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Making Sense of the Biblical Portrait: Toward an Interpretive Strategy for the “Virtuous Wife” in Proverbs 31: 10-31
(Clement PublishingToronto, Ont., 2001) -
Making Some Sense of the Paradox: Polyphony, Conflicting Ideologies, Dialogism, and the Dialectic Dynamics of Ecclesiastes
(The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA)Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA, 2021)Rooted in the rubrics of “Text and Reading,”* 1 this article correlates some of the new advances in the study of Ecclesiastes in the recent past. 2 Employing four intentionally hammered out reading strategies—reading ... -
Obed
(Abingdon PressNashville, Tenn., 2009) -
The Preacher and One's 'Text-of-Life'
(PearsonBoston, Mass., 2014) -
Psalm 44 and the Function of Lament and Protest
(The Old Testament Society of Southern AfricaPretoria, Gauteng, ZA, 2007)Approaching the text with a psychological lens along with historical-critical tools, this essay examines the role of lament and protest in the worship of ancient Israel. Given the nature of the book of Psalms as a worship ... -
A Reflection from an Ethnic Member of the Faculty
(American Association of Theological SchoolsDayton, Ohio, 2002)This three-part article offers three observations on racial/ethnic student diversity in theological education. The first essay, by Barbara Leung Lai of Tyndale Seminary, provides a personal reflection by a racial/ethnic ... -
Surely, All Are in Vain! : Psalm 73 and Humanity Reaching Out to God
(Sheffield Phoenix PressSheffield, Eng., 2007) -
Through the “I”-Window: The Inner Life of Characters in the Hebrew Bible
(Sheffield Phoenix PressSheffield, UK, 2011) -
Total Otherness, Awe-Driven Self-Condemnation, and Atonement for Guilt: The Psychology of Religious Experience and Guilt in Isaiah 6
(Nova ScienceNew York, 2010)Oriented in the integrated area of psychology and biblical studies, this chapter examines the interrelatedness between the psychological impact of religious experience and the evoking of guilt. A first-person biblical text ... -
Uncovering the Isaian Personality: Wishful Thinking or Viable Task?
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Voice and Ideology in Ecclesiastes: Reading 'Cross the Grains’
(Society of Biblical LiteratureAtlanta, GA, 2013) -
What Would Bakhtin Say about Isaiah 21:1-12? A Re-reading
(The Old Testament Society of Southern AfricaPretoria, Gauteng, ZA, 2010)Employing the Bakhtinian theory of polyphony and dialogism, the following is a re-reading of my previous publication on the same passage.2 While the feasibility of uncovering the internal aspects of the Isaian personality ... -
Word Becoming Flesh [On Appropriation]: Engaging Daniel as a Survival Manual
(Hendrickson PublishersPeabody, Mass., 2013)