essays in honor of Susan Niditch Niditch, Susan honoree. Collins, John J. (John Joseph) 1946- editor. Olyan, Saul M. editor. Lemos, T. M. (Tracy Maria) editor. text bibliography festschrift Electronic books. riu 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) I. Folklore, mythology and oral history. The passing of warrior poetry in the era of prosaic heroes ; The fugitive hero narrative pattern in Mesopotamia ; Ending a performance: the tenants in Luke 20:9-19 and Gospel of Thomas 65 ; A story about some stories ; The Gospel of Mark: baptism and Passover initiation ; Orality and writing in the creation of Exilic prophetic literature -- II. Israelite religion and ancient Judaism. Massebot standing for Yhwh: the fall of Yhwistic cult symbol ; "The righteous mind" and Judean moral culture: a conversation between biblical studies and moral psychology ; Ritual inversion in biblical representations of puntitive rites -- III. Warfare and violence. Moral injury and the interdisciplinary study of biblical war texts: the case of King Saul ; Collateral duties: military objectives and civilian protections in Deuteronomy ; The agonistic imagination: the ethics of war in Deuteronomy ; Rahab's valor and the Gibeonites' cowardice -- IV. Gender. The women of the Bible and of ancient Near Eastern myth: the case of the Levite's [pileges] ; Were Israelite women chattel? Shedding new light on an old question ; Crossings, transgressions, and movement in the Jephthah cycle ; Ruth's beginnings: a study in contradictions ; Building power: gender, identity, and conspicuous consumption in Fin de Siècle Tang China ; Rufina refined: a woman archisynagogos from Smyrna, yet again. edited by John J. Collins, T.M. Lemos, Saul M. Olyan. Selected publications of Susan Niditch (pages xiii-xvi). Includes bibliographical references and indexes. a-is--- Criticism, interpretation, etc Folklore in the Bible War Biblical teaching Gender identity in the Bible Women in the Bible Jews Palestine Civilization RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings BS511.3 .W675 2015 221.6 9781930675971 1930675976 845930 MIL 22573/ctt1806hs4 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1084396 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1084396 N$T 151223 20200709060421.0 ocn933388561 eng