Bringing the Hidden to Light: The Process of Interpretation : Studies in Honor of Stephen A. GellerKathryn F. Kravitz, Diane M. Sharon Geller is Irma Cameron Milstein Professor of Bible at Jewish Theological Seminary. Geller's attention to language and interest in applying the methods of literary analysis to the Hebrew Bible are reflected in his work throughout his career. He has addressed such topics as "The Dynamics of Parallel Verse" in Deuteronomy 32, the "Language of Imagery in Psalm 114," and the literary uses of "Cleft Sentences with Pleonastic Pronoun." Combining a historical orientation with deep exegeses of individual texts, he has focused on the contribution that the literary approach might make to the study of biblical religion. He has developed what he terms a "literary theology," in which, by examining the literary devices in the passage under consideration, he has been able to formulate emerging religious ideas that the ancient writers did not express in systematic treatises. His method is illustrated in his studies of texts that represent the major religious traditions of the Hebrew Bible; these studies have been collected in Sacred Enigmas, published in 1997. The essays in this volume were contributed by colleagues, friends, and students of Stephen A. Geller to mark the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Marc Z. Brettler, Alan Cooper, Frank Moore Cross, Stephen Garfinkel, Edward L. Greenstein, Robert A. Harris, S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Kathryn F. Kravitz, Anne Lapidus Lerner, David Marcus, Yochanan Muffs, Benjamin Ravid, Michael Rosenbaum, Raymond P. Scheindlin, William M. Schniedewind, Diane M. Sharon, Benjamin D. Sommer. |
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... refers ' signs ' . Thus , there are some phrases that the psalm shares with P. The elements shared with P are far less numerous than the elements shared with J ; it is especially noteworthy that the ' boils ' , a plague unique to P ...
... refers to the deity Reshef , known from Egyptian , Akkadian , Ugaritic , Aramaic , Phoenician , and Punic sources ; 29 indeed , a rabbinic text identifies Reshef as " " ' harmful demons ' ( b . Ber . 5a ) . The word 7 is un- derstood in ...
... refer to the covenant that defines God's relationship with Israel. The text, therefore, could be depicting marital ... refers to heresy. If a man is told, do not go among the heretics, lest you stumble on account of them , he might ...
... refers to a prostitute . For a man is told , do not walk in this marketplace or enter that alleyway , because a beautiful and renowned prostitute lives there . And he retorts , I have confidence in myself ; even if I go there , I will ...
... refers not to a gourd vine but probably to a caster bean plant — but only a pedant would pause to mention it . ) Jonah had been full of anger . Now we are told that he rejoiced over the vine with a great joy — a volatile chap . Then the ...