https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/juliarhyder/activity/ Activity feed for Julia Rhyder. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:04:43 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9a1bb82afc56fbf5a46ef4366c215ae8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1940458/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:02:36 +0000 0 7a886d2490a0c82ee9440a7f29732a89 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1926012/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:42:35 +0000 0 2dbe05bbcb62af025c55090687636be5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1916181/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:49:14 +0000 0 024a9b1592e2f5fc2a43dd452749883b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1911298/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:37:48 +0000 0 51acb8cf6518068ca94adfd18bd3d7fb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861719/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:47 +0000 Does “authorship” still have a place in the study of the Hebrew Bible? Historical criticism has long sought to uncover the human authors behind the biblical texts. But how might the “death of the author,” so forcefully declared by Roland Barthes over fifty years ago, change the contours of this search? This volume brings together leading experts…[Read more]

]]> 0 49632aefffe8f19447e62da864a8577b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861718/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:30 +0000 Does “authorship” still have a place in the study of the Hebrew Bible? Historical criticism has long sought to uncover the human authors behind the biblical texts. But how might the “death of the author,” so forcefully declared by Roland Barthes over fifty years ago, change the contours of this search? This volume brings together leading experts…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d0879cf3d56c0114926125110403a6d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861717/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:29 +0000 Does “authorship” still have a place in the study of the Hebrew Bible? Historical criticism has long sought to uncover the human authors behind the biblical texts. But how might the “death of the author,” so forcefully declared by Roland Barthes over fifty years ago, change the contours of this search? This volume brings together leading experts…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d77095cdfacc1a9df12203f70dd428f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861716/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:24 +0000 This work provides new insights into the relationship between the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centralization in the Persian period. The author departs from the classical theory that Leviticus 17–26 merely presume, with minor modifications, a concept of centralization articulated in Deuteronomy. She shows how Lev…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f6ef381ad66748eb4e65d77bc0d9bed https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861715/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:06 +0000 This work provides new insights into the relationship between the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centralization in the Persian period. The author departs from the classical theory that Leviticus 17–26 merely presume, with minor modifications, a concept of centralization articulated in Deuteronomy. She shows how Lev…[Read more]

]]> 0 450293e4c79f29a4f6bc244c92af6d53 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861714/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:03 +0000 This work provides new insights into the relationship between the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centralization in the Persian period. The author departs from the classical theory that Leviticus 17–26 merely presume, with minor modifications, a concept of centralization articulated in Deuteronomy. She shows how Lev…[Read more]

]]> 0 cab6a4545edd962044ac914d71583d5c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861679/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 11:10:19 +0000 Does “authorship” still have a place in the study of the Hebrew Bible? Historical criticism has long sought to uncover the human authors behind the biblical texts. But how might the “death of the author,” so forcefully declared by Roland Barthes over fifty years ago, change the contours of this search? This volume brings together leading experts…[Read more]

]]> 0 102b843860bca9bf5ad1338e660f0832 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861678/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 11:07:04 +0000 This work provides new insights into the relationship between the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centralization in the Persian period. The author departs from the classical theory that Leviticus 17–26 merely presume, with minor modifications, a concept of centralization articulated in Deuteronomy. She shows how Lev…[Read more]

]]> 0 2916c6b99c1b1ef51401cbb790b754c0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861161/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:01:08 +0000 Early Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the festivals described in 1 and 2 Maccabees that serve to commemorate the most impressive m…[Read more]

]]> 0 d33756d4e50a9b2c967807910f827e35 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861160/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:52 +0000 Early Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the festivals described in 1 and 2 Maccabees that serve to commemorate the most impressive m…[Read more]

]]> 0 0bc9c2a7af65dcee2ad6c53be02ed911 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861159/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:51 +0000 Early Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the festivals described in 1 and 2 Maccabees that serve to commemorate the most impressive m…[Read more]

]]> 0 03c8ea34bd5f5b709939832ec939e125 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861158/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:45 +0000 This Open Access volume reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “va…[Read more]

]]> 0 27649d54e4be373873f901ebaa061922 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861157/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:28 +0000 This Open Access volume reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “va…[Read more]

]]> 0 b1b7454b533b9a35ade4a63e66ba8d76 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861156/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:00:26 +0000 This Open Access volume reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “va…[Read more]

]]> 0 db1cf9a42872300251faba10b2aabb32 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861147/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:13:14 +0000 Early Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the festivals described in 1 and 2 Maccabees that serve to commemorate the most impressive m…[Read more]

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]]> 0 90662343258bf26c5583bd49e684ad63 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859595/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:00:38 +0000 The emergence of Judaism and Samaritanism in antiquity is closely linked to the process by which the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) became defined as the Torah of Moses.

]]> 0 21281004a88351551612725749662ddd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859594/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:00:19 +0000 The emergence of Judaism and Samaritanism in antiquity is closely linked to the process by which the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) became defined as the Torah of Moses.

]]> 0 d39695f8dcbb29cc76438bf88e7f071f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859593/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:00:16 +0000 The emergence of Judaism and Samaritanism in antiquity is closely linked to the process by which the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) became defined as the Torah of Moses.

]]> 0 c7fe61d63dc91ffcd94c82af4d695576 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1854164/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:16:44 +0000 This essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]

]]> 0 f77f5a983f9e98940d7c420da1af8511 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1854163/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:16:26 +0000 This essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]

]]> 0 1632709c44a8154e1ab265c12429123d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1854162/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:16:22 +0000 This essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d0065bbde3bff438fc3adc1485240ca https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1854118/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:27:20 +0000 This essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef445ffa0508e0f82ddeaadda9cae13d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1853291/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:38:28 +0000 0 a4bcc84a28ed718f0f3d741e78dbf7d2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852948/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:44:44 +0000 0 6431551911bbbc36675653c3f668be32 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852925/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:24:27 +0000 This article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef545af5def7e2c6323fe1122e38784f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852924/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:24:08 +0000 This article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0f10b7f3c73d9e98e98e9d501da1507 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852923/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:24:04 +0000 This article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]

]]> 0 7135949ddb1dce69a72a1075ac4fdb9e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852900/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:15:27 +0000 This article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]

]]> 0 482c9c5d88ae892784fc4be713d6bd76 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817625/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 02:24:05 +0000 This article analyzes the nexus between collective violence, temple violation, and military glory in 1 and 2 Maccabees by comparing two festivals established in the context of revolt and guerilla warfare; namely, Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day. It argues that the accounts of the origins of these two festivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees reinforce the close c…[Read more]

]]> 0 cfc3d8802f8fcde12bd9aa14fe58210d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817624/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 02:23:46 +0000 This article analyzes the nexus between collective violence, temple violation, and military glory in 1 and 2 Maccabees by comparing two festivals established in the context of revolt and guerilla warfare; namely, Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day. It argues that the accounts of the origins of these two festivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees reinforce the close c…[Read more]

]]> 0 6de9db3f3cbc3cdbc2199164577f7a4d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817623/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 02:23:40 +0000 This article analyzes the nexus between collective violence, temple violation, and military glory in 1 and 2 Maccabees by comparing two festivals established in the context of revolt and guerilla warfare; namely, Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day. It argues that the accounts of the origins of these two festivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees reinforce the close c…[Read more]

]]> 0 885d4394c3850daff4cae355f02b2711 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817616/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 23:13:33 +0000 This article analyzes the nexus between collective violence, temple violation, and military glory in 1 and 2 Maccabees by comparing two festivals established in the context of revolt and guerilla warfare; namely, Hanukkah and Nicanor’s Day. It argues that the accounts of the origins of these two festivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees reinforce the close c…[Read more]

]]> 0 38dac4a4df3a013bb4e1d871998499f4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782597/ Thu, 26 May 2022 02:28:45 +0000 This essay examines select Priestly texts that describe the roles of leaders from the northern and southern tribes in the wilderness cult: the texts of Exod 25–31, 35–40 that concern the sanctuary artisans Bezalel (from the tribe of Judah) and Oholiab (from the tribe of Dan), chosen to lead the construction of the wilderness shrine; the des…[Read more]

]]> 0 1714eee9f63dd4f0f4351d92404cd67b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782596/ Thu, 26 May 2022 02:28:24 +0000 This essay examines select Priestly texts that describe the roles of leaders from the northern and southern tribes in the wilderness cult: the texts of Exod 25–31, 35–40 that concern the sanctuary artisans Bezalel (from the tribe of Judah) and Oholiab (from the tribe of Dan), chosen to lead the construction of the wilderness shrine; the des…[Read more]

]]> 0 d9c71c1affff6bfde615c2f2ceb4ec2e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782595/ Thu, 26 May 2022 02:28:20 +0000 This essay examines select Priestly texts that describe the roles of leaders from the northern and southern tribes in the wilderness cult: the texts of Exod 25–31, 35–40 that concern the sanctuary artisans Bezalel (from the tribe of Judah) and Oholiab (from the tribe of Dan), chosen to lead the construction of the wilderness shrine; the des…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a7115d44dc59b413fc3db446f4f8bcb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1782479/ Wed, 25 May 2022 14:13:58 +0000 This essay examines select Priestly texts that describe the roles of leaders from the northern and southern tribes in the wilderness cult: the texts of Exod 25–31, 35–40 that concern the sanctuary artisans Bezalel (from the tribe of Judah) and Oholiab (from the tribe of Dan), chosen to lead the construction of the wilderness shrine; the des…[Read more]

]]> 0 6490ba7017987729d244c3dff5baf0cf https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775060/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:24:42 +0000 This article examines the instruction regarding the wood offering and the festival of new oil in fragment 23 of 4QReworked Pentateuch C (4Q365), and in particular its setting at a future temple (‫בית‬) in the land. It argues that while 4Q365 23 represents a departure from earlier versions of Leviticus, it should be considered nonetheless as part o…[Read more]

]]> 0 5522af7e7924841fa4b79850d272d6a9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775059/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:24:22 +0000 This article examines the instruction regarding the wood offering and the festival of new oil in fragment 23 of 4QReworked Pentateuch C (4Q365), and in particular its setting at a future temple (‫בית‬) in the land. It argues that while 4Q365 23 represents a departure from earlier versions of Leviticus, it should be considered nonetheless as part o…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fa78ef7010ba3c2a331f5595b1623c3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775058/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:24:18 +0000 This article examines the instruction regarding the wood offering and the festival of new oil in fragment 23 of 4QReworked Pentateuch C (4Q365), and in particular its setting at a future temple (‫בית‬) in the land. It argues that while 4Q365 23 represents a departure from earlier versions of Leviticus, it should be considered nonetheless as part o…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad397990c691ba6a092840fce3c280d9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774986/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:18:07 +0000 This article examines the instruction regarding the wood offering and the festival of new oil in fragment 23 of 4QReworked Pentateuch C (4Q365), and in particular its setting at a future temple (‫בית‬) in the land. It argues that while 4Q365 23 represents a departure from earlier versions of Leviticus, it should be considered nonetheless as part o…[Read more]

]]> 0 af6803f5045c92acefa9edc6b8b706ba https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774508/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:24:06 +0000 This article examines the innovative focus on sabbath observance that characterizes the Holiness legislation (“H”). By comparing H’s conception of the sabbath with what is known about this sacred time from other biblical and extrabiblical sources, the article demonstrates that H creatively blends two aspects of the sabbath that were not alway…[Read more]

]]> 0 6136f1916f4d8415dbd175674311df35 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774507/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:23:44 +0000 This article examines the innovative focus on sabbath observance that characterizes the Holiness legislation (“H”). By comparing H’s conception of the sabbath with what is known about this sacred time from other biblical and extrabiblical sources, the article demonstrates that H creatively blends two aspects of the sabbath that were not alway…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd91fb6d221838a2c379499046f4bb3a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774506/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:23:38 +0000 This article examines the innovative focus on sabbath observance that characterizes the Holiness legislation (“H”). By comparing H’s conception of the sabbath with what is known about this sacred time from other biblical and extrabiblical sources, the article demonstrates that H creatively blends two aspects of the sabbath that were not alway…[Read more]

]]> 0 c4c16eef5664a0db8db7386f0170c538 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774436/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:01:17 +0000 This article examines the innovative focus on sabbath observance that characterizes the Holiness legislation (“H”). By comparing H’s conception of the sabbath with what is known about this sacred time from other biblical and extrabiblical sources, the article demonstrates that H creatively blends two aspects of the sabbath that were not alway…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d867168a38f889889bb52857a196919 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773289/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 02:24:07 +0000 This article reviews the textual transmission of the ban on local butchery in Leviticus 17:3–4. It explores the importance of the manuscripts from the Dead Sea, in particular 4QLevd and 11Q19, for interpreting the plus at verse 4, attested in the Septuagint and in the Samaritan Pentateuch, as well as the change in address in v. 3, which is found i…[Read more]

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