in Qohelet 4:13–16? show/hide abstract 1 4 1997
de Tillesse, Caetano Minette The Conquest of Power: Analysis of David and Solomon's Accession Histories show/hide abstract 1 3 1997
Miller, Cynthia L., Kenneth M. Craig Jr. and Raymond F. Person Jr., Conversation Analysis and the Book of Jonah:A Conversation show/hide abstract 1 2 1997
Utzschneider, Helmut Text - Reader - Author. Towards a Theory of Exegesis: Some European Views show/hide abstract 1 1 1996


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