The present volume has been compiled by colleagues and friends as a tribute to Dr. A. Hilhorst, the Secretary of the Journal for the Study of Judaism, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Its 23 contributions by renowned international experts, reflect the various interests of the honouree, his approach to the Classical and Semitic languages and literatures as forming part of a continuum, and his attention to the interactions between the different literary corpora. Several contributions deal with the interaction of the Old Testament with later Jewish, Gnostic, or Christian writings; others explore the influences of Greek writings within a Jewish context at the levels of philology, of theological ideas, of realia, or of influence of literary compositions. Furthermore, a number of contributions centers on the interaction of Greek motives in Jewish and Christian literature, whereas in several others the focus is on the Martyrium literature or on early Christian texts.
Author(s): Florentino Garcia Martinez, Gerard P. Luttikhuizen
Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 82
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 406
JERUSALEM, ALEXANDRIA, ROME......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 17
1. Illitteratus in Early Christian and Medieval Texts: Church and Illiteracy......Page 19
2. “He must Grow, I must Diminish.” (John 3:30): Augustine of Hippo Preaching on John the Baptist......Page 31
3. Aeterne rerum conditor: Ambrose’s Poem about “Time”......Page 45
4. “Never Repay Evil with Evil”: Ethical Interaction between the Joseph Story, the Novel Joseph and Aseneth, the New Testament and the Apocryphal Acts......Page 59
5. The Vision of Saturus in the Passio Perpetuae......Page 73
6. Life after Death in Pseudo-Phocylides......Page 93
7. The Eagle on the Tree: A Homeric Motif in Jewish and Christian Literature......Page 105
8. The Text of the Martyrdom of Polycarp Again (With a Note on the Greek Text of Polycarp, ad Phil.)......Page 119
9. Theodoret’s Philological Remarks on the Language of the Septuagint......Page 125
10. Greek Loanwords in the Copper Scroll......Page 137
11. Between Old and New: The Problem of Acculturation Illustrated by the Early Christian Usage of the Phoenix Motif......Page 165
12. The Use of Scripture in 1 Enoch 17–19......Page 183
13. The Interpretation of Metaphorical Language: A Characteristic of LXX-Isaiah......Page 197
14. The Critical Rewriting of Genesis in the Gnostic Apocryphon of John......Page 205
15. The Irish Legend of Antichrist......Page 219
16. Βεθαβαρα τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτίσματος Remarks about Storied Places at the Jordan, John the Baptist and the Madaba Mosaic Map......Page 239
17. The Three Nets of Belial from Qumran to the Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum......Page 261
18. Erasmus’ Note on Gal 4:25: The Connection between Mount Sinai and Jerusalem......Page 273
19. The Four Rivers of Eden in the Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli ): The Intertextual Relationship of Genesis 2:10–14 and the Apocalypse of Paul 23......Page 281
20. “Moses received Torah…” (m. Avot 1:1): Rabbinic Conceptions of Revelation......Page 303
21. The White Dress of the Essenes and the Pythagoreans......Page 319
22. Origen on the Assumption of Moses......Page 341
23. La saveur biblique du latin mérovingien: l’example de la Vie de Sainte Rusticule, Abbesse à Arles VIIe siècle)......Page 359
Bibliography of A. Hilhorst......Page 377
References to Ancient Texts......Page 389
