ABSTRACT
Robert Gordon gathers together his most important essays on the Old Testament and on the ancient versions, adding an introduction which gives background comment and reflections on each essay. The Old Testament essays are divided into three groups: The Narrative Tradition', 'Prophecy from East to West', and 'Across, Behind and Beyond the Text'. The essays on the ancient versions are divided into two sections: 'The Text and the Versions' and 'The Targums, Chiefly to the Prophets'.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |207 pages
Hebrew Bible
part |95 pages
The Narrative Tradition
chapter |17 pages
David's Rise and Saul's Demise: Narrative Analogy in 1 Samuel 24—26
chapter |5 pages
Word-Play and Verse-Order in 1 Samuel xxiv 5–8 1
chapter |9 pages
Covenant and Apology in 2 Samuel 3
chapter |10 pages
Compositeness, Conflation and the Pentateuch 1
chapter |10 pages
A House Divided: Wisdom in Old Testament Narrative Traditions
chapter |18 pages
Gibeonite Ruse and Israelite Curse in Joshua 9 1
part |55 pages
Prophecy from East to West
chapter |19 pages
A Story of Two Paradigm Shifts
chapter |12 pages
From Mari to Moses: Prophecy at Mari and in Ancient Israel
chapter |5 pages
Present Trends and Future Directions
part |53 pages
Across, Behind and Beyond the Text
chapter |12 pages
The Ideological Foe: the Philistines in the Old Testament
chapter |17 pages
“Comparativism” and the God of Israel 1
part |148 pages
Ancient Versions
part |82 pages
The Text and the Versions
chapter |20 pages
The Second Septuagint Account of Jeroboam: History or Midrash? 1
chapter |9 pages
Source Study in 1 Kings XII 24a—nα 1
chapter |15 pages
“Converse Translation” in the Targums and Beyond
part |64 pages
The Targums, Chiefly to the Prophets