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CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION LESTER L. GRABBE AND MARJO C. A. KORPEL II. ARTICLES Open-mindedness for Understanding the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Challenge of Exod. 19-20 RAINER ALBERTZ, University of Munster, Germany EMPIRE! `... and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon': Jeremiah 52:31-34: Fact or Fiction? HANS M. BARSTAD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Ben Sira and Song of Songs: What about Parallels and Echoes? PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Utrecht, the Netherlands Open-mindedness and Planning for the Future of Academic Studies in Ancient Israel History EHUD BEN ZVI, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Isaiah 24-27: Spacing a Prophetic Vision WILLEM A. M. BEUKEN, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium Einubung in den aufrechten Gang: Beispeile fur Zivilcourage in den Samuelbuchern WALTER DIETRICH, University of Bern, Switzerland Swords or Ploughshares? The Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Northern Jordan MEINDERT DIJKSTRA AND KAREL VRIEZEN, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Penetrating the Legend: In Quest of the Historical Ezra LESTER L. GRABBE, University of Hull, England Joseph, the Pastor and the Conqueror of Evil by Using Good: Observations on Genesis 5015-21 in Dutch Children's and Family Bibles CORNELIS HOUTMAN, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the Netherlands Leading Scholars and the Interpretation of Scripture: The Case of LXX Haggai 2:1-9 ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ, Leiden University, the Netherlands Memories of Exile and Return in the Book of Ruth MARJO C. A. KORPEL, Protestant Theological University at Groningen, the Netherlands The Question of Job PETER MACHINIST, Harvard University, USA The Open Mind of the Man Born Blind (John 9) MAARTEN J. J. MENKEN, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands Jerusalem: Nightmare and Daydream in Micah JOHANNES DE MOOR, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam and Groningen (formerly Kampen), the Netherlands. Four Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Marzea? NADAV NA'AMAN, Tel Aviv University, Israel The Abolition of the Cult of the Dead Kings in Jerusalem (Ezek 43:6-9) HERBERT NIEHR, University of Tubingen, Germany A Human and a Deity with Conflicting Morals (Qohelet 2:26) PAUL SANDERS, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the Netherlands A Prophet Contest: Jeremiah 28 Reconsidered KLAAS A. D. SMELIK, University of Ghent, Belgium Comparing the Book of Judges to Greek Literature KLAAS SPRONK, Protestant Theological University at Amsterdam, the Netherlands Speaking of Gods: Dimensions of the Divine in the Ancient Near East KAREL VAN DER TOORN, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Is the Critical, Academic Study of the Bible Inextricably Bound to the Destinies of Theology? CHRISTOPH UEHLINGER, University of Zurich, Switzerland Biblical Studies and the Art of Civilization Maintenance ANNE-MAREIKE WETTER, Leiden University, the Netherlands A New Divine Title in Isaiah 10:17 HUGH M. G. WILLIAMSON, Oxford University, England