Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I. Biblical Interpretation: -- Creation: -- 1. Beyond Heilsgeschichte / Theodore Hiebert -- 2. The moral cosmologies of creation / William P. Brown -- 3. Creation and environment in the character development of Moses / Thomas B. Dozeman -- Torah : -- 4. Biblical laws: challenging the principles of Old Testament ethics / Cheryl B. Anderson -- 5. Between humility and authority: the interplay of the judge-prophet laws (Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13) and the judge-prophet narratives of Moses / Dennis T. Olson -- 6. Inside the "sanctuary of silence": the moral-ethical demands of suffering / Samuel E. Balentine -- Prophets: -- 7. The book of Jeremiah: reconstructing community after disaster / Kathleen M. O'Connor -- 8. A feeling for God: emotions and moral formation in Ezekiel 24:15-27 / Jacqueline E. Lapsley -- 9. "He has told you what is good": moral formation in Micah / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- 10. The end of war in the Zion tradition: the imperialistic background of an Old Testament vision of worldwide peace / J. J. M. Roberts -- Diaspora and Exile: -- 11. The quiet words of the wise: biblical developments toward nonviolence as a diaspora ethic / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher -- 12. Wine, women, and song (of Songs): gender politics and identity construction in postexilic Israel / J. David Pleins -- Part II. The Bible in Modern Contexts: -- 13. Toward a diaspora hermeneutics (Hispanic North America) / Luis R. Rivera-Rodriguez -- 14. Tamar's cry: rereading an ancient text in the midst of an HIV/AIDS pandemic (South Africa) -- 15. Resisting rejection by the "elect" in Genesis 25-27 (migrant workers and prisoners, northwest USA) / Bob Ekblad -- 16. Toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in postwar Guatemala / J. Rafael Escobar R.