Dr. Paul Sanders

Some of the most recent publications of Paul Sanders

• פלך, `spindle', Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (2021) (with prof. K.R. Veenhof)
• טוה, `to spin, twist together', Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (2021)
• “God Appeased by Homicide? 2 Samuel 21:1–14 in View of Some Hittite and Assyrian Parallels”, in Jacques van Ruiten and Koert van Bekkum (eds), Violence in the Hebrew Bible: Between Text and Reception (Leiden, 2020), 229-268.
• "No Death without Sin on the New Earth: Isaiah 65:20 in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic", in M.N. van der Meer e.a. (eds), Septuagint, Targum and Beyond (Leiden, 2020), 129-140.
• “JHWH blies und sie wurden zerstreut”, in Markus Matthias, Riemer Roukema, Gert van Klinken (red.), Erinnern und Vergessen – Remembering and Forgetting (Fs Hans-Martin Kirn; Leipzig, 2020), 89-95. Also in English.
• מחרשׁה/מחרשׁת, `plough, hoe (?)', Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (2017)
• "Textual Reconstructions in KTU2 Retracted in KTU3", in JNSL 42.2 (2016), 103-112.
• "A Human and a Deity with Conflicting Morals (Qohelet 2.26)", in M.C.A. Korpel and L.L. Grabbe (eds), Open-mindedness in the Bible and Beyond: A Volume of Studies in Honour of Bob Becking (London & New York, 2015), 237-246.
• "Missing Link in Hebrew Bible Formation", in Biblical Archaeology Review 41/6 (2015), 46-52, 74, 76.
• "The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript: Remnant of a Proto-Masoretic Model Scroll of the Torah, in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 14/7 (2014), 1-25.
• "How Comprehensible Can Divine Silence Be? Reflections on the Biblical Evidence", in: B. Becking (ed.), Reflections on the Silence of God: A Discussion with Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor (OTS 62; Leiden & Boston, 2013), 127-138.
• “Overredingsstrategieën in Hethitische, Babylonische en Israëlitische gebeden”, in Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 65/2 (2011), 101-116.
• "Five Books of Psalms?", in: E. Zenger (ed.), The Composition of the Book of Psalms (BETL 238; Leuven, 2010), 677-687.

Populair-wetenschappelijk

• "De rol van mannen en vrouwen", Friesch Dagblad, 23 oktober 2021.
• "God is geen marionettenspeler", Friesch Dagblad, 13 november 2021.
• "Gebed", in: K. Spronk, A. van Wieringen (red.), De Bijbel theologisch: Hoofdlijnen en thema's (Zoetermeer, 2011), 267-278.

Some recent reviews:

• Ferdinand van den Bosch, De voorstelling van de godin Aṯiratu in de Ugaritische alfabetische teksten (Utrecht 2018) 
• Roderick Elledge, Use of the Third Person for Self-Reference by Jesus and Yahweh: A Study of Illeism in the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Its Implications for Christology (London 2017)
• Jan Assmann, From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change (Cairo 2014)
• Giovanni Garbini, Il poema di Baal di Ilumilku (Brescia 2010)
• Benjamin D. Sommer, Revelation and Authority (New Haven 2015)
• Matti Friedman, The Aleppo Codex (Chapell Hill 2013).
• Michael B. Hundley, Gods in Dwellings: Temples and Divine Presence in the Ancient Near East (Atlanta 2013).
• Erle Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680-669 BC) (The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period 4, Winona Lake 2011)