Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah : Volume 2 (Paperback)

List of Contributors Abbreviations Introduction -- Athalya Brenner-Idan, Tel Aviv University, Israel Samuel 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, USA Intermezzo: 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 Africa Kings 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, Israel Chronicles-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, USA Indexes