The Usefulness of Scripture

Essays in Honor of Robert W. Wall

Edited by Daniel Castelo, Sara M. Koenig, and David R. Nienhuis

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Robert Wall began his teaching career at Seattle Pacific University in 1978. Now, forty years later and in celebration of his seventieth birthday, colleagues and former students have gathered to produce this volume in honor of their friend and teacher. The results are sure to delight all of those who have studied under or been friends of Professor Wall. . . . (more)

The Southern Levant under Assyrian Domination

Edited by Shawn Zelig Aster, and Avraham Faust

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With its unique geographic diversity and abundant archaeological and textual data, the southern Levant is an excellent "laboratory" for studying how Assyrian domination operated. This collection of essays explains how Neo-Assyrian rule influenced the demographics, economy, and culture of the region.

This book responds to the need for a systematic study of Assyrian rule in the west that integrates archaeological and textual. . . (more)

Studying Gender in the Ancient Near East

Edited by Saana Svärd and Agnes Garcia-Ventura

The contributors to this collection include both established and up-and-coming scholars whose work brings gender studies theories—from Butler’s theory of gender as a performance to more recent theories that consider gender as a spectrum—to bear on varied materials and contexts. Their essays increase the visibility of women in ancient history, untangle constructions of masculinity and femininity in diverse contexts, and grapple with. . . (more)

“Lengthen Your Tent-Cords”

The Metaphorical World of Israel’s Household in the Book of Isaiah

Brittany Kim

The last few decades have seen a gradual shift in Isaianic studies as scholars have begun to give greater attention to the book’s literary features rather than focusing predominantly on the question of its sources. Brittany Kim’s study takes a literary approach, exploring how the book portrays Israel and its capital city using five metaphors that arise from the realm of household. . . (more)

The Imago Dei as Human Identity

The 2003–2007 Excavations in the Late Roman Fort at Yotvata