Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter One: Introduction Part One: Tree Parts Chapter Two: The Metaphor of Root and Soil in the Hebrew Bible: Botany, Metaphor Theory, and the Balance Between Divine Agency and Human Responsibility - Amy Balogh, Regis University, USA Chapter Three: Shady Trees: Figurative Ecologies of Power and Pride in Branch Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East - William R. Osborne, College of the Ozarks, USA Chapter Four: The Corona Triumphalis and the Tree of Life - Douglas Estes, Friends University, USA Chapter Five: Fruit for Food, Leaves for Healing: Archaeobotany, Conceptual Metaphor, and Ezekiel 47 - Beth Stovell, Ambrose University, Canada Chapter Six: Burning Trees and Enduring Seeds: Isaiah Future Hope - Mark J. Boda, McMaster Divinity College, Canada Chapter Seven: The World Tree in Hebrew Scripture - Stephen Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA Part Two: Tree Types Chapter Eight: Fig Trees in the Prophetic Imagination - Brady Beard, Emory University, USA Chapter Nine: Swaying over the Trees: Tree-Inspired Elements in Biblical Vine Metaphors - Tina Sherman, University of Minnesota, USA Chapter Ten: The Apotropaic Power of the Date-Palm Image - Norma Franklin, University of Haifa, Israel Chapter Eleven: Great Deciduous Trees - Ben Austin, Providence Christian College, USA Chapter Twelve: Cedars and Lebanon: Ancient Near Eastern Themes and Ezekiel 31 - Lindy Williams, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA Chapter Thirteen: King of Trees: The Olive Tree in the Biblical World - Brian Moselle, Los Angeles, USA Part Three: Respondents Biblical Literary Respondent: TBD Scientific Respondent: TBD Bibliography Index.