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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... suggest that , whereas J had an existence prior to and independent of P , the P account of prehistory took its present form in response to J. That is , P was not a fully independent source that a later redactor or editor happened to put ...
... suggest that they are rebelling against God ; rather , they are attempt- ing to protect themselves and to use power in a creative way . God views this as a threat ; he scatters the human race . We have here a conflict of urbanism and ...
... punitive parent, the human as an immature child; God was, effectively, the superego. The metaphor that I suggest for understanding P's account, a metaphor that allows our story to cohere, is Biblical Accounts of Prehistory 13.
... suggest that the following observations about the plague ac- count in Ps 105 should be viewed as tentative . The plague depiction in Ps 105 : 27–36 shows strong affinities with J. Given these affinities , the preexilic date of J , and ...
... suggest a ge- netic relationship between them . In particular , the relationship between lo- custs and hail in Ps ... suggests that the author of Ps 105 knew J or some very similar text or tradition . Although J was certainly the main ...