Universalism and particularism at Sodom and Gomorrah : essays in memory of Ron Pirson /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012.
Description:	xviii, 234 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	Multiple
Series:	Ancient Israel and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 11 Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 11. ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Genesis XVIII-XIX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Universalism. Particularism (Theology) Sodom (Extinct city) Gomorrah (Extinct city)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10517888

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Other authors / contributors:	Lipton, Diana. Pirson, Ron. American Council of Learned Societies. Society of Biblical Literature.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Ancient Israel and its literature]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Other form:	Original 9781589836501

Table of Contents:

Remembering Ron Pirson, by his life-partner / Petra Thijs
Ron Pirson: memories of a former colleague / Pierre Van Hecke
Ron Pirson: publications
The eternal liminality of Lot: paying the price of opposing the particular in the Sodom narrative / William John Lyons
The limits of intercession: Abraham reads Ezekiel at Sodom and Gomorrah / Diana Lipton
Changing God's mind: Abraham versus Jonah / T. A. Perry
Why did God choose Abraham? Responses from medieval Jewish commentators / Amira Meir
Outcry, knowledge, and judgment in Genesis 18-19 / Ellen J. Van Wolde
Legal and ethical reflections on Genesis 18 and 19 / Calum Carmichael
Keeping the way of YHWH: Righteousness and justice in Genesis 18-19 / Megan Warner
Was Lot a good host? Was Lot saved from Sodom as a reward for his hospitality? / Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg
Hospitality compared: Abraham and Lot as hosts / Jonathan D. Safren
Hospitality and hostility: reading Genesis 19 in light of 2 Samuel 10 (and vice versa) / Nathan MacDonald
Beyond particularity and universality: reflections on Shadal's commentary to Genesis 18-19 / Harlan J. Wechsler
Does Lot know about Yada'? / Ron Pirson.

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