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I am a biblical scholar who specializes in the wisdom literature and the application of social theory to this corpus.
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Taming the Beast: A Reception History of Behemoth and Leviathan

Behemoth and Leviathan have been interpreted in numerous ways over the centuries. In this book I ... more Behemoth and Leviathan have been interpreted in numerous ways over the centuries. In this book I start with Leviathan's pre-biblical emergence in the third millennium BCE and continue, with Behemoth later entering the picture, until modern times. I treat both popular and academic interpretations, not exhaustively--an impossibility--but the major threads of interpretation, especially literary and iconographic.

The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible. Edited by Will Kynes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. [TOC]

by Will Kynes, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Raymond C . Van Leeuwen, Joachim Quack, Yoram Cohen, Arjen Bakker, umeyye isra Yazicioglu, John Ahn, Katharine Dell, Mark Sneed, Samuel Balentine, and Anselm C Hagedorn

With increased interest in wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and beyond, new questions are being raised ... more With increased interest in wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and beyond, new questions are being raised about the Wisdom Literature category, ranging from its setting to its boundaries and even its continued validity. Now, therefore, is an opportune time for the topic to receive the type of treatment that an Oxford Handbook will provide, in which a broad range of leading scholars in the field assess the current “state of the art” and reflect critically on where it is headed, spanning the gap between cutting-edge scholarship and standard textbook expositions. One feature of the current debates is the relationship between the wisdom concept and the literary category. The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and Wisdom Literature will provide an opportunity to explore this relationship by setting contributions on wisdom as a concept in the Bible, related cultures, and the modern world alongside those on Wisdom Literature as a category, the texts associated with it, and their relationship with other biblical literature. Each article provides a critical review of the current state of research and then advances its own original argument about the future direction of the debate on the topic.

Was There a Wisdom Tradition? New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies

The essays in this volume explore questions that challenge the traditional notion of a wisdom tra... more The essays in this volume explore questions that challenge the traditional
notion of a wisdom tradition among the Israelite literati, such as: Is the
wisdom literature a genre or mode of literature, or do we need new
terminology? Who were the tradents? Is there such a thing as a “wisdom
scribe,” and what would that encompass? Did the scribes who composed
wisdom literature also have a hand in producing the other “traditions,” such
as the priestly, prophetic, and apocalyptic, as well as other nonsapiential
works? Were Israelite sages open to nonsapiential forms of knowledge in their
conceptualization of wisdom? The essays published here both challenge and
affirm the current consensus, as well as explore avenues for reconfiguring that
consensus.
The contributors are Katharine Dell, Tova Forti, Michael V. Fox, Mark
Hamilton, Raik Heckl, Will Kynes, Douglas Miller, Markus Saur, Annette
Schellenberg, Nili Shupak, Mark R. Sneed, and Stuart Weeks.

The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature

The notion of a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel has a long history—but does it have... more The notion of a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel has a long history—but does it have a basis in the evidence? Mark R. Sneed argues for a redefinition of the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books aimed at educating scribal apprentices in moral instruction and the art of living. He presents archaeological and literary data illustrating scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East and draws a portrait of Israel's scribal culture, on the basis of which he argues that Israel's wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom materials alongside the rich mixture of other traditions in ancient Israel, a presentation carried out with regard to Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Wisdom, and the wisdom writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Features include informational sidebars, photos, diagrams, and maps illustrating archaeological discoveries.

The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective

Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes’ heterodox character in one o... more Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes’ heterodox character in one of two ways, either explaining away the book’s disturbing qualities or radicalizing and championing it as a precursor of modern existentialism. This volume offers an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qoheleth’s words and accounts for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. It argues that, instead of being the most secular and modern of biblical books, Ecclesiastes is perhaps one of the most religious and primitive. Bringing a Weberian approach to Ecclesiastes, it represents a paradigm of the application of a social-science methodology.

Concepts of Class in Ancient Israel

This anthology exemplifies the wide variety of definitions of 'class' employed by biblical schola... more

Papers by Mark Sneed

Explaining the "Confluence" of Biblical Wisdom and Torah: An Anthropological and Rhetorical Approach

Between Wisdom and Torah: Discourses on Wisdom and Law in Second Temple Judaism, 2023

This essay combines anthropological and rhetorical analyses to demonstrate the clear correlation ... more This essay combines anthropological and rhetorical analyses to demonstrate the clear correlation between the type of "folkloric" wisdom evident in Proverbs and the social norms (or mores) and legal precepts found in Exodus's legal codes ( and, to a lesser extent, Deuteronomy), taking as a given that both sets of texts would have been produced by and share an intimate familiarity among the scribal circles. The sapiential and the legal, then, overlap a great deal, with their differences coming down not to contrasting or mutually exclusive worldviews--as has been argued by many--but instead due to the texts having different functions and thus displaying distinctive rhetorical modes.

Qohelet as Divine Hedonist: A Philosophical and Rhetorical Approach

Vetus Testamentum, 2023

This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist... more This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist, skeptic, pessimist, realist, nihilist or “Preacher of Joy.” This will be done by examining the relationship between Qohelet’s hebel-judgments and his carpe diem ethic and comparing Qohelet’s strategy with that of philosopher David Hume. Qohelet’s hebel-judgments serve to deconstruct the traditional formulation of the Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang, opening space for legitimating his preferred ethic: the carpe diem. In other words, Qohelet rhetorically paints a dark and dreary world in order to buttress his main ethic, the carpe diem, an ethic that is both hedonistic (using philosophical classification) in seeking pleasure and avoiding pain (reflected in his God-fearing motif), and divine in that this ethic must align with God’s mysterious decrees.

Gerhard van Rad and the Notion of a Wisdom Tradition Sneed

Gerhadrd von Rad and the Study of Wisdom Literature, 2022

In this essay, I place von Rad's notion of a wisdom tradition within the contemporary consensus p... more

The Scribal World

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature, 2022

In this essay I demonstrate how understanding the original scribal setting of the biblical wisdo... more In this essay I demonstrate how understanding the original scribal setting of the biblical wisdom literature illuminates many facets of its character. An example would be this literature's usual focus on form over content, i.e., its aesthetic sophistication. I also emphasize how this literature was most likely used in the training of scribes, especially the sentences in Proverbs, which would help them learn to read and write Hebrew and aid them in honing their cognitive and moral discerning skills.

The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective

Mark Sneed is Professor of Bible at Lubbock Christian University. The Politics of Pessimism in Ec... more Mark Sneed is Professor of Bible at Lubbock Christian University. The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes is a heavily revised version of his 1990 Ph.D. dissertation from Drew University, finally published in 2012. Sneed explains his aim as follows: “I will offer an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qohelet’s words and manages to account for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible” (10).

The Social Setting of Wisdom Literature

TThe Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible, 2021

The social setting of the biblical Wisdom Literature is introduced in this chapter, in order to p... more The social setting of the biblical Wisdom Literature is introduced in this chapter, in order to provide insight into how a range of social facets impinge on their interpretation. Attention focuses on the Israelite scribal context for this literature and the location of its authors/original audience in the retainer social class. Other social variables treated are power, age, gender, and status of both the intended audience and its authors.

Inspired Sages: Massa' and the Confluence of Wisdom and Prophecy

Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and the Book of the Twelve, 2021

I argue that massa' ("oracle") in Prov 30 and 31 is the same genre as that found in the Book of t... more

Review of "An Obituary for 'Wisdom Literature': The Birth, Death, and Intertextual Reintegration of a Biblical Corpus," by Will Kynes

The Journal of Theological Studies, 2020

A review of Will Kyne's book, An Obituary for "Wisdom Literature."

A Taste for Wisdom: Aesthetics, Moral Discernment, and Social Class in Proverbs

Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible, 2019

Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and "aristocratic asceticism," I attempt to ... more Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and "aristocratic asceticism," I attempt to explain why the authors of the book of Proverbs are fixated on both morality and literary formality, as reflected in their aesthetic aphorisms. It is in order to compensate for their retainer class social location, as they jockeyed for power among the elite in ancient Israelite society.

Twice Told Proverbs as Inner-Biblical Exegesis

Reading Proverbs Intertextually, 2019

The paper examines work done on the unique phenomenon of twice-told proverbs in the book of Prove... more The paper examines work done on the unique phenomenon of twice-told proverbs in the book of Proverbs and advances the discussion. The paper demonstrates that this phenomenon helps the reader hermeneutically interpret the individual proverbs in Proverbs but not in a constraining way. This is because each proverb has a meaning on its own regardless of the immediate and larger contexts.

Methods, Muddles, and Modes of Literature: The Question of Influence Between Wisdom and Prophecy

Riddles and Revelations: Explorations into the Relationship Between Wisdom and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible

This paper attempts to challenge the whole notion of influence between Israelite wisdom and proph... more This paper attempts to challenge the whole notion of influence between Israelite wisdom and prophecy as represented in the literature associated with the sages and prophets. Instead, it explains this phenomenon as due to the matrix of a common scribal curriculum for both wisdom writers and prophetic scribes. Thus, the "influences" are merely the synaptic reflexes of Israelite scribal brain.

הבל as "Worthless" in Qoheleth: A Critique of Michael V. Fox's "Absurd" Thesis

Journal of Biblical Literature, 2017

This essay critiques the thesis that Michael V. Fox first published in 1986 and has since supplem... more This essay critiques the thesis that Michael V. Fox first published in 1986 and has since supplemented that the word הבל in Ecclesiastes (38x) should always be translated as “absurd.” Fox's argument has convinced many other Qoheleth experts to adopt this translation. In this essay, I will demonstrate that Fox's argument is untenable for the following reasons: it constitutes a new usage for הבל not found in the rest of the Hebrew Bible and, thus, is lexically and semantically fallacious; it is anachronistic both for Qoheleth and for the ancient Near East; it downplays the carpe-diem ethic and, thus, Qoheleth's primarily ethical intent. Following the critique and relying on Klaus Seybold, I propose that a word in the sphere of values such as “worthless” is a better translation of הבל for the majority of usages in Qoheleth.

Review of Roland Boer and Jorunn Okland, eds. Marxist Feminist Criticism of the Bible

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2010

... had realised. In the first essay, 'The Early Fathers of Marxist Feminism and the Holy Bo... more

Review of Lechion Peter Kimilike, Poverty in the Book of Proverbs: An African Transformational Hermeneutic of Proverbs on Poverty

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2010

Kimilike is an indigenous African, who grew up in a poor Tanzanian village, and he argues in this... more

Taming the Beast: A Reception History of Behemoth and Leviathan

Behemoth and Leviathan have been interpreted in numerous ways over the centuries. In this book I ... more Behemoth and Leviathan have been interpreted in numerous ways over the centuries. In this book I start with Leviathan's pre-biblical emergence in the third millennium BCE and continue, with Behemoth later entering the picture, until modern times. I treat both popular and academic interpretations, not exhaustively--an impossibility--but the major threads of interpretation, especially literary and iconographic.

The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible. Edited by Will Kynes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. [TOC]

by Will Kynes, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Raymond C . Van Leeuwen, Joachim Quack, Yoram Cohen, Arjen Bakker, umeyye isra Yazicioglu, John Ahn, Katharine Dell, Mark Sneed, Samuel Balentine, and Anselm C Hagedorn

With increased interest in wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and beyond, new questions are being raised ... more With increased interest in wisdom in the Hebrew Bible and beyond, new questions are being raised about the Wisdom Literature category, ranging from its setting to its boundaries and even its continued validity. Now, therefore, is an opportune time for the topic to receive the type of treatment that an Oxford Handbook will provide, in which a broad range of leading scholars in the field assess the current “state of the art” and reflect critically on where it is headed, spanning the gap between cutting-edge scholarship and standard textbook expositions. One feature of the current debates is the relationship between the wisdom concept and the literary category. The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and Wisdom Literature will provide an opportunity to explore this relationship by setting contributions on wisdom as a concept in the Bible, related cultures, and the modern world alongside those on Wisdom Literature as a category, the texts associated with it, and their relationship with other biblical literature. Each article provides a critical review of the current state of research and then advances its own original argument about the future direction of the debate on the topic.

Was There a Wisdom Tradition? New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies

The essays in this volume explore questions that challenge the traditional notion of a wisdom tra... more The essays in this volume explore questions that challenge the traditional
notion of a wisdom tradition among the Israelite literati, such as: Is the
wisdom literature a genre or mode of literature, or do we need new
terminology? Who were the tradents? Is there such a thing as a “wisdom
scribe,” and what would that encompass? Did the scribes who composed
wisdom literature also have a hand in producing the other “traditions,” such
as the priestly, prophetic, and apocalyptic, as well as other nonsapiential
works? Were Israelite sages open to nonsapiential forms of knowledge in their
conceptualization of wisdom? The essays published here both challenge and
affirm the current consensus, as well as explore avenues for reconfiguring that
consensus.
The contributors are Katharine Dell, Tova Forti, Michael V. Fox, Mark
Hamilton, Raik Heckl, Will Kynes, Douglas Miller, Markus Saur, Annette
Schellenberg, Nili Shupak, Mark R. Sneed, and Stuart Weeks.

The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature

The notion of a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel has a long history—but does it have... more The notion of a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel has a long history—but does it have a basis in the evidence? Mark R. Sneed argues for a redefinition of the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books aimed at educating scribal apprentices in moral instruction and the art of living. He presents archaeological and literary data illustrating scribal culture and pedagogy in the ancient Near East and draws a portrait of Israel's scribal culture, on the basis of which he argues that Israel's wisdom literature was meant to complement, not to compete with, other modes of literature in the Hebrew Bible. The result is a surprising new picture of the authors and tradents of the wisdom materials alongside the rich mixture of other traditions in ancient Israel, a presentation carried out with regard to Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Wisdom, and the wisdom writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Features include informational sidebars, photos, diagrams, and maps illustrating archaeological discoveries.

The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective

Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes’ heterodox character in one o... more Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes’ heterodox character in one of two ways, either explaining away the book’s disturbing qualities or radicalizing and championing it as a precursor of modern existentialism. This volume offers an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qoheleth’s words and accounts for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. It argues that, instead of being the most secular and modern of biblical books, Ecclesiastes is perhaps one of the most religious and primitive. Bringing a Weberian approach to Ecclesiastes, it represents a paradigm of the application of a social-science methodology.

Concepts of Class in Ancient Israel

This anthology exemplifies the wide variety of definitions of 'class' employed by biblical schola... more

Explaining the "Confluence" of Biblical Wisdom and Torah: An Anthropological and Rhetorical Approach

Between Wisdom and Torah: Discourses on Wisdom and Law in Second Temple Judaism, 2023

This essay combines anthropological and rhetorical analyses to demonstrate the clear correlation ... more This essay combines anthropological and rhetorical analyses to demonstrate the clear correlation between the type of "folkloric" wisdom evident in Proverbs and the social norms (or mores) and legal precepts found in Exodus's legal codes ( and, to a lesser extent, Deuteronomy), taking as a given that both sets of texts would have been produced by and share an intimate familiarity among the scribal circles. The sapiential and the legal, then, overlap a great deal, with their differences coming down not to contrasting or mutually exclusive worldviews--as has been argued by many--but instead due to the texts having different functions and thus displaying distinctive rhetorical modes.

Qohelet as Divine Hedonist: A Philosophical and Rhetorical Approach

Vetus Testamentum, 2023

This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist... more This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist, skeptic, pessimist, realist, nihilist or “Preacher of Joy.” This will be done by examining the relationship between Qohelet’s hebel-judgments and his carpe diem ethic and comparing Qohelet’s strategy with that of philosopher David Hume. Qohelet’s hebel-judgments serve to deconstruct the traditional formulation of the Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang, opening space for legitimating his preferred ethic: the carpe diem. In other words, Qohelet rhetorically paints a dark and dreary world in order to buttress his main ethic, the carpe diem, an ethic that is both hedonistic (using philosophical classification) in seeking pleasure and avoiding pain (reflected in his God-fearing motif), and divine in that this ethic must align with God’s mysterious decrees.

Gerhard van Rad and the Notion of a Wisdom Tradition Sneed

Gerhadrd von Rad and the Study of Wisdom Literature, 2022

In this essay, I place von Rad's notion of a wisdom tradition within the contemporary consensus p... more

The Scribal World

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature, 2022

In this essay I demonstrate how understanding the original scribal setting of the biblical wisdo... more In this essay I demonstrate how understanding the original scribal setting of the biblical wisdom literature illuminates many facets of its character. An example would be this literature's usual focus on form over content, i.e., its aesthetic sophistication. I also emphasize how this literature was most likely used in the training of scribes, especially the sentences in Proverbs, which would help them learn to read and write Hebrew and aid them in honing their cognitive and moral discerning skills.

The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective

Mark Sneed is Professor of Bible at Lubbock Christian University. The Politics of Pessimism in Ec... more Mark Sneed is Professor of Bible at Lubbock Christian University. The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes is a heavily revised version of his 1990 Ph.D. dissertation from Drew University, finally published in 2012. Sneed explains his aim as follows: “I will offer an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qohelet’s words and manages to account for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible” (10).

The Social Setting of Wisdom Literature

TThe Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible, 2021

The social setting of the biblical Wisdom Literature is introduced in this chapter, in order to p... more The social setting of the biblical Wisdom Literature is introduced in this chapter, in order to provide insight into how a range of social facets impinge on their interpretation. Attention focuses on the Israelite scribal context for this literature and the location of its authors/original audience in the retainer social class. Other social variables treated are power, age, gender, and status of both the intended audience and its authors.

Inspired Sages: Massa' and the Confluence of Wisdom and Prophecy

Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and the Book of the Twelve, 2021

I argue that massa' ("oracle") in Prov 30 and 31 is the same genre as that found in the Book of t... more

Review of "An Obituary for 'Wisdom Literature': The Birth, Death, and Intertextual Reintegration of a Biblical Corpus," by Will Kynes

The Journal of Theological Studies, 2020

A review of Will Kyne's book, An Obituary for "Wisdom Literature."

A Taste for Wisdom: Aesthetics, Moral Discernment, and Social Class in Proverbs

Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible, 2019

Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and "aristocratic asceticism," I attempt to ... more Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and "aristocratic asceticism," I attempt to explain why the authors of the book of Proverbs are fixated on both morality and literary formality, as reflected in their aesthetic aphorisms. It is in order to compensate for their retainer class social location, as they jockeyed for power among the elite in ancient Israelite society.

Twice Told Proverbs as Inner-Biblical Exegesis

Reading Proverbs Intertextually, 2019

The paper examines work done on the unique phenomenon of twice-told proverbs in the book of Prove... more The paper examines work done on the unique phenomenon of twice-told proverbs in the book of Proverbs and advances the discussion. The paper demonstrates that this phenomenon helps the reader hermeneutically interpret the individual proverbs in Proverbs but not in a constraining way. This is because each proverb has a meaning on its own regardless of the immediate and larger contexts.

Methods, Muddles, and Modes of Literature: The Question of Influence Between Wisdom and Prophecy

Riddles and Revelations: Explorations into the Relationship Between Wisdom and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible

This paper attempts to challenge the whole notion of influence between Israelite wisdom and proph... more This paper attempts to challenge the whole notion of influence between Israelite wisdom and prophecy as represented in the literature associated with the sages and prophets. Instead, it explains this phenomenon as due to the matrix of a common scribal curriculum for both wisdom writers and prophetic scribes. Thus, the "influences" are merely the synaptic reflexes of Israelite scribal brain.

הבל as "Worthless" in Qoheleth: A Critique of Michael V. Fox's "Absurd" Thesis

Journal of Biblical Literature, 2017

This essay critiques the thesis that Michael V. Fox first published in 1986 and has since supplem... more This essay critiques the thesis that Michael V. Fox first published in 1986 and has since supplemented that the word הבל in Ecclesiastes (38x) should always be translated as “absurd.” Fox's argument has convinced many other Qoheleth experts to adopt this translation. In this essay, I will demonstrate that Fox's argument is untenable for the following reasons: it constitutes a new usage for הבל not found in the rest of the Hebrew Bible and, thus, is lexically and semantically fallacious; it is anachronistic both for Qoheleth and for the ancient Near East; it downplays the carpe-diem ethic and, thus, Qoheleth's primarily ethical intent. Following the critique and relying on Klaus Seybold, I propose that a word in the sphere of values such as “worthless” is a better translation of הבל for the majority of usages in Qoheleth.

Review of Roland Boer and Jorunn Okland, eds. Marxist Feminist Criticism of the Bible

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2010

... had realised. In the first essay, 'The Early Fathers of Marxist Feminism and the Holy Bo... more

Review of Lechion Peter Kimilike, Poverty in the Book of Proverbs: An African Transformational Hermeneutic of Proverbs on Poverty

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2010

Kimilike is an indigenous African, who grew up in a poor Tanzanian village, and he argues in this... more

Review of Roland Boer (ed.), Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2008

This book is an edited anthology with an introduction, eleven essays, two responses, and indices ... more This book is an edited anthology with an introduction, eleven essays, two responses, and indices for both ancient sources and authors. In 'Introduction: Bakhtin, Genre and Biblical Studies,' Roland Boer defines key Bakhtinian terms. Dialogic narrative means texts are never monological: ...

Review of Brian Britt, Rewriting Moses

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2007

Brian Britt has written a fascinating book on the relationship between the Moses traditions, writ... more Brian Britt has written a fascinating book on the relationship between the Moses traditions, writing (used in the broader, Derridian sense of &#x27;textuality&#x27; that would include novels, paintings, and films), and revelation. As cultural critic, he traces the development of biblical and post-bib- ...

Review of Uriah Y. Kim, Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2007

Review of A. K. M. Adam, Faithful Interpretation

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2007

Review of Andrew P. Wilson, Transfigured: A Derridean Rereading of the Markan Transfiguration

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2008

Review of Jon L. Berquist and Claudia V. Camp (eds), Constructions of Space I: Theory, Geography, and Narrative

The Bible and Critical Theory, 2009

Philosophical Criticism as a Form of Biblical Criticism (SBL 2015)

by Dru Johnson, Jaco Gericke, and Mark Sneed

11/23/2015 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Room: Inman (Atlanta Conference Level) – HyattTheme: Philosophical... more 11/23/2015
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Inman (Atlanta Conference Level) – HyattTheme: Philosophical Criticism as a Form of Biblical Criticism

Jaco Gericke, North-West University (South Africa)
Analytic vs. Continental Varieties of Philosophical Criticism (30 min)

Mark Sneed, Lubbock Christian University
A Response to Jaco Gericke’s Thesis in The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion (30 min)
Oliver Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary
An Analytic Theologian’s Response to Jaco Gericke’s Thesis (30 min)

Craig Bartholomew, Redeemer University College
A Biblical Theologian’s Response to Philosophical Criticism (30 min)

Discussion (30 min)

A Response to Jaco Gericke’s Thesis in The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion (