Meaningful Meetings With Foreigners in the World of the Bible: Essays in Honour of Klaas Spronk on the Occasion of His Retirement (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 119)

✍ Scribed by M. C. A. Korpel (editor), P. Sanders (editor)

• Publisher: Peeters Pub & Booksellers
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 481
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Several Bible characters travelled to other regions to sojourn there, either temporarily, or for the rest of their lives. Some of them left their place of birth because of famine, war, or conflicts with relatives, while others were deported. Not only the Bible but also other texts from the ancient Near East call attention to the plight of desperate foreigners and express the obligation to offer them help and asylum. The articles in this volume are devoted to the status of foreigners in ancient Israel and in the ancient Near East, as well as in Early Judaism and in the Early Church, and the influence of these foreigners on those who welcomed them. Special attention is given to contextual Bible reading, an approach that highlights the influence of readers' opinions on the interpretation of ancient texts, including texts about foreigners.

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KLAAS SPRONK’S ACADEMIC WORK*
ASYLUM AMONG ISRAELITES AND CANAANITES
EBED-MELECH THE KUSHITE (JEREMIAH 38–39): NEW LIGHT FROM OUTSIDE THE BIBLE
HOW TO DEAL WITH A FOREIGN KING? ANSWERS FROM BABYLONIA AND JUDAH
AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE: WHO WAS THAT MAN (GENESIS 37:15–17)?
THE FOREIGNER IN COLLOCATIONS IN LEVITICUS
MEANINGFUL MEETINGS WITH FOREIGNERS IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
MEETING WITH A STRANGER: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AN UPCOMING BIRTH IN JUDGES 13
A FOREIGNER ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS IN 2 KINGS 5:15–19
UNRAVELLING ISAIAH 17
AT HOME IN THE CITY: MIGRANT INTEGRATION IN URBAN BABYLON AND TODAY
WE ALL ARRIVED FROM ELSEWHERE: CONTEXTUAL REMARKS ON AMOS 9:7
OPPONENTS, CONVERTS, SUPPORTERS: THE MULTIFACETED ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE GOYIM IN THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH
MEETING JOB IN THE EARLY JEWISH TRADITION: THE FOREIGNER WHO TOOK CARE OF FOREIGNERS
MEETING THE EUNUCH AND THE FOREIGNER: ACTS 8:26–40 IN ITS VARIOUS CONTEXTS AND ITS RECEPTION HISTORY
THE APOSTLE AND THE FOREIGNER: CORNELIUS’ VINDICATION AND PETER’S TRANSFORMATION IN ACTS 10
THE APOSTLE PAUL MEETS WITH APOLLOS OF ALEXANDRIA
“ALIENS AND EXILES”: HOW AN OLD TESTAMENT MOTIF SHAPED EARLY CHRISTIAN SELF-UNDERSTANDING
“THESE ARE THE CLANS OF THE SONS OF NOAH”: ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE TABLE OF THE NATIONS (GENESIS 10)
A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS: MIGRATION IN GENESIS
FIRST CONTACT WITH CANAAN AND ISU: COMMUNICATIVE INTERTEXTUALITY BETWEEN
AND
POSTCOLONIAL PORTRAYALS OF FOREIGN KINGS: COMIC RELIEF IN JONAH 3 AND
FOREIGN WOMEN, SEXUALITY AND FOOD IN THE BOOK OF RUTH
FACILITATING STRANGE(R) SACRED TEXTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED WORK
AT HOME AS A FOREIGNER: OBSERVATIONS ON PAUL’S LETTER TO THE PHILIPPIANS
INDICES BIBLICAL AND OTHER ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS
AUTHORS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS