Journal of Hebrew Scriptures

Articles Karolien VERMEULEN, "The Body of Nineveh: The Conceptual Image of the City in Nahum 2-3"  Abstract : Research on cities in the Hebrew Bible shows that urban spaces are often personified. This article argues that in the case of Nahum's Nineveh this personification is part of a conceptual metaphor, in which the city is depicted as a body. The same metaphor underlies other comparative devices in the text, which similarly share a corporeal focus. Together, these devices tell the story of a weakening city body, in a way that is both cognitively accessible as well as narratologically and communicatively efficient. Jeremy SMOAK, "From Temple to Text: Text as Ritual Space and the Composition of Numbers 6:24-26" Abstract: Past studies emphasize the difficulties in understanding the logic behind the placement of the priestly blessing within the description of tabernacle rituals of Numbers 5:1–10:10. The present article sheds new light on this problem by comparing the blessing in Numbers 6:24–26 to several blessings preserved in Iron Age dedicatory inscriptions. It argues that the locations of such dedications in temple spaces provide new insights into the literary location of the priestly blessing in the book of Numbers. Reviews Dietrich, Walter, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament; trans. Peter Altmann; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2016), reviewed by David J. Fuller Brooke, George J., Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method (Early Judaism and Its Literature, 39; Atlanta: SBL, 2013), reviewed by Martin G. Abegg, Jr. and Ryan D. Schroeder Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus, The Old Greek Translation of Zechariah (VTSup, 170; Leiden: Brill, 2015), reviewed by Jennifer Brown Jones Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia, Zechariah and His Visions: An Exegetical Study of Zechariah's Vision Report (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 584; London/New York: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014), reviewed by Robert C. Kashow Hayes, Elizabeth R. and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (eds.), "Lifted My Eyes and Saw": Reading Dream and Vision Reports in the Hebrew Bible (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 584; London/New York: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014), reviewed by Robert C. Kashow Thompson, Thomas L., and Philippe Wajdenbaum (eds.), The Bible and Hellenism: Greek Influence on Jewish and Early Christian Literature (Copenhagen International Seminar; London: Routledge, 2014), reviewed by Andrew Tobolowsky Snearly, Michael K., The Return of the King: Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter (LHBOTS, 624; New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016), reviewed by Anthony R. Pyles Sneed, Mark R., The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015), reviewed by Alexander T. Kirk Beckman, Gary M., The babilili-Ritual from Hattusa (CTH 718) (Mesopotamian Civilizations, 19; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2014), reviewed by Robert Marineau Assis, Elie, Identity in Conflict: The Struggle between Esau and Jacob, Edom and Israel (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, 19; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016), reviewed by Laura K. Carlson

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