Congress Volume Helsinki 2010 [electronic resource] /
edited by Martti Nissinen.
- Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2012.
- 1 online resource (584 p.)
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 148. .
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 148. .
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, held in Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 1-6, 2010. Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Why translation technique and literalness again? The renderings of the infinitive absolute in the Septuagint of Jeremiah / The Assyrians in the West : Assyrianization, colonialism, indifference, or development policy? / Omri and Son, Incorporated : the business of history / Yavneh, Pierre Menard and the Bible / Archaeology and texts in the Persian period : focus on Sanballat / Between archaeology and text : a reevaluation of the development process of Jerusalem in the Persian period / Scribal traditions in the Pentateuch and the history of the early Second Temple period / How to reach the Old Greek in I Samuel and what to do with it / What about apocalypticism in the Book of Ben Sira? / Conflicted boundaries : Ben Sira, sage and seer / Enoch and wisdom : reflections on the character of the Book of Parables / Anti-treaty theology of the Chronicler and his view of history / The relationship of the Deuteronomistic history to Chronicles : was the Chronicler a Deuteronomist? / Deuteronomistic history and the heritage of the prophets / The Deuteronomistic image of history as interpretive device in the Second Temple period : towards a long-term interpretation of "Deuteronomism" / Die sogenannte deuteronomistische Redaktion der Prophetenbücher / The still elusive Deuteronomists / "Deutéronomiste" et "deutéronomisme" : quelques remarques de méthode en lien avec le débat actuel / "Overwriting and overriding," or, What is not Deuteronomistic / Which text are we using for our studies of Deuteronomistic literature? / Toward a genuine dialogue between the Bible and art / The many uses of intertextuality in biblical studies : actual and potential / Mirrors, drums, and trees / Raija Sollamo -- Angelika Berlejung -- Lester L. Grabbe -- Raz Kletter -- Jan Dušek -- Apples and oranges : textual and archaeological evidence for reconstructing the history of Yehud in the Persian period / Diana Edelman -- Oded Lipschits -- Sidnie White Crawford -- Anneli Aejmelaeus -- Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Benjamin G. Wright III -- Michael A. Knibb -- Tetsuo Yamaga -- Gary N. Knoppers -- Rainer Albertz -- Konrad Schmid -- Uwe Becker -- Steven L. McKenzie -- Christophe Nihan -- Cynthia Edenburg -- Kristin De Troyer -- J. Cheryl Exum -- David M. Carr -- Susan Ackerman.
This volume brings together the main contributions to the 20th congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Helsinki, Finland in August, 2010, focusing on archaeology, textual history, Deuteronomistic texts, and Wisdom and apocalypticism.
Twenty-two contributions in English, 1 in French, and 1 in German.