Contents

no.1

Mark 1:1-15: a "New Evangelization"?/ Richard J. Dillon

The history of legal theory and the study of Biblical law/ Joshua Bermas

"Associative meanings" in the character evaluation of Lot's daughters/ Jonathan Grossman

The affirmation of prophetic power and deconstruction of royal authority in the Elisha narratives/ Walter Brueggemann and Davis Hankins

Storing up treasure with God in the heavens: celestial investments in Matthew 6:1-21/ Nathan Eubank

Assessing Stanley E. Porter's objections to Richard B. Hays's notion of Metalepisis/ Alec J. Lucas

no.2

Tithes for the clergy and taxes for the king: state and temple contributions in Nehemiah/ Peter Altmann

The integrity of Job 1 and 42:11-17/ Paulk Kang-kul Cho

Ezekiel's image problem: the Mesopotamian cult state induction ritual and the Imago Dei anthropology in the book of Ezekiel/ C.A. Strine

A buried pentateuchal allusion to the resurrection in Mark 12:25/ Matthew Thiessen

Burning questions in Romans 12:20: what is the meaning and purpose of "Coals of Fire"?/ John W. Martens

"Noah, the preacher of (God's) righteousness": the argument from scripture in 2 Peter 2:5 and 9/ Scott Hafemann

no.3

Hidden treasure in Job 14:17/ Andrew R. Davis

Prophecy and the monarchy in Haggai and Zechariah/ Paul L. Redditt

Election by allusion: Exodus themes in the book of Tobit/ Francis M. Macatangay

Anna's characterization in Luke 2:36-38: a case of conceptual allusion?/ Andres Garcia Serrano

"In the father's bosom": breastfeeding and identity formation in John's gospel/ Alicia D. Myers

Memory and hope in the midst of chaos: reconsidering the structure of 1 Thessalonians/ Timothy Milinovich

no.4

Creating an unrighteous outsider: the separation of Abram and Lot in early scriptural retellings/ Dan Rickett

The narratives of NUmbers 20-21/ Joel S. Baden

"Who are you, my daughter?" A reassessment of Ruth and Naomi in Ruth 3/ Edward Allen Jones III

The Davidic key for counting the generations in Matthew 1:17/ Stephen C. Carlson

The justice of the Gentiles: revisiting the purpose of Romans/ Robert L. Foster

"They are not Gods!" Jewish and Christian idol polemic and Greco-Roman use of cult statues/ Nijay K. Gupta