Introduction -- The background and origin of the theology of Lamentations -- On the syntax of ... in Exodus 3:14 -- Reflections on the emergence of a standard text of the Hebrew Bible -- Some observations on two oracular passages in 1 Sam. -- Difficilior lectio probabilior : a rule of textual criticism and its use in Old Testament studies -- Etymological semantics : response to J.C. Greenfield -- Translation and emendation -- Ezekiel 30:16 : a conjecture -- A disputed sense in a covenant context : on the interpretation of Genesis 15:6 -- Masoretic or mixed : on choosing a textual basis for a translation of the Hebrew Bible.