The themes of this volume encompass the lifelong interests of one of the most eminent and learned Jewish scholars of our time: Qumran, Hellenism, Rabbinics and chronography. The contributors, leading scholars in these fields, have produced what is a benchmark of modern scholarship of Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period.
Author(s): John C. Reeves, John Kampen
Series: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 184
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 434
Pursuing the Text......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 13
Alan Cooper: Creation, Philosophy and Spirituality: Aspects of Jewish Interpretation of Psalm......Page 16
David B. Weisberg: 'Break in the Middle of a Verse': Some Observations on a Massoretic Feature......Page 35
James C. VanderKam: Putting Them in their Place: Geography as an Evaluative Tool......Page 47
1. The Table of Nations in Genesis 10......Page 49
2. Jubilees' Re-reading of Genesis 10......Page 54
3. Jubilees' World Map......Page 63
4. The Map and the Larger Purposes of Jubilees......Page 67
Sect: A Definition......Page 71
The 'Damascus' Sect......Page 73
Formation of the Sect......Page 81
'Torah' and 'Testament'......Page 84
John Kampen: The Eschatological Temple(s) of 11QT......Page 86
One or Two Temples in 11QT?......Page 87
The Preposition עד in other Qumran Literature......Page 92
Column 29......Page 96
Introduction: The Qumran Synchronistic Calendars, אותות and the Problem of דוק......Page 99
Sun and Moon in Second Temple Palestine......Page 104
4Q317 and the Meaning of דוק......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 120
George J. Brooke: The Deuteronomic Character of 4Q252......Page 122
1. 4Q252 3.2-6......Page 123
2. 4Q252 4.1-3......Page 127
3. 4Q252 5.1-2......Page 130
4. 4Q252 2.7......Page 132
5. Blessings and Curses......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 136
Martin G. Abegg, Jr: 4Q471: A Case of Mistaken Identity?......Page 137
4Q491-496 (4QMa-f)......Page 138
4Q497 (Texte ayant quelque rapport avec la Règle de la Guerre?)......Page 139
11Q14 (Berakot)......Page 140
4Q471 (4QMs ?)......Page 142
Conclusion......Page 148
Nikolaus Walter: Kann man als Jude auch Grieche sein? Erwägungen zur jüdisch-hellenistischen Pseudepigraphie......Page 149
Text......Page 165
Setting in Life and Sources......Page 171
Themes......Page 174
1. Introduction......Page 178
2. The Portrayal of Ehud in Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities, in the Talmud, and in Samaritan Literature......Page 181
3. The Virtues of Ehud......Page 183
4. The Rehabilitation of Eglon......Page 190
5. 'Improvements' in the Story: Clarifications, Increased Suspense and Drama......Page 194
6. Summary......Page 201
James E. Bowley: Josephus's Use of Greek Sources for Biblical History......Page 203
Form......Page 205
Content......Page 206
Function......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 213
Adam Kamesar: Philo, Grammatikē, and the Narrative Aggada......Page 217
Getzel M. Cohen: The 'Antiochenes in Jerusalem'. Again......Page 244
John C. Reeves: An Enochic Citation in Barnabas 4.3 and the Oracles of Hystaspes......Page 261
Shaye J.D. Cohen: Is 'Proselyte Baptism' Mentioned in the Mishnah? The Interpretation of m. Pesahim 8.8 (= m. Eduyot 5.2)......Page 279
Four Possibilities......Page 282
The Tosefta......Page 287
Conclusion......Page 292
Robert Goldenberg: Did the Amoraim See Christianity as Something New?......Page 294
Jacob Neusner: What 'the Rabbis' Thought: A Method and a Result. One Statement on Prophecy in Rabbinic Judaism......Page 304
What 'the Rabbis' Thought: A Method......Page 305
What Some Rabbis Thought: A Result Concerning Prophecy......Page 309
Prophecy in Rabbinic Judaism: The Talmud's Definitive Composite......Page 319
William Adler: Ad Verbum or Ad Sensum: The Christianization of a Latin Translation Formula in the Fourth Century......Page 322
Translatio Ad Sensum and the Classical Tradition......Page 323
Jerome and Translation Ad Sensum......Page 327
Jerome 'On the Best Method of Translating'......Page 330
Jerome and the Reinterpretation of the Expression Translatio Ad Sensum......Page 339
Jerome, Rufinus and the Translation of Origen......Page 344
Conclusion......Page 347
Steven Bowman: Dates in Sepher Yosippon......Page 350
Mark Washofsky: Responsa and Rhetoric: On Law, Literature and the Rabbinic Decision......Page 361
1. The Law and Literature Movement......Page 365
a. Interpretation......Page 369
b. Narrative......Page 374
c. Rhetoric......Page 376
2. Toward a Literary-Rhetorical Study of the Responsa......Page 387
Ida Cohen Selavan and Laurel S. Wolf son: Bibliography of Works by Ben Zion Wacholder......Page 411
Index of References......Page 414
B......Page 429
G......Page 430
K......Page 431
N......Page 432
S......Page 433
W......Page 434
Z......Page 435
Back Matter......Page 436
