Joel S Kaminsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1101933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel S Kaminsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel S |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaminsky |
| SIGNATURE | KAMINSKY J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smith College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“A Plague Broke Out among Them”: Reflections on the Bible and the Pandemic
This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it
“Is there no Balm in Gilead?”: Health, Illness, Death, and Dying in the Hebrew Bible and Today
This essay argues that the Hebrew Bible contains conceptual resources that can contribute to and enrich the ongoing discussions surrounding healthcare in the U.S. and in other modern Western societies. These biblical ideas may help us reframe our understandings of sickness and health, something urgently needed if we wish individuals and their families to have less medically invasive and less alienating experiences of illness, most especially duri…
In Quest of a Coherent Portrait of Paul: A Rejoinder to Michael Bird
This rejoinder to Michael Bird’s critique of our argument in Joel Kaminsky and Mark Reasoner, “The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N. T. Wright’s Reading of Paul,” HTR 112 (2019) 421–46, acknowledges that Wright recognizes a dimension of intrinsic value in God’s election of Israel, while it shows how Wright’s metanarrative is not only unduly skewed toward an instrumental view of Israel’s election but also, in eff…
“The Might of My Own Hand Has Gotten Me This Wealth”: Reflections on Wealth and Poverty in the Hebrew Bible and Today
The growing gap between the wealthiest and poorest members of society is a pressing social concern regularly invoked in discussions surrounding taxation, the minimum wage, and the social safety net. Advocates of particular positions at times reference various biblical passages. This essay examines several relevant themes and passages within the Hebrew Bible in order to explore ways the Bible might be brought into productive conversation with thes…
The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N.T. Wright’s Reading of Paul
N. T. Wright offers a systematic and highly influential metanarrative to account for Paul’s theology of Israel. However, Wright overlooks or underemphasizes important dimensions of Paul’s thinking, leading to problematic distortions. Thus, Wright claims that God rejected the historic people of Israel due to their failure to missionize the gentile nations, an idea not easily found in the Hebrew Bible texts Paul utilizes or in Paul’s own statements…
Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal by Marvin R. Wilson
Introduction »A Covenant to the People, a Light to the Nations« Universalism, Exceptionalism, and the Problem of Chosenness in Jewish Thought
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
A Light to the Nations: Was there Mission and or Conversion in the Hebrew Bible?
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
God of All the World: Universalism and Developing Monotheism in Isaiah 40–66
The relationship between Israel, the nations, and Israel's God in the eschatological future has long occupied exegetes and theologians. The meaning of the pilgrimage of the nations to Zion and the servant's charge to become a “covenant to the people ( ), a light to the nations ( )” (Isa 42:6) is a significant locus of dispute. Some argue that here the text charges the Israelites to missionize the Gentiles, while others contend that Second Isaiah …
Did Election Imply the Mistreatment of Non-Israelites
As a way of working out and consolidating one's religious identity, the whole-sale slaughter of people (whether in herem , crusade, or jihad ) is exactly what it seems to be, no more and no less. The pressure that builds up naturally in the idea of election is here unleashed, and the idea is given its fullest expression. The Conquest tradition is the primary expression and fulfillment of the idea—the Urtext . The biblical idea of election is the …
Zion, City of Our God
Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure
The Isaac narratives contain many rarely noticed elements of humor. While enhancing the reader's enjoyment, humor is also an integral component of a theology of hope in Genesis
The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation. Rolf Rendtorff
The Disappearance of God: A Reverent Investigation of Three Divine Mysteries. Richard Elliott Friedman
Seeking Ezekiel: Text and Psychology. David Halperin
War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study of the Ethics of Violence. Susan Niditch
Amos of Israel: A New Interpretation . Stanley N. Rosenbaum
The Living Psalms . Claus Westermann , J. R. Porter
"Heilsgeschichte" as a Model for Biblical Theology: The Debate concerning the Uniqueness and Significance of Israel's Worldview. Robert Gnuse
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The Living Psalms . Claus Westermann , J. R. Porter
"Heilsgeschichte" as a Model for Biblical Theology: The Debate concerning the Uniqueness and Significance of Israel's Worldview. Robert Gnuse
Amos of Israel: A New Interpretation . Stanley N. Rosenbaum
War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study of the Ethics of Violence. Susan Niditch
Seeking Ezekiel: Text and Psychology. David Halperin
The Disappearance of God: A Reverent Investigation of Three Divine Mysteries. Richard Elliott Friedman
Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure
The Isaac narratives contain many rarely noticed elements of humor. While enhancing the reader's enjoyment, humor is also an integral component of a theology of hope in Genesis
The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation. Rolf Rendtorff
Zion, City of Our God
Did Election Imply the Mistreatment of Non-Israelites
As a way of working out and consolidating one's religious identity, the whole-sale slaughter of people (whether in herem , crusade, or jihad ) is exactly what it seems to be, no more and no less. The pressure that builds up naturally in the idea of election is here unleashed, and the idea is given its fullest expression. The Conquest tradition is the primary expression and fulfillment of the idea—the Urtext . The biblical idea of election is the …
God of All the World: Universalism and Developing Monotheism in Isaiah 40–66
The relationship between Israel, the nations, and Israel's God in the eschatological future has long occupied exegetes and theologians. The meaning of the pilgrimage of the nations to Zion and the servant's charge to become a “covenant to the people ( ), a light to the nations ( )” (Isa 42:6) is a significant locus of dispute. Some argue that here the text charges the Israelites to missionize the Gentiles, while others contend that Second Isaiah …
Introduction »A Covenant to the People, a Light to the Nations« Universalism, Exceptionalism, and the Problem of Chosenness in Jewish Thought
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
A Light to the Nations: Was there Mission and or Conversion in the Hebrew Bible?
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal by Marvin R. Wilson
“The Might of My Own Hand Has Gotten Me This Wealth”: Reflections on Wealth and Poverty in the Hebrew Bible and Today
The growing gap between the wealthiest and poorest members of society is a pressing social concern regularly invoked in discussions surrounding taxation, the minimum wage, and the social safety net. Advocates of particular positions at times reference various biblical passages. This essay examines several relevant themes and passages within the Hebrew Bible in order to explore ways the Bible might be brought into productive conversation with thes…
The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N.T. Wright’s Reading of Paul
N. T. Wright offers a systematic and highly influential metanarrative to account for Paul’s theology of Israel. However, Wright overlooks or underemphasizes important dimensions of Paul’s thinking, leading to problematic distortions. Thus, Wright claims that God rejected the historic people of Israel due to their failure to missionize the gentile nations, an idea not easily found in the Hebrew Bible texts Paul utilizes or in Paul’s own statements…
In Quest of a Coherent Portrait of Paul: A Rejoinder to Michael Bird
This rejoinder to Michael Bird’s critique of our argument in Joel Kaminsky and Mark Reasoner, “The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N. T. Wright’s Reading of Paul,” HTR 112 (2019) 421–46, acknowledges that Wright recognizes a dimension of intrinsic value in God’s election of Israel, while it shows how Wright’s metanarrative is not only unduly skewed toward an instrumental view of Israel’s election but also, in eff…
“Is there no Balm in Gilead?”: Health, Illness, Death, and Dying in the Hebrew Bible and Today
This essay argues that the Hebrew Bible contains conceptual resources that can contribute to and enrich the ongoing discussions surrounding healthcare in the U.S. and in other modern Western societies. These biblical ideas may help us reframe our understandings of sickness and health, something urgently needed if we wish individuals and their families to have less medically invasive and less alienating experiences of illness, most especially duri…
“A Plague Broke Out among Them”: Reflections on the Bible and the Pandemic
This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it
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