PART 1: EXAMINING TEXTS1. Social Drama in the Psalms of Individual Lament2. Kingship in the Book of Psalms 3. Abusing the Bible: The Case of Deuteronomy 154. Do not Fear What They Fear: A Post-9/11 Reflection(Isaiah 8:11-15)5. The Expropriated and the Expropriators in Nehemiah 56. How Do Extrabiblical Sociopolitical Data Illuminate Obscure Biblical Texts? The Case of Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 [Heb. 5:7-8]7. On the Alleged Wisdom of Kings: An Application of Adorno's Immanent Criticism to EcclesiastesPART 2: ENGAGING PRACTICES8. Framing Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary: A Student Self Inventory on Biblical Hermeneutics9. Theological Education as a Theory-Praxis Loop: Situating the Book of Joshua in a Cultural, Social Ethical, and Theological Matrix10. The Bible as Nurturer of Passive and Active Worldviews11. Biblical Scholarship in Public Discourse12. On Framing Elections: The Stories We Tell Ourselves13. Values and Economic Structures
