"My Spirit at Rest in the North Country" (Zechariah 6.8)

Contents: Calum Carmichael: Leviticus 19:11-12 as Critique of Jacob Deceiving his Father (Genesis 27) and Leviticus 6:1-7 (5:20-26) as Critique of Joseph Deceiving his Brothers (Genesis 37-50) - Siegfried Kreuzer: «Behold, it was very good» - God's Praise of the Creation (Gen 1:4,10,12,18,21,25,31) and its Background - Teresa Stanek: The Name of God in the Torah - Erik Eynikel: «Now there was no Smith to be found throughout all the Land of Israel» (1 Sam 13:19) - A Philistine Monopoly on Metallurgy in Iron Age I? - David Elgavish: «Concerning the Droughts»: Jeremiah 14:1-15:9 - Structure and Significance - Ruth Fidler: Peril and Temple. The Foe, the North, and Temple Ideology - Markus Saur: Gedeutete Gegenwart. Ezechiel 26, Sacharja 9 und der Eroberungszug Alexanders des Grossen - Uta Schmidt: Servant and Zion: Two Kinds of Future in Isaiah 49 - Lotta Valve: The Case of Messenger-Elijah: The Origins of the Final Appendix to Malachi (3:23-24) - Stefan Fischer: The Glance of an Afterlife in Qoheleth - Louis Jonker: The Chronicler Singing Psalms: Revisiting the Chronicler's Psalm in 1 Chronicles 16 - Jutta Krispenz: Theological Profiles in Proverbs: Comparing Collections I (Prv. 1-9) and II (Prv 10-22,16) - Florian Lippke: «Thou driedst up Mighty Rivers (Ps 74:15)». History of the Text and Archaeological Implications - J. Henk Potgieter: David in Consultation with the Prophets: The Intertextual Relationship of Psalm 31 with the Books of Jonah and Jeremiah - Jørn Varhaug: Psalm 24:7-10 as a Cult Liturgy and 2 Kings 16:18 - Anna Elise Zernecke: Vain Flattery versus Trusting Confidence? Akkadian Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand and Biblical Psalms of Individual Lament - William Morrow: Tribute from Judah and the Transmission of Assyrian Propaganda - Joanna Töyräänvouri: An Iconographic Allusion to the Northwest Semitic Sea Deity Yamm From 8th Century BC Jerusalem? - Phyllis Bird: Lucian's Last Laugh: The Origins of «Sacred Prostitution» at Byblos - Miri Brumer: Between

Hermann Michael Niemann received his doctorate in theology 1980 (Rostock University); Habilitation 1991; he taught at the University of Hamburg (1993) and in Jerusalem (2000, 2002); 1993 Full Professor for Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology at Rostock University; since 2000 member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Literature (Helsinki); since 2009 member of the Evangelische Forschungsakademie (Hannover); main fields of research: history of Ancient Israel; archaeological excavations and surveys in Israel and Turkey.
Hermann Michael Niemann wurde 1980 zum Dr. theol. an der Universität Rostock promoviert; Habilitation 1991; er lehrte an der Universität Hamburg (1993) und in Jerusalem (2000; 2002); seit 1993 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an der Universität Rostock; seit 2000 Mitglied der Finnischen Akademie der Wissenschaft und Literatur (Helsinki); seit 2009 Mitglied der Evangelischen Forschungsakademie (Hannover); Forschungsgebiete: Geschichte des antiken Israel und Juda sowie Biblische Archäologie; seit 1995 archäologische Ausgrabungen und Surveys in Israel und der Türkei.
Matthias Augustin received his doctorates in theology in 1980 (Heidelberg University) and in philosophy in 1985 (Osnabrück University); 1989 Habilitation at Rostock University; since 1998 Associate Professor for Old Testament and Jewish Studies at Rostock University.
Matthias Augustin wurde 1980 in Heidelberg zum Dr. theol. und 1985 in Osnabrück zum Dr. phil. promoviert; Habilitation 1989 in Rostock; er lehrt dort seit 1992, seit 1998 als ausserplanmässiger Professor Altes Testament und Jüdische Studien.