Lotta Valve

”The Enigma of the Parable of the Automatic Seed (Mark 4:26-29)” pp. 145–156 in Lauri Thurén, Antti Kyytsönen & Katri Antin (eds), Parables as Persuasive Devices: Towards a New Era in Parable Research, WUNT/II, 633, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2025.

“Deviant Behavior in the Elijah-Elisha Cycle and Its Reception” pp. 3–20 in Guido Baltes, Lukas Bormann & Martin Meiser (eds.), Understanding Abnormalities in Biblical Figures. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 11, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2022.

“Elijah, Elisha, and other ‘Prophets’ in Hebrews 11:33–38” pp. 65–82 in Anssi Voitila, Niilo Lahti, Mikael Sundkvist & Lotta Valve (eds.), From Text to Persuasion: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 123, Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society 2021.

“Isaiah 61 in Reception: Elijah and Elisha in Luke 4” pp. 232–249 in Pekka Lindqvist & Lotta Valve (eds.), Herald of Good Tidings: Essays on the Bible, Prophecy, and the Hope of Israel in Honour of Antti Laato. Hebrew Bible Monographs 97, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press 2021.

“Water in the Life of Adam and Eve” pp. 131–142 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Life of Adam and Eve: Using Jewish Traditions and Confronting Gnostic Reversed Exegesis. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 9, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2019.

“God’s Presence and Theophany in the Life of Adam and Eve” pp. 93–108 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Life of Adam and Eve: Using Jewish Traditions and Confronting Gnostic Reversed Exegesis. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 9, Network for the Study of the Reception History of the Bible, Åbo Akademi University 2019.

“The ‘Wooing of Rebekah’ and the Methodological Rift between Tradition History and Reception History” pp. 81–96 in Lukas Bormann (ed.), Abraham’s Family: A Network of Meaning in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 415, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2018.

(& Antti Laato), “Understanding the Story of Adam and Eve in Three Abrahamic Religions” pp. 1–36 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Adam and Eve Story in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Perspectives. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 8, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2017.

”Elijah, the Servant, and Phinehas: The Exegetical Tradition behind Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Elijah’s Coming (Sir 48:10–11)”pp. 1 –30 in Pekka Lindqvist & Sven Grebenstein (eds), Take Another Scroll and Write: Studies in the Interpretive Afterlife of Prophets and Prophecy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 6, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2016.

“The Lord Elijah in the Temple as in Malachi 3.1: ‘Overkilling’ Elijah Traditions in Luke 2” pp. 144–159 in Mogens Müller & Jesper Tang Nielsen (eds), Luke’s Literary Creativity. London, New York etc.: Bloomsbury 2016.

(& Antti Laato), “Understanding the Story of Adam and Eve in the Second Temple Period” pp. 1–29 in Antti Laato & Lotta Valve (eds), Adam and Eve Story in the Hebrew Bible and in Ancient Jewish Writings Including the New Testament. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 7, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2016.

Early Modes of Exegesis: Ideal Figures in Malachi as a Test Case. Diss., Turku: Åbo Akademi University Press 2014.

“Moses and Elijah at Horeb and at the End of Malachi” pp. 101–121 in Erkki Koskenniemi & J. Cornelis de Vos (eds), Holy Places and Cult. Studies in the Reception History of the Bible 5, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2014.

“The Case of Messenger-Elijah: The Origins of the Final Appendix to Malachi (3:23–24)” pp. 93–103 in H. M. Niemann & M. Augustin (eds), “My Spirit at Rest in the North Country” (Zechariah 6.8): Collected Communications to the XXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Helsinki 2010. BEATAJ 57, Frankfurt a.M. etc.: Lang, 2011.

”Typological Use of Traditions of the Jacob Cycle in the Book of Malachi” pp. 27–46 in Erkki Koskenniemi & Pekka Lindqvist (eds), Rewritten Biblical Figures. Studies in Rewritten Bible 3, Turku & Winona Lake, IN: Åbo Akademi University & Eisenbrauns 2010.