LXX Esther (henceforth, Esther) and Judith's prayers (Est. Add. C: 14-30, Jdt. 9: 2-14) 1 have
often been favorably compared as to their narrative situation, structure, type, and …

A primary theme of the first story in Joseph and Aseneth (Jos. Asen. 1–21) is the conversion
of an Egyptian to the worship of the living God, motivated by romantic attraction. In this …

Erich S. Gruen investigates a remarkable phenomenon in religious and literary history: the
freedom with which Jewish writers in antiquity retold and recast, sometimes distorted or …

Abstract The Book of Judith has often been read against the backdrop of Judean politics in
the second century BCE, with little tangible results beyond the questionable identification of …

This article analyses how the Assyrian Empire and Israel in the Book of Judith are
configured through the personification of both: the Assyrian empire is personified by King …

We, the editors, are indebted to the fine work of Katharine Dell and Will Kynes on the
previous Reading Intertextually volumes. They graciously entrusted the continuation of the …

Two features of the Shechem story present challenges for reading: the story's ambiguities
and its relationship to the law. The two features are mutually implicating. Through their …

This dissertation argues that when we understand circumcision as a bodily discourse, rather
than exclusively as a bodily practice, we find that early Jewish and Christian theological …

Scholars debate the purpose of Israel after the Babylonian exile. Many argue that God's
promise made to Abraham (Gen 12: 1-3) was conditional on Israel's obedience. Their …

In recent feminist research, women and children are not seen collectively as one
marginalized group, but children and animals have been given their own research focus and …