84; cf. 82–6
What is a More on Method Box?
These boxes give a brief introduction to methods used to interpret the Hebrew Bible. They detail the sorts of questions that each method attempts to answer, give an example of how the method has been applied, and include a reference to an article or book with more information about the method under discussion.
| Textual Criticism | 6 |
| Tradition History and Transmission History | 41 |
| African American Biblical Interpretation | 55 |
| Poetic Analysis | 75 |
| Afrocentric and Womanist Interpretation of the Bible | 80 |
| Source and Redaction Criticism | 89 |
| Feminist Criticism and History of Interpretation/Biblical Reception | 93 |
| Comparison with Non‐Biblical Texts | 96 |
| The Joseph Story and Literary Approaches | 105 |
| Postcolonial Criticism | 148 |
| Trauma Studies and the Bible | 184 |
| (Study of) Intertextuality | 193 |
| Insights from History of Religions | 219 |
| Ecological Biblical Criticism | 220 |
| Form Criticism and Genre | 242 |
What is in Special Topics Boxes?
These boxes offer extra information relevant to the broader discussion. Some pull together relevant dates for a period, while others show parallels between texts, or summarize information on a theme or question that relates to the topic at hand. This information is not optional or superfluous. Instead, these boxes highlight topics that are worth focused attention.
| Contents of the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh/Old Testament | 4 |
| Bible Abbreviations, Chapters, and Verses | 11 |
| The Origins of Chapters and Verses | 12 |
| Overview: Order of Main Discussions of Biblical Books | 21 |
| Visualizing (the Possible Ancestors of) Ancient Israelites | 26 |
| ad, bc, bce, and ce | 28 |
| The Name of Israel’s God: Yahweh/the LORD | 31 |
| What Was Earliest “Israel” and Who Were “Judges”? | 39 |
| History and the Books of Joshua and Judges | 40 |
| The Name “Israel” | 46 |
| Labels (e.g. “Psalm of David”): What They (Don’t) Tell Us | 69 |
| Contrasts and Parallels between Biblical and Mesopotamian Flood Narratives | 90 |
| Significant Dates: The Northern Kingdom (“Israel”) | 108 |
| Hosea and the “Book of the Twelve Prophets” | 120 |
| Significant Dates: Judah under Assyrian Domination | 124 |
| A View from the Assyrian Imperial Court: The Annals of Sennacherib | 126 |
| Isaiah 6 and the “Call Narrative” | 133 |
| Comparison: The Covenant Code and Deuteronomy | 145 |
| Overview: The Three Pilgrimage Festivals in the Covenant Code and Deuteronomy | 146 |
| Proverbs and Deuteronomy | 147 |
| The Conquest and Ancient Holy War | 152 |
| Forced Labor for Exiles Under Nebuchadnezzar | 181 |
| The Divine Council | 190 |
| Traditions that Moses Wrote the Pentateuch | 201 |
| The Story of Jacob at Bethel as an Example of the Addition of Promise to an Older Story | 205 |
| J (the “Yahwistic Source”), E (the “Elohistic Source”) and the Documentary Hypothesis | 211 |
| Which Texts Were Part of the P Source? | 215 |
| Significant Dates: The Persian‐Sponsored Restoration of Judah | 235 |
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