Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Issues 77-81, 1998.

Octavo, green cloth with white lettering, original paper covers bound in, 128, 128, 245, 128 pp. Articles in issue 77 are "Whitewashing Athena: Gaining Perspective on Bernal and the Bible," Alice Bach, "The Decalogue in the Light of a Newly Published Palaeo-Hebrew Inscription (Hebrew Ostracon Moussaïeff No. 1)," Bernhard Lang, "Why Would the Deuteronomists Tell about the Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter," Thomas C. Römer, "Amnon: A Chip Off the Old Block? Rhetorical Strategy in 2 Samuel 13.7-15. The Rape of Tamar and the Humiliation of the Poor," Mark Gray, "Reflections on a Mosaic Covenat: The Eternal Covenant (Isaiah 24.5) and Intertextuality," Donald C. Polaski, "The Masoretic Redaction of Jeremiah: An Explanation," Bernard Gosse, "Linguistic Patterns in Jonah," Cornelius B. Houk, "Micah 1.2-16: Observations and Possible Implications," Ehud Ben Zvi.Articles in issue 78 are "Western Marxism and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible," Roland Boer, "The Biblical Legislation to the Release of Slaves: The Road from Exodus to Leviticus," Adrian Schenker, "Can Judges Survive without Sources? Challenging the Consensus," P. Deryn Guest, "Sophia: Engendering Wisdom in Proverbs, Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon," Jane S. Webster, "The Origin of 'I am' in Exodus 3.14," Anthony and Lucy Philips, "'Who is this.?': A Reading of Job 38.2," Karl G. Wilcox, "Incompatible Metaphors for YHWH in Isaiah 40-66," Marc Zvi Brettler.Issue 79 is the Book List for 1998.Articles in issue 80 are "The God Who is among the Danites,"K.L. Noll, "YHWH and His Zealous Prophet: The Presentation of Elijah in 1 and 2 Kings," John W. Olley, "David's Disqualitification in 1 Chronicles 22.8: A Response to Piet B. Dirksen," Brian E. Kelly, "The Shape of Book Four of the Psalter and the Shape of Second Isaiah," Jerome Creach, "The Composition and Theology of the Fifth Book of Psalms, Psalms 107-145," Erich Zenger, "The End of the Pslater: A Response to Erich Zenger," Patrick D. Miller, "To Waht Does Faith Lead? The Two-Stranded Textual Tradition of Isaiah 7.9b," Glen W. Menzies.Articles in issue 81 are "The Tel Dan Stela as a Piece of Royal Historiography," Andre Lemaire, "The 'Tribes' of Israel? A Bible Translator's Dilemma," Aloo Osotsi Mojola, "Two Priestly Conceptions of Guidance in the Wilderness," David Frankel, "Canaanites and Philistines," Robert Drews, "Mikra in Judges: A Scatalogical Reading," Tom A. Jull, "Do We Still Need Deutero-Isaiah?" Ricahrd J. Coggins, "Ezekiel 20 and the Metaphor of Historical Teleology: Concepts of Biblical History," Lyle Eslinger.…