List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Edgar W. Conrad: A Biography Publications by Edgar W. Conrad Introduction Part I: Reading Prophets 1. Reading Jeremiah - Philip R. Davies 2. Filling the Gaps and Putting Huldah to Use - Judith E. McKinlay 3. Paradoxes of Prophetic Language in Isaiah - Francis Landy 4. Hearing the Word of God in Isaiah 1 and 65-66: A Synchronic Approach - Se-Hoon Jang 5. Isaiah Redivivus - Norman Habel Part II: Reading Literarily 6. Did the Scholar(s) Get it Right? - Johnson Lim 7. The Anomaly of Interpretation - Roland Boer 8. Ezra’s “Lost Manuscripts”: Narrative Context and Rhetorical Function - Katherine M. Stott 9. The Signifier’s Body: Postmodern Semiotics and The Bible - George Aichele Part III: Engaged Readings 10. “Hear then the Parable of the Seed”: Reading the Agrarian Parables of Matthew 13 Ecologically - Elaine M. Wainwright 11. Getting to Know You: Reformation Marriage Ideologies and Contemporary Debates on Same-Sex Marriage - Michael Carden 12. A Woman is Being Beaten and Maybe She Likes It? Approaching Song of Songs 5:2-7 - Julie Kelso 13. First People, Minority Reading: Reading Jonah, From Oceania - Jione Havea 14. Biblical Justice: Recompense, Revenge and Restoration - Paul Morris 15. A Web of Fascination: Marxism and The Bible - Roland Boer 16. Dying to Bring Heaven Down to Earth: The Mother of Melchizedek and Miraculous, Messianic Mothers in The Bible - Michael Carden Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors

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