Sara Milstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 9612613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Milstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Milstein |
| SIGNATURE | MILSTEIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-9792-3728 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In memoriam Jakob Wöhrle
New Editorial Manager
Teaching the Pentateuch
What are best practices for teaching the Pentateuch and the Hebrew Bible more broadly? How can we introduce students to ways of reading biblical texts that are eye‐opening, empowering, and accessible? In this paper, I explore some of the challenges and opportunities that we face as biblical studies professors, and I profile a handful of examples that have been especially fruitful in my experience teaching undergraduates. On the whole, my approach…
The Misleading Nature of »Love« and »Hate« in Biblical Translation
Scholars have long shown that the Hebrew roots אהב ('ahab) and שׂנא (śana') exhibit a range of active associations that extend beyond the default translations of »love« and »hate.« Depending on the context and agent, אהב can connote loyalty, protection, favor, attraction, or the act of sexual intercourse itself. The antonym שׂנא is then frequently employed in legal contexts, where it triggers the dissolution of formal bonds. Nonetheless, lexemes …
Translating Emotions
The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of the history, nature, and legacy of biblical law. Examining the debates that swirl around the nature of biblical law, it explores its historical context, the significance of its rules, and its influence on early Judaism and Christianity. The volume also interrogates key questions: Were the rules intended to function as ancient Israel's statutory law? Is there evidence to indicate that they served a…
Rethinking the Origins of Deuteronomic »Family Law«
A subset of biblical laws mostly concentrated in Deuteronomy 19 - 25 is marked by stylistic and linguistic parallels. Some propose that these units and others once circulated as a collection of family law, but their parallels to the Mesopotamian legal-pedagogical genre of fictional cases suggest that the biblical texts reflect an analogous group. Only later were these units supplemented and put to new ends, creating the illusion of a law collecti…
The Hymn to Marduk (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi I 1–42) Reconsidered
The 42-line “hymn” to Marduk at the beginning of Ludlul bēl nēmeqi has long been taken as integral to the entire work. We argue, however, that this hymnic segment differs from the rest of the poem with respect to style, content, and in its portrayal of Marduk as both merciful and punitive. These contrasts suggest that the hymn was affixed secondarily to the poem, primarily in order to emphasize the ultimate supremacy of Marduk. This development m…
The Origins of Adapa
Antoine Cavigneaux’s (2014) recent edition of the Tell Haddad version of Adapa allows for a fresh assessment of the myth in all of its available versions. Close examination of the Tell Haddad version and the Amarna Tablet in particular reveals that the two display different sets of logic and foci, with only the latter concerned especially with Adapa and his fate. This distinction is reflective not merely of fluidity in copying but instead appears…
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The Origins of Adapa
Antoine Cavigneaux’s (2014) recent edition of the Tell Haddad version of Adapa allows for a fresh assessment of the myth in all of its available versions. Close examination of the Tell Haddad version and the Amarna Tablet in particular reveals that the two display different sets of logic and foci, with only the latter concerned especially with Adapa and his fate. This distinction is reflective not merely of fluidity in copying but instead appears…
The Hymn to Marduk (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi I 1–42) Reconsidered
The 42-line “hymn” to Marduk at the beginning of Ludlul bēl nēmeqi has long been taken as integral to the entire work. We argue, however, that this hymnic segment differs from the rest of the poem with respect to style, content, and in its portrayal of Marduk as both merciful and punitive. These contrasts suggest that the hymn was affixed secondarily to the poem, primarily in order to emphasize the ultimate supremacy of Marduk. This development m…
Rethinking the Origins of Deuteronomic »Family Law«
A subset of biblical laws mostly concentrated in Deuteronomy 19 - 25 is marked by stylistic and linguistic parallels. Some propose that these units and others once circulated as a collection of family law, but their parallels to the Mesopotamian legal-pedagogical genre of fictional cases suggest that the biblical texts reflect an analogous group. Only later were these units supplemented and put to new ends, creating the illusion of a law collecti…
The Misleading Nature of »Love« and »Hate« in Biblical Translation
Scholars have long shown that the Hebrew roots אהב ('ahab) and שׂנא (śana') exhibit a range of active associations that extend beyond the default translations of »love« and »hate.« Depending on the context and agent, אהב can connote loyalty, protection, favor, attraction, or the act of sexual intercourse itself. The antonym שׂנא is then frequently employed in legal contexts, where it triggers the dissolution of formal bonds. Nonetheless, lexemes …
Translating Emotions
The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of the history, nature, and legacy of biblical law. Examining the debates that swirl around the nature of biblical law, it explores its historical context, the significance of its rules, and its influence on early Judaism and Christianity. The volume also interrogates key questions: Were the rules intended to function as ancient Israel's statutory law? Is there evidence to indicate that they served a…
In memoriam Jakob Wöhrle
New Editorial Manager
Teaching the Pentateuch
What are best practices for teaching the Pentateuch and the Hebrew Bible more broadly? How can we introduce students to ways of reading biblical texts that are eye‐opening, empowering, and accessible? In this paper, I explore some of the challenges and opportunities that we face as biblical studies professors, and I profile a handful of examples that have been especially fruitful in my experience teaching undergraduates. On the whole, my approach…
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