Scholarship

Abstract A raft of recent “philosophical” interpretations have emerged within biblical studies. They have in common the expectation that ideas…

Torah’s use of pronouns resists today’s strident commitment to self-autonomy. It does not merely present a collective identity in its place.

I’m grateful to my friend and Society of Biblical Literature Wisdom in Cognate and Israelite Traditions program unit co-chair, Mark…

Michael LeFebvre notes several literary features for a fresh look at the decalogue’s structure and how punctuation aids its interpretation.

I have already reviewed Will Kynes’s book, An Obituary for “Wisdom Literature,” in many ways magisterial, elsewhere. I am here…

This essay was adapted from a talk for Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Wisdom Webinar on April 27, 2021. At the Annual…

Abstract Philosophers commonly assume that worship is a universal attitude. Two major approaches see worship as a sui generis attitude or as…

This article makes a case that the ancient Israelite tribes and peoples formed a legitimately self-governing society.

Abstract The book of Deuteronomy has a dual agenda in its blueprint for the polity. First it rejects the exclusionary…