Congress volume : Oslo 1998 / edited by A. Lemaire and M. Sb. [print]

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Papers read at the 16th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, held in Oslo from 2 to 7 Aug. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

Crossing borders: on five Norwegian Bible scholars Magne Sbo -- Intertextuality and Hebrew Bible Kirsten Nielsen -- Intertextuality and the "Final Form" of the text John Barton -- Types of Biblical intertextuality Michael Fishbane -- (Mis)use of intertextuality in Qoheleth Exegesis Antoon Schoors -- Genese xviii 6, intertextualite et interpretation: "Tout fait farine au bon moulin" Jean Louis Ska -- Rhetoric of recollection Patricia K. Tull -- Gate of Megiddo and the debate on the 10th century Baruch Halpern -- No more grapes form the vineyard? A plea for a historical critical approach in the study of the Old Testament Bob Becking -- Can Biblical texts be dated linguistically? Chronological perspectives in the historical study of Biblical Hebrew Avi Hurvitz -- Onomastik zwischen linguistik und geschichte Stig Norin -- Zur funktion der soziologie im studium des Alten Testaments Christa Schafer-Lichtenberger -- Writing Israel's history at the end of the twentieth century Lester L. Grabbe -- Kinneret and Naftali Ernst Axel Knauf -- Histoire imperiale et histoire regionale. A propos de l'histoire de Juda dans l'Empire achemenide Pierre Briant -- Clio's dilemma: the changing face of history-writing Diana Edelman -- Israelite and Near Eastern historiography Amelie Kuhrt -- In the stable with the Dwarves: testimony, interpretation, faith and the history of Israel Iain Provan -- Problems of genre and historicity with Palestine's inscriptions Thomas L. Thompson -- Ugaritic studies and the Hebrew Bible, 1968-1998 (with an Excursus on Judean monotheism and the Ugaritic texts) Mark S. Smith -- Deuteronomists between history and theology Graeme Auld -- Biblical wisdom literature at the end of the Modern Age Gerald T. Sheppard -- Psalmenforschung nach Hermann Gunkel und Sigmund Mowinckel Erich Zenger -- Qumran et le texte de l'Ancien testament Emile Puech -- Future of Old Testament theology Mark G. Brett -- Von Stand und Zukunft der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft Otto Kaiser.