Introduction: The Place of Adoption in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Research , Ekaterina Kozlova (London School of Theology, UK) and Cat Quine (University of Nottingham, UK) Part One: Unspoken Adoption 1. Absence of Adoption in the Hebrew Bible? Childist and Social Scientific Insights in Response to a Textual Conundrum , Julie Faith Parker (General Theological Seminary, USA) 2. 'He Remained with her for Six Years' (2 Kings 11:3): Assassination and (Non-)Adoption in the Case of King Joash , Cat Quine (University of Nottingham, UK) Part Two: Adopting Children: Practices and Metaphors 3. 'I Will Be Built Up Through Her': Surrogacy and Adoption in The Hebrew Bible , Janice De-Whyte (Loma Linda University, USA) 4. Centering the Child: The Adoption Metaphor in Nathan's Parable (2 Samuel 12:1-4) , Yael Landman (Brooklyn College, USA) 5. Claiming the Unclaimed: The Role of Feet in Adoption and Levirate Marriage , Kristine Henriksen Garroway (Hebrew Union College, Israel) 6. Hassadah, Orphan Turned Adoptee (Esther 2:5-15): Reflections from African South Africa , Madipoane Masenya (University of South Africa, South Africa) Part Three: Divine Adoption Metaphors and Motifs 7. 'Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child': Considering the Metaphor of Divine Adoption in the Context of Trauma' , L.

Juliana Claassens (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 8. 'You are My Child': Royal and Domestic Adoption Motifs in Exodus and the Ancient Near East , Shawn Flynn (St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Canada) 9. 'I Have Made an Engraving of You.' (Isaiah 49:16): An Echo of an Ancient Near Eastern Adoption Practice in Deutero-Isaiah? , Ekaterina Kozlova (London School of Theology, UK) 10. Coming Home to Zion: Yahweh's Adoption and Restoration of the Nations , Kevin Burrell (Burman University, Canada) Bibliography Index.