Yair Zakovitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 709104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yair Zakovitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yair |
| FAMILY NAME | Zakovitch |
| SIGNATURE | ZAKOVITCH Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On Incoherency and Its Causes: Explanatory Notes as a Test Case
This essay examines a peripheral phenomenon of explanatory notes that were integrated in the biblical text, focusing on two types of notes: a) those that, due to a variety of motivations, added something new to the text; and b) those that sought to exchange specific words with others in order to solve some kind of textual difficulty. Regarding the first type, it is not clear whether the note-writer truly desired that his words be included in the …
Ruth, Book of
The book is named after its heroine, a young Moabite widow who leaves her land and family to follow her mother‐in‐law to Bethlehem in Judah, where she will become the great‐grandmother of King David.
Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch
Disgrace: The Lies of the Patriarch
Yair Zakovitch Disgrace: The Lies of the Patriarch THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC COMPLEX OF THE HEBREW BIBLE, WHICH OPENS w ith Genesis and the creation ofthe world and closes at the end ofKings with the Babylonian exile,1 tells a sad story—notwithstanding the faint light that flickers at the end, a glimpse of hope of a better future for the exiled and perhaps even of their being granted the ability to return to the land of Israel when Jehoiachin, king of …
David's last and early days
This article deals with the beginning and end of David’s life. David’s lonely end, a reflection of his incapacity to love, marks the tragic close to his promising beginnings. The author shows how the stories that introduce David are missing two elements: a birth story and a genealogy. This absence can be explained by the biblical author’s desire to portray David as a male-Cinderella. This missing birth story can perhaps be reconstructed by readin…
The strange biography of Samson
The biblical story of the life of Samson hides much from the reader&&the Book of Judges has deleted from the story elements that were deemed improper for the book’s placement among the Holy Scriptures. In this article, the author shows how the Bible transforms Samson from a mythological hero, the son of a god, to a mere mortal whose extraordinary strength came through the spirit of God that rested with him so long as he kept his Nazirite vows. Th…
Underdogs and Tricksters: A Prelude to Biblical Folklore
"Burns' "Has the Lord Spoken Only through Moses
"Rudin-O'Brasky's "The Patriarchs in Hebron and Sodom
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"Rudin-O'Brasky's "The Patriarchs in Hebron and Sodom
"Burns' "Has the Lord Spoken Only through Moses
Underdogs and Tricksters: A Prelude to Biblical Folklore
David's last and early days
This article deals with the beginning and end of David’s life. David’s lonely end, a reflection of his incapacity to love, marks the tragic close to his promising beginnings. The author shows how the stories that introduce David are missing two elements: a birth story and a genealogy. This absence can be explained by the biblical author’s desire to portray David as a male-Cinderella. This missing birth story can perhaps be reconstructed by readin…
The strange biography of Samson
The biblical story of the life of Samson hides much from the reader&&the Book of Judges has deleted from the story elements that were deemed improper for the book’s placement among the Holy Scriptures. In this article, the author shows how the Bible transforms Samson from a mythological hero, the son of a god, to a mere mortal whose extraordinary strength came through the spirit of God that rested with him so long as he kept his Nazirite vows. Th…
Disgrace: The Lies of the Patriarch
Yair Zakovitch Disgrace: The Lies of the Patriarch THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC COMPLEX OF THE HEBREW BIBLE, WHICH OPENS w ith Genesis and the creation ofthe world and closes at the end ofKings with the Babylonian exile,1 tells a sad story—notwithstanding the faint light that flickers at the end, a glimpse of hope of a better future for the exiled and perhaps even of their being granted the ability to return to the land of Israel when Jehoiachin, king of …
Ruth, Book of
The book is named after its heroine, a young Moabite widow who leaves her land and family to follow her mother‐in‐law to Bethlehem in Judah, where she will become the great‐grandmother of King David.
Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch
On Incoherency and Its Causes: Explanatory Notes as a Test Case
This essay examines a peripheral phenomenon of explanatory notes that were integrated in the biblical text, focusing on two types of notes: a) those that, due to a variety of motivations, added something new to the text; and b) those that sought to exchange specific words with others in order to solve some kind of textual difficulty. Regarding the first type, it is not clear whether the note-writer truly desired that his words be included in the …
Art (8 works) · History (7 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (6 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · HERO (2 works)