Preface - Ehud Ben Zvi and Aaron W. Hughes Introduction - David M. Gunn and Claudia V. Camp Part 1: Poets and Poetry 1.Nostalgia, the Love of the Land, the Impossibility of Speaking/Writing and the Making of Poetry J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK 2.Poetry amid Ruins Peter Sabo, University of Alberta, Canada 3.The Poet's Silence: Language and non-Language in Rosenzweig Aaron W.

Hughes, University of Rochester, USA 4.'A Bird on the Roof':Trauma, Gender and Affect in Psalm 102 Fiona Black, Mount Allison University, Canada 5.'Look, O Daughters of Jerusalem': The Gaze in the Song of Songs Lauren Chomyn, University of Alberta, Canada 6.On Femininity, Dressing, and Undressing Daphna Arbel, University of British Columbia, Canada 7.One or Two Interesting Things about the Universe: The Cosmology of Job 38 David Clines, University of Sheffield, UK (emeritus) Part 2: Prophets and Prophecy 8.Human and Divine Wisdom in the Book of Hosea, Kåre Berge, NLA University College, Norway 9.Remembering Hosea: The Prophet Hosea as a Site of Memory in Persian Period Yehud Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta, Canada 10. The Divine Gardener in Prophetic Texts in the Hebrew Bible Diana V.

Edelman, University of Oslo, Norway 11. The Slavery of Canaan Philip R. Davies University of Sheffield, UK (emeritus) 12. Prophecy and prognostication: the prophet Elijah and the 'prophet' Enoch in medieval apocalyptic texts Andrew Gow, University of Alberta, Canada 13. Reflections on the Reception Exegesis of Isaiah, John F. A. Sawyer, University of Durham, UK Part 3: Texts in Play 14. Of an Imagination All Compact: The Garden, The Forest and the Wasteland as the Apple of the Biblical Poet's Eye, James R.

Linville, University of Lethbridge, Canada 15. Loving the Highwayman: Reading Proverbs 1-9 in the Company of Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson, Barbara Cartland, and Alfred Noyes Claudia V. Camp, Texas Christian University, USA, and David M. Gunn, Brite Divinity School, USA 16. The Bible in Moominland: Sensibility, Sense and Sentiment in Biblical Interpretation Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK 17. The Politics and Poetics of Mercy Benjamin Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada Index.