A New Era of Comparison in Biblical Studies: Case Studies in Applied Methodology

A New Era of Comparison in Biblical Studies: Case Studies in Applied Methodology provides a snapshot and assessment of the state of comparison in biblical studies and has significant implications for the future of the field. It is fitting that this book comes as an edited volume, because the future of academic comparison lies not with a single method but in a plurality of methods united by ethical concerns. The ten case studies in this volume represent a diverse set of approaches to comparative method as applied to a wide range of biblical and non-biblical materials―including Homer, the Qur’an, Icelandic sagas, and #MeToo tweets―all united by a shared concern over how and why scholars compare. The result is a varied yet intricately woven assessment of where the field of comparative studies in biblical studies is at and a sampling of where it might go in future decades.

Amy L. Balogh is lecturer of religious studies at Regis University, Denver, Colorado, and editorial assistant at Gorgias Press.

Drew S. Holland is assistant professor and Program Coordinator of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Tennessee Southern.

Tammi J. Schneider holds the Danforth Chair of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.

Jina Kang is assistant professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and associate director of educational programming for the Trauma Healing Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.

Hyun Chul Paul Kim is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Harold B. Williams chair of Biblical Studies at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), Delaware, Ohio.