Nineteen friends and colleagues present this Festschrift to Ellen van Wolde, honouring her life-long contribution to the field of Biblical studies. The contributions focus on the major topics that define her research: the books of Genesis and of Job, and study of the Hebrew language. Profoundly inspired by the lasting legacy of the jubilarian, the articles present innovative and thought-provoking developments in the linguistic study of the Hebrew Bible, with a particular attention to cognitive linguistics, and in the research – literary as well as linguistic – of two of its most fascinating books.
Pierre Van Hecke, PhD in Oriental Studies (2000), KU Leuven, PhD in Theology (2006), Tilburg University – supervised by Ellen van Wolde, is Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at KU Leuven. He has published on Biblical Hebrew linguistics, in particular on metaphor, and on the book of Job, including
From Linguistics to Hermeneutics. A Functional and Cognitive Approach to Job 12-14 (Brill, 2011).
Hanneke van Loon, PhD (2017), KU Leuven, is researcher in the Research Unit of Biblical Studies at that university. Her interests include the book of Job and Biblical Hebrew linguistics. Currently, she is working on a sequel to
Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3-31 (Brill, 2018).
Preface
Part 1 Genesis
A Coat of Many Colors and a Range of Many Dates The Origins of the Story of Joseph in Genesis 37–50 Robert Rezetko
Yahweh’s Kin A Comparative Linguistic and Mythological Analysis of ‘The Children of God’ in the Hebrew Bible Aren M. Wilson-Wright
Be My Knife Representation and the Akedah Revisited Diana Lipton
The Symbolism of the Spatial-Temporal Concepts ‘in front of, before’ (לפני) and ‘behind, after’ (אחרי) in the Hebrew Bible, with a Special Focus on the Jacob Narratives Talia Sutskover
The πανοῦργος Problem Semantic Change and Septuagint Self-Criticism James K. Aitken
Ways of Understanding Divine Creation in Late Antique and Medieval Piyyut Wout van Bekkum
Imago Dei and the Challenge of Racism Soundings in the History of Interpretation of Genesis 1:26–27 Matthijs den Dulk
Part 2 Book of Job
The State of the Text of Job David J.A. Clines
Syntax and Poetics in the Interpretation of Job Edward L. Greenstein
Theory of Mind and Cognitive Dissonance in the Book of Job Carol A. Newsom
“Let Me Sow and Another will Eat?” The Meaning of the Cohortatives in Job 6:10 and Job 31:8 Hanneke van Loon
What Are You Doing Here, Master Elihu? The Role(s) of Elihu in the Book of Job Katharine J. Dell
The Fate of the Wicked in Job 38:13–15 and the Birth of the Sea Francis Landy
Part 3 Hebrew Language and Linguistics
Seeing and Shining The Extramission Theory of Vision and Hebrew Polysemy Pierre Van Hecke
The Conceptualisation of Heart as an Active Zone Body Part in Biblical Hebrew An Exploratory Study Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Conceptualizing Love in the Song of Songs J. Cheryl Exum
‘But a Few Days’ Ways of Intensification of Love and Affection in Biblical Hebrew Ruti Vardi
The Root נחם Niphal and Hitpael in the Hebrew Bible Broken Continuity and Disengagement Françoise Mirguet
Voice, Discourse Prominence, and Aspect The Niphal and Passive Qal of Yālad Camil Staps
Index Locorum
Academic readership in Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible).