The One Who Reads May Run Essays in Honour of Edgar W. Conrad

by Boer, Roland; Carden, Michael; Kelso, Julie

• ISBN13: 9780567602176
• ISBN10: 0567602176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-19
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The purpose of this volume is to honor the work of Edgar Conrad; it is therefore a festschrift. The essays focus on various aspects of Conrad's work, especially the prophetic literature, the Bible as literature, canonical issues, and engaged readings. In developing these lines of scholarship, the authors pay tribute to Conrad and seek to take his work further. The contributions from Korean scholars are especially noteworthy, since Conrad has had significant influence on Korean biblical scholarship through students who studied under him at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Contributors IntroductionEdgar W. Conrad: A BiographyPublications by Edgar W. ConradPART A: READING PROPHETSChapter One: Reading Jeremiah - Philip R DaviesChapter Two: Filling the Gaps and Putting Huldah to Use - Judith E. McKinlayChapter Three: Paradoxes of Prophetic Language in Isaiah - Francis LandyChapter Four: Hearing the Word of God in Isaiah 1 and 65-66: A Synchronic Approach - Sehoon JangChapter Five: Isaiah Redivivus - Norman HabelPART B: READING LITERARILYChapter Six: Did the Scholar(s) Get It Right? - Johnson LimChapter Seven: The Anomaly of Interpretation - Roland BoerChapter Eight: Ezra's "Lost Manuscripts": Narrative Context and Rhetorical Function - Katherine M. StottChapter Nine: The Signifier's Body: Postmodern Semiotics and the Bible - George AichelePART C: ENGAGED READINGSChapter Ten: Hear then the Parable of the Seed: Reading the Agrarian Parables of Matt 13 Ecologically - Elaine M. WainwrightChapter Eleven: Getting To Know You: Reformation Marriage Ideologies and Contemporary Debates on Same-Sex Marriage - Michael CardenChapter Twelve: A Woman is being Beaten and Maybe She Likes It? Approaching Song of Songs 5:2-7 - Julie KelsoChapter Thirteen: First people, Minority reading: Reading Jonah, from Oceania - Jione HaveaChapter Fourteen: Biblical Justice: Recompense, Revenge and Restoration - Paul MorrisChapter Fifteen: A Web of Fascination: Marxism and the Bible - Roland BoerChapter Sixteen: Dying to Bring Heaven Down to Earth: The Mother of Melchizedek and Miraculous, Messianic Mothers in the Bible - Michael CardenBibliographyIndex