Joshua A Berman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3599034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua A Berman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua A |
| FAMILY NAME | Berman |
| SIGNATURE | BERMAN J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2446-0522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Book of Lamentations
In this commentary, Joshua Berman considers Lamentations as a literary work that creates meaning for a community in the wake of tragedy through its repudiation of Zion theology. Drawing from studies in collective trauma, his volume is the first study of Lamentations that systematically accounts for the constructed character of the narrator, a pastoral mentor who engages in a series of dialogues with a second constructed character, daughter Zion, …
Combat Furlough and the Characterization of Uriah the Hittite
In the narrative of David and Bathsheba (2 Sam 11) Uriah the Hittite is encouraged by the king to go home to his wife yet refuses to do so. For some, Uriah’s refusal is born out of piety and idealism, and he is unsuspecting of what has transpired between the king and his wife, Bathsheba. For others Uriah has caught wind of what has happened and realizes that David has summoned him precisely so that he should visit home, and cover David’s malfeasa…
Determining the Significance of Lexical Features as Indicative of CBH and LBH
Since the time of Gesenius, scholars have rightly grounded their determinations of linguistic dating of the biblical texts on the comparison of pairs of features that can be contrasted as early and late. However, at times Hebraists also identify terms as indicative of either Classical Biblical Hebrew (CBH) or Late Biblical Hebrew (LBH) on account of their relatively exclusive occurrence in either one corpus or the other. In this study I demonstra…
Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2
"Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic language…
Prisoners’ access to HIV services in southern Malawi
Malawian prisoners reported adequate knowledge about HIV services albeit with gaps in specific areas. Prisoners from smaller, rural prisons had suboptimal access to comprehensive HIV services and female prisoners reported having less access to health care than males. Prisoners have great concern about their poor living conditions affecting general health and adherence to ART. These findings provide guidance for improvement of HIV services and gen…
Orthodox Rabbinic Exception to the Thirteen Principles of Faith
At its founding meeting in 1898, the Orthodox Jewish Congregational Union of America (OJCA) laid out in its charter that “we affirm our adherence to the acknowledged codes of the Rabbis and the thirteen principles of Maimonides.”1 In his seminal study of rabbinic attitudes towards the thirteen principles, Marc Shapiro has compellingly demonstrated that over the eight centuries since the time of Maimonides, affirmation of the principles by leading…
Medieval Monasticism and the Evolution of Jewish Interpretation of the Story of Jephthah's Daughter
Exegesis, Jephthah, Monasticism, Judges, Karairte In unanimous fashion, the midrashic exegetical tradition affirmed that Jephthah's vow was a commitment to sacrifice the first creature that greeted him upon his victorious return from battle against the Ammonites (Jgs 11.31). Several medieval rabbinic exegetes, however, posited a different interpretation of the vow: were the first creature to greet him be a person, then that person would indeed be…
Journalism after September 11
Medieval Monasticism and the Evolution of Jewish Interpretation of the Story of Jephthah's Daughter
Exegesis, Jephthah, Monasticism, Judges, Karairte In unanimous fashion, the midrashic exegetical tradition affirmed that Jephthah's vow was a commitment to sacrifice the first creature that greeted him upon his victorious return from battle against the Ammonites (Jgs 11.31). Several medieval rabbinic exegetes, however, posited a different interpretation of the vow: were the first creature to greet him be a person, then that person would indeed be…
Journalism after September 11
Medieval Monasticism and the Evolution of Jewish Interpretation of the Story of Jephthah's Daughter
Exegesis, Jephthah, Monasticism, Judges, Karairte In unanimous fashion, the midrashic exegetical tradition affirmed that Jephthah's vow was a commitment to sacrifice the first creature that greeted him upon his victorious return from battle against the Ammonites (Jgs 11.31). Several medieval rabbinic exegetes, however, posited a different interpretation of the vow: were the first creature to greet him be a person, then that person would indeed be…
Orthodox Rabbinic Exception to the Thirteen Principles of Faith
At its founding meeting in 1898, the Orthodox Jewish Congregational Union of America (OJCA) laid out in its charter that “we affirm our adherence to the acknowledged codes of the Rabbis and the thirteen principles of Maimonides.”1 In his seminal study of rabbinic attitudes towards the thirteen principles, Marc Shapiro has compellingly demonstrated that over the eight centuries since the time of Maimonides, affirmation of the principles by leading…
Ve-’Ed Ya‘aleh (Gen 2
"Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic language…
Prisoners’ access to HIV services in southern Malawi
Malawian prisoners reported adequate knowledge about HIV services albeit with gaps in specific areas. Prisoners from smaller, rural prisons had suboptimal access to comprehensive HIV services and female prisoners reported having less access to health care than males. Prisoners have great concern about their poor living conditions affecting general health and adherence to ART. These findings provide guidance for improvement of HIV services and gen…
Determining the Significance of Lexical Features as Indicative of CBH and LBH
Since the time of Gesenius, scholars have rightly grounded their determinations of linguistic dating of the biblical texts on the comparison of pairs of features that can be contrasted as early and late. However, at times Hebraists also identify terms as indicative of either Classical Biblical Hebrew (CBH) or Late Biblical Hebrew (LBH) on account of their relatively exclusive occurrence in either one corpus or the other. In this study I demonstra…
The Book of Lamentations
In this commentary, Joshua Berman considers Lamentations as a literary work that creates meaning for a community in the wake of tragedy through its repudiation of Zion theology. Drawing from studies in collective trauma, his volume is the first study of Lamentations that systematically accounts for the constructed character of the narrator, a pastoral mentor who engages in a series of dialogues with a second constructed character, daughter Zion, …
Combat Furlough and the Characterization of Uriah the Hittite
In the narrative of David and Bathsheba (2 Sam 11) Uriah the Hittite is encouraged by the king to go home to his wife yet refuses to do so. For some, Uriah’s refusal is born out of piety and idealism, and he is unsuspecting of what has transpired between the king and his wife, Bathsheba. For others Uriah has caught wind of what has happened and realizes that David has summoned him precisely so that he should visit home, and cover David’s malfeasa…
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)