Contents
Preface
Remembering Ron Pirson, by His Life-Partner
Ron Pirson: Memories of a Former Colleague
Ron Pirson: Publications
Section 1: The Ethics of Preference
The Eternal Liminality of Lot: Paying the Price of Opposing the Particular in the Sodom Narrative
The Limits of Intercession: Abraham Reads Ezekiel at Sodom and Gomorrah
Changing God’s Mind: Abraham versus Jonah
Why Did God Choose Abraham? : Responses from Medieval Jewish Commentators
Section 2: Justice by the Book
Outcry, Knowledge, and Judgment in Genesis 18–19
Legal and Ethical Reflections on Genesis 18 and 19
Keeping the Way of Yhwh: Righteousness and Justice in Genesis 18–19
Section 3: The Ethics of Hospitality
Was Lot a Good Host? Was Lot Saved from Sodom as a Reward for His Hospitality?
Hospitality Compared: Abraham and Lot as Hosts
Hospitality and Hostility: Reading Genesis 19 in Light of 2 Samuel 10 (and Vice Versa)
Beyond Particularity and Universality: Reflections on Shadal’s Commentary to Genesis 18–19
Does Lot Know about Yada '?
Contributors
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors