Ecclesiastes 5-12: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
(2021)
Book
Weeks, S. (2021). Ecclesiastes 5-12: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary. Bloomsbury T&T Clark
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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1 (2020)
Book
Weeks, S. (2020). A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1. BloomsburyThis new volume in the ICC on Ecclesiastes 1-5 brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have a complete knowledge and understanding of thi... Read More about A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ecclesiastes. Volume 1.
Tobit (2018)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2018). Tobit. In A. Wright, R. Herms, & B. Embry (Eds.), Early Jewish literature : an anthology (368-382). Eerdmans
Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category? (2016)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2016). Is "Wisdom Literature" a Useful Category?. In H. Najman, J. S. Rey, & E. J. Tigchelaar (Eds.), Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism (3-23). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004324688_003
Solomon and Qoheleth (2016)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2016). Solomon and Qoheleth. In B. J. Embry, & A. Erickson (Eds.), Megilloth studies : the shape of contemporary scholarship (71-86). Sheffield Phoenix PressVarious explanations have been advanced for the reading of Ecclesiastes at the Feast of Tabernacles, a practice that does not seem to have begun before the Middle Ages, and that has never been applied with great consistency even amongst the Jewish co... Read More about Solomon and Qoheleth.
Reconstructing Tobit 13.6–10 (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). Reconstructing Tobit 13.6–10. In R. T. McLay (Ed.), The Temple in Text and Tradition (59-71). Bloomsbury T&T Clark
The Place and Limits of Wisdom Revisited (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). The Place and Limits of Wisdom Revisited. In J. Jarick (Ed.), Perspectives on Israelite wisdom : proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament seminar (3-23). Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Wisdom, Form and Genre (2015)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2015). Wisdom, Form and Genre. In M. R. Sneed (Ed.), Was there a wisdom tradition? New prospects in Israelite wisdom studies (161-178). Society of Biblical Literature
Tobit (2015)
Book Chapter
Stuckenbruck, L., & Weeks, S. (2015). Tobit. In J. K. Aitken (Ed.), The T & T Clark companion to the Septuagint (237-260). Bloomsbury T&T Clark
The Inner-Textuality of Qoheleth's Monologue (2014)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2014). The Inner-Textuality of Qoheleth's Monologue. In W. Kynes, & K. Dell (Eds.), Reading Ecclesiastes intertextually (142-156). Bloomsbury T&T Clark
The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875 (2014)
Book
Weeks, S. (2014). The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875. EisenbraunsTaking advantage of the unprecedented access to books and information that has become available in the last few years, this bibliography identifies and traces the history of hundreds of books and articles on Ecclesiastes published in many different l... Read More about The Making of Many Books. Printed Works on Ecclesiastes 1523-1875.
“Fear God and Keep his Commandments”: Could Qohelet Have Said This? (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). “Fear God and Keep his Commandments”: Could Qohelet Have Said This?. In B. Schipper, & A. Teeter (Eds.), Wisdom and Torah : the reception of ‘Torah’ in the wisdom literature of the Second Temple period (101-118). Brill Academic Publishers
Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts. In G. Moers, K. Widmaier, A. Giewekemeyer, A. Lümers, & R. Ernst (Eds.), Dating Egyptian literary texts (599-616). Widmaier VerlagWe know little about the circumstances which gave rise to the composition of biblical texts, except what they themselves choose to tell us, and there is much debate about their dates and origins. They not only furnish a salutary example, however, of... Read More about Texts without Contexts: The Dating of Biblical Texts.
Notes on Some Hebrew Words in Ecclesiastes (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). Notes on Some Hebrew Words in Ecclesiastes. In J. K. Aitken, J. M. Clines, & C. M. Maier (Eds.), Interested readers : essays on the Hebrew Bible in honor of David J. A. Clines (373-384). Society of Biblical Literature
Restoring the Greek Tobit (2013)
Journal Article
Weeks, S. (2013). Restoring the Greek Tobit. Journal for the Study of Judaism: In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period, 44(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12340377The modern consensus that the “Long” text of Tobit is earlier than the “Short” has brought about a paralysis in attempts to restore the Greek, with the very unsatisfactory text in Sinaiticus coming to serve as our de facto best effort. It is importan... Read More about Restoring the Greek Tobit.
The limits of form criticism in the study of literature, with reflections on Psalm 34 (2013)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2013). The limits of form criticism in the study of literature, with reflections on Psalm 34. In K. Dell, & P. Joyce (Eds.), Biblical interpretation and method : essays in honour of John Barton (15-25). Oxford University Press
Ecclesiastes and Scepticism (2012)
Book
Weeks, S. (2012). Ecclesiastes and Scepticism. T&T ClarkBy emphasising observation and empiricism as a key influence on human behaviour, this work excludes any consideration of tradition or revelation. Scholars often view the apparent scepticism of Ecclesiastes in terms of a reaction against the more conf... Read More about Ecclesiastes and Scepticism.
Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel (2011)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2011). Literacy, Orality, and Literature in Israel. In J. K. Aitken, K. J. Dell, & B. A. Mastin (Eds.), On stone and scroll : essays in honour of Graham Ivor Davies (465-478). De Gruyter
A Deuteronomic Heritage in Tobit? (2011)
Book Chapter
Weeks, S. (2011). A Deuteronomic Heritage in Tobit?. In H. von Weissenberg, J. Pakkala, & M. Marttila (Eds.), Changes in scripture : rewriting and interpreting authoritative traditions in the second temple period (389-404). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110240498.389
An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature. (2010)
Book
Weeks, S. (2010). An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature. T&T ClarkIn contrast to much of the other literature in the Hebrew Bible, the wisdom books – Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes – have little interest in Israel’s national history and worship, but focus instead on the needs of each individual, struggling to surv... Read More about An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature..