<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This study focuses on the difficult ending of 1 Sam 20:41 in the Masoretic text (<jats:sc>MT</jats:sc>): <jats:styled-content xml:lang="heb">וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ</jats:styled-content> <jats:bold><jats:styled-content xml...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article analyzes the relationship between the pentateuchal tithe laws in Lev 27:30–33; Num 18:21–32, and Deut 14:22–29 from a literary perspective and finds that (1) Lev 27:30–33 is the oldest tithe law in the Pentateuch th...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article addresses two cases from the narratives in Daniel in which a similar theological question arises concerning the uncertainty of God’s ability to deliver his servants: (1) The chief officer’s denial of Daniels’ reques...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article investigates the different stages in the formation of Ps 45 and will point out their purposes by analyzing the acting characters, their positions, and their relationships. The study will suggest a new understanding ...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The collocation <jats:styled-content xml:lang="heb">נצרת לב</jats:styled-content> in the profile of the strange woman in Proverbs is a well- known exegetical crux (Prov 7:10). Since in Prov 4 guarding one’s heart has a positive ...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The formation of the books Judges and Samuel is re-examined in this article. The author maintains that two main editions of the book of Samuel were created. The first was composed in Jerusalem during the reign of Solomon. The au...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Scholars routinely discern the diachronic development of the book of Isaiah with a discreet focus on vocabulary, phrases, themes, and motifs. All but absent from consideration are the distribution and recurrence of grammatical, ...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The article is a contribution to the current discussion about the beginnings of prophetic books in ancient Israel. It investigates the significance of the so-called „Literary Predictive Texts“ (<jats:sc>LPT</jats:sc>) and the Ne...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The verb <jats:styled-content xml:lang="heb">הֵעִיד</jats:styled-content> in Biblical Hebrew is understood by most scholars primarily within the semantic field of <jats:styled-content xml:lang="heb">עֵד</jats:styled-content>, “w...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Students of Chronicles have long been perplexed by the extensive treatment of the ark in the Chronicler’s narratives, which is surprising, given the general assumption that the ark was not part of the paraphernalia of the postex...