Athaliah and Alexandra were the only two women to rule as queens of Judah/Judaea in their own right and both women’s reigns are reported in Josephus’ writings. Despite their uniqueness, however, Athaliah and Alexandra are rarely compared in scholarship; the former is usually dismissed, and focus centred on the latter. This article contends tha…[Read more]

The book was the result of a collaboration between theologians and composers to produce new pieces of biblically-informed choral music. This chapter explores the story of Jacob wrestling with an ambiguous divine figure. The research was part of my collaboration with composer Dominic de Grande.

The article shows that the biblical account of Jacob’s marriage to Rachel and Leah is a purposeful literary inversion of the wife-sister stories told of his father and grandfather.

Athaliah and Alexandra were the only two women to rule as queens of Judah/Judaea in their own right and both women’s reigns are reported in Josephus’ writings. Despite their uniqueness, however, Athaliah and Alexandra are rarely compared in scholarship; the former is usually dismissed, and focus centred on the latter. This article contends tha…[Read more]

This paper supports the case that Antiochus IV Epiphanes was linguistically alluded in the Greek translations of Book of Daniel, which connected him to the »Abomination of Desolation«.14 It is likely that Antiochus’ title Ἐπιφανὴς was being referred in the use of ἀφανίζω (to destroy, make desolate) and its cognate nounal form, particularly in…[Read more]