Farmer, ‘Modern developments of Griesbach’s hypothesis’, NTS23, pp. Those who are puzzled by the current resurgence of the Griesbach hypothesis will find a lucid account in W. Both are concerned to listen to what liberation theology has rediscovered in the OT but to go on to make sure that the OT’s witness on this subject is heard in its fullness.
Deist, ‘The Liberation Motif in the OT and the Theology of Liberation’, Missionalia 5/2. Millard in ‘Daniel 1–6 and History’, Evangelical Quarterly 49/2.Īm I allowed to mention my own ‘The Man of War and the Suffering Servant: The OT and the Theology of Liberation’, TynB 27 (1976)? On the same theme see F. The belief that events involving Daniel could have happened as described is defended by A. Crisler took acoustic equipment to Palestinian sites to show how the people at Shechem could have been addressed from Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, how Adonijah at En-Rogel could have heard the shofar at Solomon’s enthronement ceremony at Gihon spring, and Jesus could have told parables to 5–7,000 people in a natural amphitheatre near Capernaum. Crisler’s article on ‘The Acoustics and Crowd Capacity of Natural Theaters in Palestine’, Biblical Archaeologist 39/4 (1976). The best OT light reading of the year was provided by B. Murphy’s ‘Towards a Commentary on the Song of Songs’ (39/4) reviews approaches to the Song’s unity and interpretation. Jones’s‘Two Misconceptions about the Book of Esther’ (39/2) defends Esther from male chauvinism and vicious nationalism by underlining its use of humour. Sheppard’s ‘The Epilogue to Qoheleth as Theological Commentary’ (39/2) illustrates a Childs-type canonical interpretation of an OT book. Douglas Davies takes this approach further in ‘An Interpretation of Sacrifice in Leviticus’, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 89/3, at the same time attempting to correct her neglect of the covenantal and moral concern of Leviticus.ĬBQ 39 includes several valuable articles on the Megillot. The structuralist anthropological work of Mary Douglas has opened up a new and positive approach to the dietary laws in Leviticus. Dahlberg, ‘On Recognizing the Unity of Genesis’, in Theology Digest 24/4 (1976), suggesting that the primeval history and the Joseph narrative are an inclusio for the book as a whole-Adam and Joseph are type and antitype and valuable literary-critical studies of other OT narratives in Semeia 8, and of Job in Semeia 7. There is a complementary larger-scale study by B. In an article by David Clines on ‘Theme in Genesis 1–11’ in CBQ 38/4 (1976) various insights on Genesis 1–11 emerge, and the work exemplifies current interest in literary approaches to the text in its final form. Abba’s articles on ‘Priests and Levites’ in Vetus Testamentum 27/3 and 28/1 (1978), reasserting the view that the distinction between these two offices belongs to the pre-exilic period. Wenham)concerning the sudden widespread questioning of accepted theories on the origin of the Pentateuch. 3 is of particular interest in providing a symposium of views, responses and reviews (by Rendtorff, Whybray, van Seters, Wagner, Coats, Schmid, Clements and G. We welcome the Journal for the Study of the OT, edited in Sheffield by David Clines, David Gunn and Philip Davies. The year of publication is 1977 unless otherwise stated. The following abbreviations are used for journals cited more than once:īJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
Each of us was allowed 500 words to introduce articles in our subject areas which we felt to be of special interest or value to evangelical students. Geisler, Chairman of the Philosophy of Religion Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois). This year’s review is a co-operative effort by the editors (with the welcome assistance of Dr Norman P.
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