The Exegetical and the Ethical

Hywel Clifford, DPhil (2005), Oxford, is Lecturer in Old Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University. He has published in Biblical Studies, Second Temple Judaism, and Biblical Interpretation. Megan Daffern, DPhil (2014), Oxford, is Tutor and Bye-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, and Tutor in Old Testament for the Eastern Region Ministry Course. She has published in Biblical Studies and Biblical Interpretation for both church and academy. Contributors are Alma Brodersen, S. Min Chun, Katharine Dell, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Christian Hofreiter, Andrew P. Langley, Aulikki Nahkola, James E. Patrick, Laura Quick, Benjamin Sargent, and Kris Sonek.

Contents


Abbreviations


Notes on Contributors XV





Introduction


 Hywel Clifford and Megan Daffern





Part 1: Establishing the Exegetical and the Ethical


1 The Basis of the Exegetical and the Ethical: What Is the Biblical Text?


 Alma Brodersen





2 Prophecy and the United Monarchy: The Origins of Exegesis in Prophetic Imitation


 James E. Patrick





3 How to Do Things with Scrolls: Writing and Ritual in Jeremiah 36


 Laura Quick





4 Scepticism within the Academy: Questioning the History of Israel


 Katharine Dell





Part 2: Enabling the Exegetical and the Ethical


5 The Riddle Minor Genre in the Old Testament: Clarity and Obscurity


 Aulikki Nahkola





6 Keeping Company in the Psalms: Ethics and Exegesis


 Megan Daffern





7 Ethics in Song of Songs


 Anselm C. Hagedorn





8 Yahweh as the Direction of Reference in Ezekiel’s Oracles Against the Nations


 Andrew P. Langley





9 The Typological Interpretation of Scriptural Quotations in the New Testament: A Test Case for the Bible in the Academy


 Benjamin Sargent





Part 3: Enacting the Exegetical and the Ethical


10 From Exclusion to Inclusion? Deuteronomy 23:1–8 in Philo and Beyond


 Hywel Clifford





11 Is There an Ethical Way to Read Genocidal Commands in “Holy Writ”?


 Christian Hofreiter





12 The Wisdom of Jonah: Biblical Interpretation in Late Antiquity


 Kris Sonek





13 A Tale of Two “Houses”: The Scandals of Hereditary Succession and Super-Mega-Church Construction in Korea, and Old Testament Ethics


 S. Min Chun





Conclusion


 John Barton





Index