Debra Scoggins Ballentine
Biographic Data
| ID | 956155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debra Scoggins Ballentine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debra Scoggins |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballentine |
| SIGNATURE | BALLENTINE D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5737-4818 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Michael L. Satlow, An Enchanted World
Introduction to “On Whose Terms?”
This special issue, “On Whose Terms ...?” addresses some challenges of working within standard comparative methodologies from the joint perspectives of Daoist Studies and the Study of Judaism. We offer our explorations of various theories, methodologies, case studies, and the history of the field of Religious Studies, with special focus on Daoist Studies and the Study of Judaism. Collectively, we aim to provide models for circumventing the limits…
Capital-T-truth
Stative capitalization is a means to indicate special status through capitalization in print communication. Authors have utilized stative capitals to indicate theological, metaphysical, and transcendental specialness. When scholars follow conventions for stative capitalization, we sometimes reify contingent theological or metaphysical claims and categories. After engaging with Alan Levinowitz regarding the prominence of stative capitalization wit…
Introduction to Myth-Making in the Hebrew Bible
Do you remember the first time you learned about ancient Near Eastern stories from the 'World of the Bible
"Monotheism" and the Hebrew Bible
The term monotheism often comes with many caveats. Biblical conceptions of God and categories of the divine that interpreters might designate as "monotheism" developed in response to factors within the ancient contexts of biblical authors. However, it is in later Enlightenment contexts that theologians and historians characterize their understanding of biblical theology as monotheistic. As with the terms religion and even Bible, many presume a de…
Theorizing Myth to Facilitate Comparison and Re-Description in Biblical Studies
This article promotes the theorizing of myth in ways that facilitate comparison and re-description of data within Biblical Studies. After addressing background categorical issues within Religious Studies and Biblical Studies, I chart the old model of contrasting Bible as Truth with myth, including Eusebius's antique articulation as well as Romantic notions of myth. Challenging outmoded theories, I identify scholarship that works towards rectifica…
Exile and Return of the First Temple Vessels
Biblical texts exhibit varying accounts of the temple vessels’ “fate” during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, whether dismantled or taken away. Altogether, biblical historiography features claims of continuity regarding the vessels despite exhibiting repeated disruption and reformulation of their physical location and material. Cultural memory of postexilic reconstitution of cultus features the motif of the temple vessels returning to Jer…
The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition
The Motif of Yahweh’s Authority over the Sea and the Legitimacy of Individuals
Considering the connotations of Yahweh’s authority over the sea within biblical traditions, the ascription of power over the sea constitutes a highly significant assertion for a human figure, because it entails a claim to divine power. This chapter analyzes three traditions that make differing claims about a human, using the shared motif of Yahweh’s authority over the sea. Gospel accounts of Jesus walking on the sea and calming the sea bolster Je…
Theorizing Myth in Ancient West Asian Studies
This chapter begins with discussion of myth, emphasizing ideological uses of myth. Drawing on recent theorization of myth by Bruce Lincoln, Russell McCutcheon, and Jonathan Z. Smith, this chapter provides a theoretical background for the subsequent argument that authors used the conflict topos in the production of political and theological ideologies. Giving credit to the foundational work of Hermann Gunkel and Frank Moore Cross, this chapter als…
"Monotheism" and the Hebrew Bible
The term monotheism often comes with many caveats. Biblical conceptions of God and categories of the divine that interpreters might designate as "monotheism" developed in response to factors within the ancient contexts of biblical authors. However, it is in later Enlightenment contexts that theologians and historians characterize their understanding of biblical theology as monotheistic. As with the terms religion and even Bible, many presume a de…
The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition
The Motif of Yahweh’s Authority over the Sea and the Legitimacy of Individuals
Considering the connotations of Yahweh’s authority over the sea within biblical traditions, the ascription of power over the sea constitutes a highly significant assertion for a human figure, because it entails a claim to divine power. This chapter analyzes three traditions that make differing claims about a human, using the shared motif of Yahweh’s authority over the sea. Gospel accounts of Jesus walking on the sea and calming the sea bolster Je…
Theorizing Myth in Ancient West Asian Studies
This chapter begins with discussion of myth, emphasizing ideological uses of myth. Drawing on recent theorization of myth by Bruce Lincoln, Russell McCutcheon, and Jonathan Z. Smith, this chapter provides a theoretical background for the subsequent argument that authors used the conflict topos in the production of political and theological ideologies. Giving credit to the foundational work of Hermann Gunkel and Frank Moore Cross, this chapter als…
Exile and Return of the First Temple Vessels
Biblical texts exhibit varying accounts of the temple vessels’ “fate” during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, whether dismantled or taken away. Altogether, biblical historiography features claims of continuity regarding the vessels despite exhibiting repeated disruption and reformulation of their physical location and material. Cultural memory of postexilic reconstitution of cultus features the motif of the temple vessels returning to Jer…
Introduction to Myth-Making in the Hebrew Bible
Do you remember the first time you learned about ancient Near Eastern stories from the 'World of the Bible
"Monotheism" and the Hebrew Bible
The term monotheism often comes with many caveats. Biblical conceptions of God and categories of the divine that interpreters might designate as "monotheism" developed in response to factors within the ancient contexts of biblical authors. However, it is in later Enlightenment contexts that theologians and historians characterize their understanding of biblical theology as monotheistic. As with the terms religion and even Bible, many presume a de…
Theorizing Myth to Facilitate Comparison and Re-Description in Biblical Studies
This article promotes the theorizing of myth in ways that facilitate comparison and re-description of data within Biblical Studies. After addressing background categorical issues within Religious Studies and Biblical Studies, I chart the old model of contrasting Bible as Truth with myth, including Eusebius's antique articulation as well as Romantic notions of myth. Challenging outmoded theories, I identify scholarship that works towards rectifica…
Introduction to “On Whose Terms?”
This special issue, “On Whose Terms ...?” addresses some challenges of working within standard comparative methodologies from the joint perspectives of Daoist Studies and the Study of Judaism. We offer our explorations of various theories, methodologies, case studies, and the history of the field of Religious Studies, with special focus on Daoist Studies and the Study of Judaism. Collectively, we aim to provide models for circumventing the limits…
Capital-T-truth
Stative capitalization is a means to indicate special status through capitalization in print communication. Authors have utilized stative capitals to indicate theological, metaphysical, and transcendental specialness. When scholars follow conventions for stative capitalization, we sometimes reify contingent theological or metaphysical claims and categories. After engaging with Alan Levinowitz regarding the prominence of stative capitalization wit…
Michael L. Satlow, An Enchanted World
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (6 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Mythology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Biblical studies (3 works)