Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Studying the Writings as post-exilic literature and canon / Donn F. Morgan -- The Writings in the early post-exilic period (Cyrus through Ezra-Nehemiah) / Lester L. Grabbe -- The Writings in the Hellenistic and Roman period / Timothy H. Lim -- Archeology of the postexilic period and the Writings / Benjamin D. Gordon -- Cultic traditions in the Writings: Priests and Levites in the postexilic period / Mark A. Leuchter -- Wisdom traditions and the Writings: sage and scribe / James L. Crenshaw -- Apocalyptic visions and revisions of the end in the Writings / Bennie H. Reynolds III -- Postexilic prose traditions in the Writings: novella writers, story tellers, and history writers / Thomas M. Bolin -- Postexilic poetic traditions in the Writings / Susan E. Gillingham -- Reading Psalms sapientially in the Writings / William P. Brown -- The book of Job in the context of the Writings / Katharine J. Dell -- Reading Proverbs as a book in the Writings / Julius Steinberg -- Lamentations and canon: conversations in the dark / Scott Ellington -- Ruth: a reading of scripture? / A. Graeme Auld -- Esther' s frame within the Writings / Timothy J. Stone -- Qoheleth in the Writings / Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- The wisdom of desire in the Song of Songs / Carey Walsh -- Reimagining community past and present in Ezra and Nehemiah / Melody D. Knowles -- Chronicles and the Writings / John C. Endres -- Reading Daniel as part of the Writings / Ralph W. Klein -- Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Nascent Judaism: the Writings and the history of religions / Jon L. Berquist -- Ancient Near Eastern religions and the Writings / Daniel C. Snell -- The divine-human encounter in the Hebrew wisdom of the Writings and the Confucian Analects / Archie C.C. Lee -- Moving texts: the Writings in Western music and visual arts / Roger Ferlo -- The reception of the Writings and their place in the Biblical canon / Lee Martin McDonald -- The canonical shape and function of the Writings / Timothy J. Stone -- Aspects of Jewish reception of the Ketuvim (Writings) / Alan Cooper -- The Writings in the Christian Bible / Mark W. Elliott -- The Writings and canon: enduring issues and legacy / Donn F. Morgan.

"This handbook provides an important resource for the serious study of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible. It addresses historical and literary contexts as well as its roles as scripture and canon in Judaism and Christianity. The volume provides creative presentations of the messages and import of the books and the canonical division as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.