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List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Athalya Brenner-Idan, Tel Aviv University, Israel -- SAMUEL: 1. 'David Hates the Lame and the Blind': Towards an Inter(Con)Textual Reading of 2 Samuel 5.6-9* / Dominic S. Irudayaraj, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy; 2. Who Can Speak for me?' David's Ten Concubines and the Case for Comfort Women / Hyun Ho Park, Grace United Methodist Church, USA; 3. The Politics of Ancient and Modern Burial: Revisiting the Case of Rizpah / Talia Sutskover, Tel Aviv University, Israel; 4. Rizpah [Re] Membered / Athalya Brenner-Idan, Tel Aviv University, USAIntermezzo: On [Heroic] Death beyond the Hebrew Bible; 5. Commemorating World War I Soldiers as Martyrs / Jan Willem van Henten, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Stellenbosch University, South Africa -- KINGS: 6. The Two Women in Solomon's Judgement: A Cross-Textual Reading with Chinese Sources / Wei Huang, Shanghai University, China; 7. The Golden Age of Elijah the Prophet as Culture Hero in Zionist Education / Tamar Lammfromm, David Yellin College, Israel; 8. Sanctified Assassinations--Queen Athaliah of Judah and Israel's Prime Minister Rabin: A Comparison of Two Religio-Political Murders / Ora Brison, Independent Scholar, Israel -- CHRONICLES-EZRA-NEHEMIAH: 9. Manasseh as Perpetrator in Kings and Chronicles: a View on Vulnerability / Gerrie F. Snyman, University of South Africa, South Africa; 10. Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est Le Meme Chose: Rabbinic Interpretations of Deuteronomy from Ezra-Nehemiah to Contemporary Israel's Conversion Controversy / Atar Hadari, Liverpool Hope University, UK; 11. Sukkot as Resistance in the Days of Nehemiah / Lisbeth S. Fried, University of Michigan, USA; 12. Reading the Bible Repatriately: Ezra-Nehemiah, A Case Study / Roger Nam, Emory University, Atlanta, USA; Indexes.