Prof. Jonathan Grossman

Education

Dissertation

"Ambiguity in the Biblical Narrative and its Contribution to the Literary Formation." Supervisor: Professor Moshe Garsiel

List of publications

Books

Esther: The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scripture, 6), Winona Lake, IN.: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

Ruth: Bridges and Boundaries (Das Alte Testament im Dialog, 9), Bern: Peter Lang, 2015.

Abram to Abraham: A Literary Analysis of the Abraham Narrative (Das Alte Testament im Dialog, 11), Bern: Peter Lang, 2016.

Creation: Tales of Beginnings, New York: Yeshiva University and Jerusalem: Magid, 2019

Articles

"Divine Command and Human Initiative: A Literary View on Numbers 25-31", Biblical Interpretation 15 (2007), pp. 54­-79.

"'Gleaning among the Ears' – 'Gathering among the Sheaves': Characterizing the Image of the Supervising Boy (Ruth 2)", JBL 126 (2007), pp. 703–716.

"The Design of the 'Dual Causality' Principle in the Narrative of Absalom's Rebellion", Biblica 88 (2007), pp. 558-566.

"'Dynamic Analogies' in the Book of Esther", VT 59 (2009), pp. 394-414.

"The Vanishing Character in Biblical Narrative: The Role of Hathach in Esther 4", VT 62 (2012), pp. 561-571.

"The Story of Joseph's Brothers in Light of the "Therapeutic Narrative" Theory", Biblical Interpretation 21 (2013), pp. 171-195.

"Associative Meanings in the Character Evaluation of Lot’s Daughters", CBQ 76 (2014), pp. 40-57.

"The Structural Paradigm of the Ten Plagues Narrative and the Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart", VT 64 (2014), pp. 588-610.

"Radak's Approach to Ambiguity in the Bible", in: Ed. Robberechts (ed.), Jews in Marseilles, Aix-Marseille Université (forthcoming).

"'Like Arrows in the Hand of the Warrior, So Are Youths': Reading Ishmael’s Expulsion in Genesis 21 in light of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha", Hebrew Studies 57 (2016), pp. 73-91.

"The Expulsion of Ishmael Narrative – Boundaries, Structure and Meaning", in: Elizabeth R. Hayes and Karolien Vermeulen (eds.), Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis: Literary and Stylistic Approaches to the Text, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2016, pp. 27-37.

"Different Dreams: Two Models of Interpretation for Three Pairs of Dreams (Genesis 37-50)", JBL 135 (2016), pp. 717–732.

"The Double Etymology of Babel in Genesis 11", ZAW 129 (2017), pp. 362-375.

"Who are the Sons of God? – A New Suggestion", Biblica 99 (2018), pp. 1-18.

"Did David Actually Conquer Jerusalem? The Blind, the Lame, and the Ṣinnôr", VT 69 (2019), pp. 46-59.

"The Ambiguity of רחם in Deuteronomy, Second Isaiah and Enȗma Eliš", in: M. Avioz and Y. Shemesh (eds.), Ben Porat Yoseph: Studies in the Bible and its World (AOAT 458), Ugarit Verlag 2019, pp. 253-270.

"The Significance of Frankincense in Grain Offerings", JBL 138 (2019), pp. 285–296.

"Reading Ruth with Winnicott: Boaz and Naomi as 'Transitional Objects'", in: Stuart W. Halpern (ed.), Gleanings: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Ruth, New York: Yeshiva University Press, 2019, pp. 25-38.

“Jacob’s Struggle at Jabbok – A New Reading”, SJOT 34 (2020), pp. 134-156.

Book review

"Yael Shemesh, Mourning in the Bible: Coping with Loss in Biblical Literature", AJS Review 40 (2016), pp. 397-399.