Intratextual allusion plays a central role in the literary strategy of the book of Isaiah. The reader who lacks sensitivity to these features of the text will inevitably overlook whole worlds of meaning latent within them. This is aptly illustrated by Isa 65:25, which directly draws upon preceding Isaianic material through its condensed quotation of … Read more
The specter of death hangs over all of humanity. With only a handful of exceptions, every person is subject to death. The two exceptions to this rule in the Old Testament are Enoch and Elijah. These exceptions have implications for the death of all the regenerate. This paper argues that these Old Testament accounts of … Read more
One of the most striking features of 1–2 Kings is the parallels between Elijah and Jezebel. Phyllis Trible has noted numerous parallels between Elijah and Jezebel, arguing Elijah has received too much credit for his actions while Jezebel has received far too little. According to Trible, the author’s focus on Elijah rather than Jezebel is … Read more
Several books have been published concerning the issue of immigrants during the past couple decades. Notable ones are M. Daniel Carroll R., The Bible and Borders: Hearing God’s Word on Immigration (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2020); Mark W. Hamilton, Jesus, King of Strangers: What the Bible Really Says about Immigration (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2019); James K. … Read more
The longstanding debate over the genre of Genesis 1 has created more heat than light. This has been especially true within evangelical circles among those who profess to be young-earth creationists and old-earth proponents. Those who hold to the former view assert that the genre is primarily “historical narrative,” while those in the latter group … Read more
Reacting against the occasionally peculiar colometry of the BHS, in which line division in poetry was determined by the supposed meter of a text, the BHQ adopted for poetry the standard of following the colometry implied by the MT cantillation, the te’amim. Indeed, for many interpreters, the cantillation marks are de facto an inviolable guide … Read more
Based on recent frame-semantic research on the [Discipleship] frame in Hosea, the present author has discerned the presence of a father-son (discipleship) relation between Israel and YHWH in Hos 11:10 (cf. Hos 11:1; Matt 2:15). This father-son relation between Israel and YHWH is distinctly different from that of the “sons of God” elsewhere in the … Read more
There are only three characters in the Hebrew Bible who are said to be clothed by the spirit (of YHWH/God; וְר֣וּחַ לָבְשָׁ֗ה אֶת־): Gideon (Judg 6:34), Amasai (1 Chr 12:19 [HB]), and Zechariah (2 Chr 24:20). In contrast to the protracted narrative of Gideon (Judges 6:11-8:35), for Amasai and Zechariah we seem to have little … Read more
Assuming biblical inerrancy as a starting point, this paper provides a reconstruction of the composition of the Pentateuch that charts a “via media” between the Documentary Hypothesis and the traditional view of comprehensive Mosaic authorship. The available data can be grouped under five headings: (1) The Pentateuch credits Moses with writing several of Israel’s “constitutional … Read more
This paper offers a theological interpretation of the author’s recently completed dissertation on mercenaries in Judah. In Deuteronomy 4:6-8, Moses instructs the Israelites that if they obey Torah, the wisdom of God demonstrated through it would impress the other nations and bring Yahweh glory. Although there are many avenues through which God’s wisdom would be … Read more