The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible

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Cover The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible Copyright Contents Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Studying the Writings as Postexilic Literature and Canon Part I History 2. The Writings in the Early Postexilic Period (Cyrus through Ezra-​Nehemiah) 3. The Writings in the Hellenistic and Roman Period 4. Archaeology of the Postexilic Period and the Writings Part II Institutional and Literary Traditions 5. Cultic Traditions in the Writings: Priests and Levites in the Postexilic Period 6. Wisdom Traditions and the Writings: Sage and Scribe 7. Apocalyptic Visions and Revisions of the End in the Writings 8. Postexilic Prose Traditions in the Writings: Novella Writers, Storytellers, and History Writers 9. Postexilic Poetic Traditions in the Writings Part III Literature 10. Reading Psalms Sapientially in the Writings 11. The Book of Job in the Context of the Writings 12. Reading Proverbs as a Book in the Writings 13. Lamentations and Canon: Conversations in the Dark 14. Ruth: A Reading of Scripture? 15. Esther’s Frame within the Writings 16. Qoheleth in the Writings 17. The Wisdom of Desire in the Song of Songs 18. Reimagining Community Past and Present in Ezra and Nehemiah 19. Chronicles and the Writings 20. Reading Daniel as Part of the Writings Part IV Later Interpretation 21. Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls 22. Nascent Judaism: The Writings and the History of Religions 23. Ancient Near Eastern Religions and the Writings 24. The Divine–​Human Encounter in the Hebrew Wisdom of the Writings and the Confucian Analects 25. Moving Texts: The Writings in Western Music and Visual Arts 26. The Reception of the Writings and Their Place in the Biblical Canon 27. The Canonical Shape and Function of the Writings 28. Aspects of Jewish Reception of the Ketuvim (Writings) 29. The Writings in the Christian Bible 30. The Writings and Canon: Enduring Issues and Legacy Index Textual Index