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Israel's Neighbors And The Problem Of The Past, Chapter One Of Ancient Israel's Neighbors, Brian R. Doak
Israel's Neighbors And The Problem Of The Past, Chapter One Of Ancient Israel's Neighbors, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "My purpose in this book is to tell the story of Israel's nearest neighbors- not only discovering what the Bible has to say about them but also what we can know from archaeology, ancient inscriptions, and other sources. To say that this task is complicated is putting it lightly. For one thing, the Bible itself presents these neighbors in nuanced and conflicting ways; sometimes they are friends or even related to Israel at a family level, and sometimes they are enemies, spoken of as though they must die in order for Israel to live. The Moabites, for example, violently …
Colonial Identity In The Jedaniah "Archive" At Elephantine, Lisa J. Cleath
Colonial Identity In The Jedaniah "Archive" At Elephantine, Lisa J. Cleath
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This study will consider the materiality of the Jedaniah collection from Elephantine through the lenses of process theory of identity and temporal-spatial discourse. The Jedaniah collection is composed of ten Aramaic documents, spanning at least twenty years in the mid-fifth century BCE. The documents include copies of letters sent and received by members inside of the “Jewish” community as well as Persian-backed authority figures. Since these texts were discovered in 1907, many scholars have discussed their content in relation to their “Jewish” themes, but few have questioned the theoretical frameworks employed for examining the material nature of the documents. A …
Conspiracy To Prove A Conspiracy: My Meeting With Fethullah Gülen, Reuven Firestone
Conspiracy To Prove A Conspiracy: My Meeting With Fethullah Gülen, Reuven Firestone
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
A Northwest Semitic Curse Formula: The Sefire Treaty And Deuteronomy 28, Melissa Ramos
A Northwest Semitic Curse Formula: The Sefire Treaty And Deuteronomy 28, Melissa Ramos
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
While a great deal of scholarly investigation has focused on parallels between biblical curses and imprecations found in Neo-Assyrian Treaties, the curses in the Aramaic treaty of Sefire have garnered relatively less attention.¹ In recent years there has been renewed interest in the Sefire treaty, the role of Aramaic, and its use and influence during the Neo-Assyrian period.² Since the publication of the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon (STE) by Donald John Wiseman in 1958 studies have abounded that examine its parallels with Deut 13 and 28.³ While some scholars posit a direct dependence of Deuteronomy on the cuneiform text of …
The Giant In A Thousand Years: Tracing Narratives Of Gigantism In The Hebrew Bible And Beyond, Brian R. Doak
The Giant In A Thousand Years: Tracing Narratives Of Gigantism In The Hebrew Bible And Beyond, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
"This essay is an attempt to organize the Bible’s giants by category and to continue to elevate these figures as a rightful object of scholarly attention."
Smith's "Poetic Heroes: Literary Commemorations Of Warriors And Warrior Culture In The Early Biblical World" (Book Review), Brian R. Doak
Smith's "Poetic Heroes: Literary Commemorations Of Warriors And Warrior Culture In The Early Biblical World" (Book Review), Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
A review of Smith, Mark S. Poetic Heroes: Literary Commemorations of Warriors and Warrior Culture in the Early Biblical World. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014. xxiv1636 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0802867926
Keel And Schroer's " Creation; Biblical Theologies In The Context Of The Ancient Near East" (Book Review), Paul B. Drake
Keel And Schroer's " Creation; Biblical Theologies In The Context Of The Ancient Near East" (Book Review), Paul B. Drake
The Christian Librarian
A review of Keel, O., & Schroer, S. (2015). Creation; Biblical theologies in the context of the ancient Near East (Peter T. Daniels, Trans.). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 244 pp. $44.99. ISBN 9781575060934
Dever's "The Lives Of Ordinary People In Ancient Israel: Where Archaeology And The Bible Intersect" (Book Review), Kathleen Kempa
Dever's "The Lives Of Ordinary People In Ancient Israel: Where Archaeology And The Bible Intersect" (Book Review), Kathleen Kempa
The Christian Librarian
A review of Dever, W. G. (2012). The lives of ordinary people in ancient Israel: Where archaeology and the Bible intersect. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 436 pp. $17.05. ISBN 9780802867018
Monster Violence In The Book Of Job, Brian R. Doak
Monster Violence In The Book Of Job, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
In this paper, I explore the book of Job in terms of the symbolic and ideological warfare waged between God and the human protagonist, Job. Specifically, I argue that the invocation of various kinds of creatures under the “monster” rubric (such as Leviathan, Rahab, Yamm, the Twisting Serpent, and Behemoth) can be illuminated through a consideration of contemporary work—in the history of religions, literary theory, and film studies—that categorizes the monstrous in terms of ecological disorientation, metaphors of the torn human body, and the boundaries of the “home.” Moreover, I draw on the work of Marie Hélène Huet in her …
Written With The Finger Of God: Divine And Human Writing In Exodus, Brian R. Doak
Written With The Finger Of God: Divine And Human Writing In Exodus, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
"The presence of writing in the book of Exodus must be considered not only for its contribution to the narrative as story, but also as a witness to several key socio-political issues (such as the interplay of textuality and orality in ancient Israel), for the role of writing in the history of Israel's religion, and for the struggle to define, through several centuries and editorial layers, the nature of YHWH's "true image'' in the world."
The Fate And Power Of Heroic Bones And The Politics Of Bone Transfer In Ancient Israel And Greece, Brian R. Doak
The Fate And Power Of Heroic Bones And The Politics Of Bone Transfer In Ancient Israel And Greece, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.
Ezekiel’S Topography Of The (Un-)Heroic Dead In Ezekiel 32:17–32, Brian R. Doak
Ezekiel’S Topography Of The (Un-)Heroic Dead In Ezekiel 32:17–32, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This essay is an attempt to address several interpretive problems in Ezek 32:17–32 in light of religious ideas prominent in ancient Mediterranean expressions of hero cult. Previous studies have not adequately dealt with the richness of Ezekiel’s striking and unusual imagery in this passage, and I contend that a reading that more fully develops the meaning of Ezekiel’s presentation vis-à-vis the history of religious ideas regarding the power of the heroic dead is the most appropriate one in terms of Ezekiel’s overarching message in this chapter. I argue that Ezekiel’s invocation of ancient Israelite heroic traditions involving the Gibborim and …
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
The Last Of The Rephaim: Conquest And Cataclysm In The Heroic Ages Of Ancient Israel, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
This dissertation explores the role of giants in the narrative and historiographic worlds of symbol, geography, and religion in ancient Israel. The Nephilim, Anaqim, Rephaim, Emim, Zamzumim/Zuzim, some Gibborim, and other individuals (e.g., Goliath) can all be classified as “giants”—not only with respect to their height and other physical properties, but also with respect to the negative moral qualities assigned to giants in antiquity. Previous interpreters have treated giants as merely a fantastical prop against which God’s agents emerge victorious. I argue that giants are a theologically and historiographically generative group, through which we gain insight into central aspects of …
Funerary Iconography On An Infant Burial Jar From Ashkelon, Brian R. Doak, Kathleen Birney
Funerary Iconography On An Infant Burial Jar From Ashkelon, Brian R. Doak, Kathleen Birney
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
The 2007 season of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon unearthed a remarkable intramural infant jar burial, bearing roughly incised images on both sides. While a number of intramural infant burials have been recovered from late twelfth–eleventh century levels at the site, this jar is the first burial to reveal anything about the funerary beliefs and rituals that might be associated with such practices. The iconography itself is unique within the Philistine milieu, as well as within the broader context of Syro-Palestinian funerary imagery, instead echoing Egyptian funerary motifs. After a brief discussion of the jar and its archaeological context …
Understanding The History Of Ancient Israel (Book Review), Brian R. Doak
Understanding The History Of Ancient Israel (Book Review), Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Review of H.G.M. Williamson, ed., Understanding the History of Ancient Israel. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, xxD432 pp, ISBN 978 0 19 726401 0
A Reevaluation Of Some Iconographic Motifs On The Taanach Cult Stand, Brian R. Doak
A Reevaluation Of Some Iconographic Motifs On The Taanach Cult Stand, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Since its discovery in 1968, the so-called “Taanach cult stand” has generated no small amount of scholarly controversy; indeed, the unique combination of images on the stand evoke a variety of interpretations, perhaps due to the sheer number of key iconographic motifs used in combination and their implications for the history of religion within the borders of ancient “Israel” in the 10th century BCE. The imagery on the Taanach stand raises a series of provocative questions regarding many recent discussions, such as: Was the Israelite national deity, YHWH, depicted iconographically in ancient Israel, and are any of these images on …
The Origins Of Social Justice In The Ancient Mesopotamian Religious Traditions, Brian R. Doak
The Origins Of Social Justice In The Ancient Mesopotamian Religious Traditions, Brian R. Doak
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
No abstract provided.