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Appearance, adornment and artifice: bodies, colour and identity in the Hebrew Bible by Hill, Ellena C.

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Chromatic dialogues: colour and culture in Homer, Herodotus and the Hebrew Bible by Lyell, Ellena

“…Yet ancient texts – such as Homeric epic, Herodotus’ Histories and the Hebrew Bible – are still translated and interpreted with the assumption that the ancients perceived, classified and understood colour in the same way we do today. …”
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Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible by Deines, Roland

“…It is worthwhile testing further whether these insights into the way the New Testament writings became Scripture might also shed some light on the genesis of the books of the Hebrew Bible.…”
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Uncovering the naked: the economic dimension of nakedness in the Hebrew Bible and the innovations of Isaiah 58 by Holt, Sarah G.

Subjects: “…Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; naked; nude; language; semantics; philology; meaning…”
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Elite or emasculated males? A discussion of Eunuchs in the Hebrew Bible and their place within a phallocentric society by Barnett, Elizabeth

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Ritual, rhetoric, and the polemic against the Host of Heaven by Quine, Cat

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The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? by Crouch, C.L.

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Proverbs 31-01: why is the woman of valour of Proverbs 31:10-31 so hard to find? by Penny, Samuel

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Cast them out for their many crimes: reading the violent psalmist as part of Ancient Near Eastern legal culture by Van De Wiele, Tarah

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Genesis 1:26-7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage by Crouch, C.L.

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The narrative in the Song of Songs by Fernandes, Gavin

Subjects: “…Cancticle; Canticle of Canticles; Song; Love poetry; Ancient near Eastern love poetry; Hebrew love poetry; Hebrew poetry; Writings; Hebrew writings; Post-exilic writings; Post-exilic poetry; Divine abandonment; Presence of God; Love lyrics; Ketuvim; Megillot; Megilloth; Megillah; Solomon; Solomon’s Song; Story; Narrative; narratology; Drama; Lyric; Poetry; Poetic structure; structure; Hebrew; Bible; Old Testament; Bildungsgedicht; Lehrgedicht; Bildungsroman; Analepsis; Ancient Near East; ANE; Anagnorisis; Shepherd; King; Royal psalm; Psalm 45; Hebrew Scriptures…”
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Nineveh’s pretensions to divine power in Nahum 3:16 by Quine, Cat

“…With the exception of Nahum 3:16, in the Hebrew Bible Yahweh alone has the power to multiply humans so that they will be as innumerable as the stars. …”
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A biblical argument for veganism by Raphaely, Talia, Marinova, Dora

“…It concludes that in light of the animal, human and environmental impacts of modern livestock production and consumption, veganism is the moral, ethical and spiritually-supported choice for those who subscribe to lifestyles led and inspired by the stories, interpretations, commentaries, injunctions and guidance of the Hebrew bible. It also offers spiritually-directed followers a sacred way to actively, yet non-violently, oppose daily human, animal and environmental welfare violations caused by meat production and consumption.…”
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Semitic paronomasia in Mark; the Son of Man illuminated by Ballentyne, Stephen

“…Janus parallelism has enjoyed considerable attention among Hebrew Bible scholars since Cyrus Gordon’s breakthrough work in 1978, yet hitherto no Janus research has been published with an eye on the New Testament. …”
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Military crimes by Wright, Jacob L., Crouch, C.L.

“…Similarly, in the fifth book of Plato’s Republic, Socrates argues for the necessity of a law sanctioning Hellenic armies that lay waste to arable land. In the Hebrew Bible, we find an even more deliberate effort to define and depict what actions are permissible and forbidden in wartime.…”
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The use and function of Scripture in 1 Maccabees by Choi, Dongbin

“…After discussing scholarly literature on the use and function of Scripture in 1Maccabees in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 discusses various literary, political and cultural aspects: 1) I identify the iimplications of the loss of the original Hebrew text of 1 Maccabees, defining some limitations for morphological analysis; 2) I demonstrate that most books of the present canon of the Hebrew Bible can be identified as available sources to the author; 3) The date of the composition is identified as the later reign of John Hyrcanus I; 4) I further discuss the extent of Hellenistic influence in 1 Maccabees, concluding that 1 Maccabees demonstrates Jewish tradition to a large extent; 5) Finally, I discuss the Jewish perception of the past in antiquity, arguing that Jews had a special interest in preserving their ancestral past in comprehensive and unitary ways without easily manipulating it. …”
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