Table of Contents:
  • Theological transformations. The empty throne and the empty sanctuary : from aniconism to the invisibility of God in Second Temple theology
  • Divine warfare and YHWH's wars : religious ideologies of war in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament
  • The original Deuteronomy : (Ur-)Deuteronomium and its reworkings
  • The priestly code in the composition of the Pentateuch
  • How to speak about God with non-Israelites : some observations about the use of names for God by Israelites and pagans in the Pentateuch
  • Post-priestly elohîm-theology in the Book of Genesis
  • Mishkan, 'arôn, 'ohael mo'ed : concepts of divine presence in the Pentateuch
  • Sabbath, priestly torah and leges sacrae. Sabbath in Genesis l:l-2:4 and the Pentateuch
  • The 'āmānāh of Nehemiah 10 between Deuteronomy and the holiness code
  • The sermon on the sabbath in Jer 17:19-27 and the Torah
  • Leges sacrae : sacred law in ancient Greek and in Biblical tradition
  • Pentateuch, prophets and the roots of international law. "A prophet like Moses" (Deut 18:15), "no prophet like Moses" (Deut 34:10) : some observations on the relation between the Pentateuch and the latter prophets
  • The Pentateuch, the prophets and the Torah in the 5th and 4th century B.C.E.
  • The transformation of measures for social justice into measures for international law in the Book of Habakkuk
  • Mišpaṭ hāggôyîm, mišpaṭ lāggôyîm and the early development of measures for international human rights in the Hebrew Bible
  • "Genocide" in the Book of Esther : cultural integration and the right of resistance against pogroms.