List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction -- Athalya Brenner-Idan, Tel Aviv University, IsraelSamuel
1. ‘David Hates the Lame and the Blind’: Towards an Inter(Con)Textual Reading of 2 Samuel 5.6–9* -- Dominic S. Irudayaraj, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
2. Who Can Speak for me?’ David’s Ten Concubines and the Case for Comfort Women -- Hyun Ho Park, Grace United Methodist Church, USA
3. The Politics of Ancient and Modern Burial: Revisiting the Case of Rizpah -- Talia Sutskover, Tel Aviv University, Israel
4. Rizpah [Re] Membered -- Athalya Brenner-Idan, Tel Aviv University, USAIntermezzo: On [Heroic] Death beyond the Hebrew Bible
5. Commemorating World War I Soldiers as Martyrs -- Jan Willem van Henten, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Stellenbosch University, South AfricaKings
6. The Two Women in Solomon’s Judgement: A Cross-Textual Reading with Chinese Sources -- Wei Huang, Shanghai University, China
7. The Golden Age of Elijah the Prophet as Culture Hero in Zionist Education -- Tamar Lammfromm, David Yellin College, Israel
8. Sanctified Assassinations--Queen Athaliah of Judah and Israel’s Prime Minister Rabin: A Comparison of Two Religio-Political Murders -- Ora Brison, Independent Scholar, IsraelChronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah
9. Manasseh as Perpetrator in Kings and Chronicles: a View on Vulnerability -- Gerrie F. Snyman, University of South Africa, South Africa
10. Plus Ca Change, Plus C’est Le Meme Chose: Rabbinic Interpretations of Deuteronomy from Ezra-Nehemiah to Contemporary Israel’s Conversion Controversy -- Atar Hadari, Liverpool Hope University, UK
11. Sukkot as Resistance in the Days of Nehemiah -- Lisbeth S. Fried, University of Michigan, USA
12. Reading the Bible Repatriately: Ezra-Nehemiah, A Case Study -- Roger Nam, Emory University, Atlanta, USAIndexes