Mark Sneed
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Sneed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Sneed |
| SIGNATURE | SNEED M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lubbock Christian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0800-9758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Epistemological Transcendence (the Sublime) as a Rhetorical Device in the Second Divine Speech
Countering the popular notion that the divine speeches do not clash much with Job's accusations against God as unjust, this paper uses the notion of epistemological transcendence or the sublime to demonstrate how the deity attempts to address Job's concerns in an indirect but powerful way. With the rhetorical usage of the sublime, the author seeks a fourth way to convince Job that his accusations are wrong that goes beyond tradition, experience, …
Is Biblical Studies Stuck in Antiquarianism? The Case of Behemoth and Leviathan
In this article, a trajectory is traced that demonstrates that the soft consensus that Behemoth and Leviathan are the hippo and croc, respectively, is part of a larger phenomenon whereby these originally monstrous beasts have become domesticated and demythologized or their mythological nature rationalized. The great beasts as natural Egyptian animals only goes back to a 17th century Huguenot who was an etymologist, orientalist, antiquarian, and m…
The Scribal World
Mark Sneed introduces readers to the world of scribes. Drawing first on some of the earliest developments of Sumerian scribalism, he gives an overview of how scribes trained and worked in the ancient Near East more broadly. In Egypt and elsewhere, scribal training began at an early age and involved a wide range of curricula, including wisdom literature, which scribes copied and memorized, as it played a significant role in scribal education. Alth…
The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective
Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes' heterodox character in one of two ways: either explaining away the book's disturbing qualities or radicalizing and championing it as a precursor of modern existentialism. This volume offers an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qoheleth's words and accounts for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. It argues tha…
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Social Science Approach to the Hebrew Bible
This guide accompanies the following article(s): Mark Sneed, Social Scientific Approach to the Hebrew Bible, Religion Compass 2/3 (2008) pp. 287–300, 10.1111/j.1749‐8171.2008.00072.x Author’s Introduction The social science approach to the Hebrew Bible has steadily gained in popularity in recent years. It is heir to the older and formerly dominant historical critical approach to the Bible but focuses on society as whole instead of just kings, hig…
Social Scientific Approach to the Hebrew Bible
In 1979, Cyril Rodd, biblical scholar, predicted the end of social scientific criticism of the Old Testament because its theories cannot be tested. He was wrong. It is currently thriving. It is interdisciplinary: either a biblical scholar who does research in the social sciences who then applies this to the Bible or a social scientist who does research on a biblical text and then applies it to the Bible. Social scientific approaches help fill in …
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Social Scientific Approach to the Hebrew Bible
In 1979, Cyril Rodd, biblical scholar, predicted the end of social scientific criticism of the Old Testament because its theories cannot be tested. He was wrong. It is currently thriving. It is interdisciplinary: either a biblical scholar who does research in the social sciences who then applies this to the Bible or a social scientist who does research on a biblical text and then applies it to the Bible. Social scientific approaches help fill in …
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Social Science Approach to the Hebrew Bible
This guide accompanies the following article(s): Mark Sneed, Social Scientific Approach to the Hebrew Bible, Religion Compass 2/3 (2008) pp. 287–300, 10.1111/j.1749‐8171.2008.00072.x Author’s Introduction The social science approach to the Hebrew Bible has steadily gained in popularity in recent years. It is heir to the older and formerly dominant historical critical approach to the Bible but focuses on society as whole instead of just kings, hig…
The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective
Scholars attempt to resolve the problem of the book of Ecclesiastes' heterodox character in one of two ways: either explaining away the book's disturbing qualities or radicalizing and championing it as a precursor of modern existentialism. This volume offers an interpretation of Ecclesiastes that both acknowledges the unorthodox nature of Qoheleth's words and accounts for its acceptance among the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. It argues tha…
The Scribal World
Mark Sneed introduces readers to the world of scribes. Drawing first on some of the earliest developments of Sumerian scribalism, he gives an overview of how scribes trained and worked in the ancient Near East more broadly. In Egypt and elsewhere, scribal training began at an early age and involved a wide range of curricula, including wisdom literature, which scribes copied and memorized, as it played a significant role in scribal education. Alth…
Epistemological Transcendence (the Sublime) as a Rhetorical Device in the Second Divine Speech
Countering the popular notion that the divine speeches do not clash much with Job's accusations against God as unjust, this paper uses the notion of epistemological transcendence or the sublime to demonstrate how the deity attempts to address Job's concerns in an indirect but powerful way. With the rhetorical usage of the sublime, the author seeks a fourth way to convince Job that his accusations are wrong that goes beyond tradition, experience, …
Is Biblical Studies Stuck in Antiquarianism? The Case of Behemoth and Leviathan
In this article, a trajectory is traced that demonstrates that the soft consensus that Behemoth and Leviathan are the hippo and croc, respectively, is part of a larger phenomenon whereby these originally monstrous beasts have become domesticated and demythologized or their mythological nature rationalized. The great beasts as natural Egyptian animals only goes back to a 17th century Huguenot who was an etymologist, orientalist, antiquarian, and m…
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Biblical studies (2 works) · Hebrew Bible (2 works) · History (2 works)