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Sin and Expiation (2020)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2020). Sin and Expiation. In S. Balentine (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of ritual and worship. Oxford University Press

Expiation refers to a ritual attempt to deal with sin, and while in the Hebrew Bible it can include such things as prayer and acts of mourning, we most frequently find it manifested in sacrifice. Biblical texts rarely explain how sacrifice functions... Read More about Sin and Expiation.

Claimed and Unclaimed Experience: Problematic Readings of Trauma in the Hebrew Bible (2019)
Journal Article
Janzen, D. (2019). Claimed and Unclaimed Experience: Problematic Readings of Trauma in the Hebrew Bible. Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, 27(2), 163-185. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-00272p01

The understanding of trauma in sociology as the group’s creation of meaning for horrific events has been highly influential in the study of the Hebrew Bible. This sociological approach is very different than that of literary criticism, where trauma i... Read More about Claimed and Unclaimed Experience: Problematic Readings of Trauma in the Hebrew Bible.

A Monument and a Name: The Primary Purpose of Chronicles' Genealogies (2018)
Journal Article
Janzen, D. (2018). A Monument and a Name: The Primary Purpose of Chronicles' Genealogies. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 43(1), 45-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089215702885

The primary purpose of the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1–9 is to construct a monument to the pre-exilic dead of Judah and Israel, reflecting the important cultural value Judeans placed on the preservation of one's name after death. Ancient Near Easte... Read More about A Monument and a Name: The Primary Purpose of Chronicles' Genealogies.

Yahwistic Appropriation of Achaemenid Ideology and the Function of Nehemiah 9 in Ezra-Nehemiah (2017)
Journal Article
Janzen, D. (2017). Yahwistic Appropriation of Achaemenid Ideology and the Function of Nehemiah 9 in Ezra-Nehemiah. Journal of Biblical Literature, 136(4), 839-856. https://doi.org/10.15699/jbl.1364.2017.200013

The prayer of Neh 9:6–37, and particularly its final two verses, presents the imperial monarchy in a very negative light. This portrayal is far different from the depictions of the Achaemenids found everywhere else in Ezra-Nehemiah, where the Persian... Read More about Yahwistic Appropriation of Achaemenid Ideology and the Function of Nehemiah 9 in Ezra-Nehemiah.

A Colonized People: Persian Hegemony, Hybridity, and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah (2016)
Journal Article
Persian Hegemony, Hybridity, and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah. Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, 24(1), 27-47. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-00241p03

The article draws on Achaemenid royal inscriptions in a postcolonial investigation of Ezra-Nehemiah’s portrayal of the community of immigrants from Babylon. The book presents the community’s identity as a hybrid of the way imperial hegemony portrays... Read More about A Colonized People: Persian Hegemony, Hybridity, and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah.

Festivals and Holy Days (2015)
Book Chapter
Janzen, D. (2015). Festivals and Holy Days. In S. E. Balentine (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology (351-362). Oxford University Press

'What he did for me': David's Warning about Joab in 1 Kings 2.5 (2015)
Journal Article
Janzen, D. (2015). 'What he did for me': David's Warning about Joab in 1 Kings 2.5. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 39(3), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089215577583

This article argues that David orders Solomon in 1 Kgs 2.5–6 to kill Joab because of Joab's pattern of assassinating rivals in order to benefit his master. David's point in 2.5 is that Joab killed Abner and Amasa, two potential enemies of David, with... Read More about 'What he did for me': David's Warning about Joab in 1 Kings 2.5.