Mark McEntire
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Ian Wilson deposited Joseph, Jehoiachin, and Cyrus: On Book Endings, Exoduses and Exiles, and Yehudite/Judean Social Remembering in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoIn a recent ZAW article, Michael Chan argues that II Reg 25,27-30 alludes to Gen 40-41, and that this allusion provides a hermeneutical key for understanding the purpose of II Reg 25,27-30 in an Enneateuchal context: it points to an imminent exodus, a return from exile and a gathering of diaspora in the promised land. This article picks up where…[Read more]
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Ian Wilson deposited Chronicles and Utopia: Likely Bedfellows? in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the book of Chronicles vis-à-vis the concept of utopia
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Ian Wilson deposited Chronicles and Utopia: Likely Bedfellows? in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the book of Chronicles vis-à-vis the concept of utopia
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Ian Wilson deposited Chronicles and Utopia: Likely Bedfellows? in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the book of Chronicles vis-à-vis the concept of utopia
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Ian Wilson deposited Chronicles and Utopia: Likely Bedfellows? in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the book of Chronicles vis-à-vis the concept of utopia
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Anointed: Cyrus, Deuteronomy’s Law of the King, and Yehudite Identity in the group
History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of Cyrus’s role and function in ancient Judean kingship discourse
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Anointed: Cyrus, Deuteronomy’s Law of the King, and Yehudite Identity in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of Cyrus’s role and function in ancient Judean kingship discourse
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Anointed: Cyrus, Deuteronomy’s Law of the King, and Yehudite Identity in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of Cyrus’s role and function in ancient Judean kingship discourse
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Ian Wilson deposited Yahweh’s Anointed: Cyrus, Deuteronomy’s Law of the King, and Yehudite Identity in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of Cyrus’s role and function in ancient Judean kingship discourse
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Ian Wilson deposited Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to rule by sense of smell! Superhuman Kingship in the Prophetic Books in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAn exploration of the Hebrew Bible’s prophetic literature vis-à-vis Science Fiction and Science Fiction theory
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Christopher B. Hays's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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Francis Borchardt deposited The Battle of Emmaus and 1 Maccabees’ Creative Use of Martial Law on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Forty thousand infantry prepared for battle slowly march south toward Judea from the Seleucid capital in Antioch. They are joined by seven thousand cavalry with a single command: destroy Judea. Upon reaching the land they make camp at Emmaus and wait for a rather small band of Judean rebels to respond. Such is the opening scene of the battle of…[Read more]
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Francis Borchardt deposited What Can 2Macc 2:13-15 Tell Us about the Biblical Canon? on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Many scholars have used two verses from an epistle appended to the main body of 2 Maccabees to suggest a canon, proto-canon, or body of scripture is present already during the Hasmonean era and even before. We question such conclusions by investigating the background and contents of the epistle, using both historical-critical and rhetorical…[Read more]
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Francis Borchardt deposited The LXX Myth and the Rise of Textual Fixity on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
This brief study investigates the desire for a fixed textual form as it pertains to scripture in the Judean tradition. It particularly delves into this phenomenon in three early versions of the Septuagint origin myth. is paper argues that this myth is invaluable for the study of transmission and reception of scripture, as it is one of the…[Read more]
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Francis Borchardt deposited Sabbath Observance, Sabbath Innovation: The Hasmoneans and Their Legacy as Interpreters of the Law in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoBoth 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees portray the Sabbath law as a central point of con- tention during the struggle over Judean law and tradition in the second century BCE (e.g., 1 Macc 1:41-50; 2 Macc 6:4-6). The Hasmonean family in particular is at times high- lighted as holding the Sabbath in high regard (2 Macc 5:27). In every available source,…[Read more]
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Francis Borchardt deposited Sabbath Observance, Sabbath Innovation: The Hasmoneans and Their Legacy as Interpreters of the Law in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoBoth 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees portray the Sabbath law as a central point of con- tention during the struggle over Judean law and tradition in the second century BCE (e.g., 1 Macc 1:41-50; 2 Macc 6:4-6). The Hasmonean family in particular is at times high- lighted as holding the Sabbath in high regard (2 Macc 5:27). In every available source,…[Read more]
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Francis Borchardt deposited Sabbath Observance, Sabbath Innovation: The Hasmoneans and Their Legacy as Interpreters of the Law in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoBoth 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees portray the Sabbath law as a central point of con- tention during the struggle over Judean law and tradition in the second century BCE (e.g., 1 Macc 1:41-50; 2 Macc 6:4-6). The Hasmonean family in particular is at times high- lighted as holding the Sabbath in high regard (2 Macc 5:27). In every available source,…[Read more]
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