Acknowledgments vii Contributors ix Life Sketch of Richard M. Davidson xv A Selected Bibliography of Richard M. Davidson xix Abbreviations xxxvii Introduction 1 I. Old Testament Exegesis 1. The Subordination of Women Revisited: A Contextual and Inter-textual Exegesis of Genesis 3:16 Jacques B. Doukhan 7 2. The Role and Functions of the Biblical Genealogies Paul J. Ray, Jr. 21 3. Genesis 38: Its Function in the Literary Structure and Plot of the Joseph Narrative Stephen Bauer 44 4. Co-creaturely Associates or Peers? The Nature of Animals as Portrayed in Isaiah A. Rahel Schafer 64 5. Notes on the Literary Structure of the Hook of Ezekiel Jiri Moskala 102 6. The Conversion of the Nations in Zephaniah Greg A. King 111 7. The Term Sheol and Its Meaning in the Context of Job 7:9 Eriks Galenieks 125 8. The Time Prophecies in Daniel 12 Gerhard Pfandl 139 9. When Not to “Tie the Knot”: A Study of Exogamous Marriage in Ezra-Nehemiah Against the Backdrop of Biblical Legal Tradition Gerald A. Klingbeil 156 II. Intertextuality, Typology, and Ancient Near Eastern Background 10. Does Isaiah 65:17-25 Describe the Eschatological New Heavens and the New Earth? Jiri Moskala 187 11. Sarah Our Mother P. Richard Choi 211 12. James’ Use of Amos 9:11-12 in Acts 15 in the Current Debate Ranko Stefanovic 224 13. Unclean Spirits Like Frogs: A Revelation from Job Lael O. Caesar 243 14. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Law Alexander Bolotnikov 263 15. Cosmic Conflict and Divine Kingship in Babylonian Religion and Biblical Apocalypses Roy and Constance Gane 279 16. Tall Jalul: Biblical Bezer, a City of Refuge? Randall W. Younker 306 III. New Testament Studies 17. Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and the Sinful Woman of Luke 7: The Same Person? Grenville J. R. Kent 325 18. The Sabbath in the Gospel of John Jon Paulien 345 19. Soul Rest and Seventh-day Rest Robert M. Johnston 367 20. Eschatology in the Thessalonian Correspondence Ekkehardt Mueller 381 21. The Armament Passage (Ephesians 6:10-20) as Metaphor for the Church: A Proposal and Its Implications John K. McVay 410 22. Σάββατα in Colossians 2:16 Singular or Plural? Ron du Preez 421 23. Worship, Eschatology, and Ethics: The Revelation of John and the Worshiping Imagination Larry L. Lichtenwalter 465 IV. Theology and Church History 24. The Creator and Creation: God’s Affection for This World Jo Ann Davidson 505 25. Creation and Time Norman R. Gulley 516 26. Bone of My Bone Miroslav M. Kis 544 27. Why Keep an Old Covenant Sabbath in a New Covenant Age? Skip MacCarty 557 28. Show Me Your Glory: A Narrative Theology of Exodus 33:12-34:10 from a Biblical-Historical Perspective John C. Peckham 583 29. Scripture and Modern Epistemological Methodologies in Adventist Hermeneutics: An Uneasy Relationship Denis Fortin 604 30. Sola Scriptura and Hermeneutics: Are Adventist and Evangelical Theologies Compatible? Fernando Canale 617 31. If Salvation Is by Faith, Why Doctrine? E. Edward Zinke 644 32. Influence and Ministry of the Vicar of Christ in the History of the Christian Church Merling Alomia 651 33. Seventh-day Adventist Protology, 1844-2015: A Brief Historical Overview Alberto R. Timm 683

This Festschrift in honor of Dr. Davidson is divided into four parts that reflect upon his main areas of study, lectures, and publications: (1) Old Testament Exegesis; (2) Intertextuality, Typology, and Ancient Near Eastern Background; (3) New Testament Studies; and (4) Theology and Church History.