Restoration: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

RESTORATION: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
FORMATIVE PERIOD......Page 24
DEFINITION......Page 26
EXILE PROBLEMATIZED IN DEUTERONOMY AND DTRH......Page 27
DtrH......Page 30
Deuteronomy......Page 37
DEUTERONOMY AS POLITY?......Page 44
DEUTERONOMY'S VISION OF A FUTURE BEYOND EXILE......Page 46
DEUTERONOMY AND DTRH......Page 50
CONCLUSION......Page 52
OVERVIEW OF RESTORATION IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS......Page 56
RESTORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPHETIC TRADITION......Page 76
THREE FOUNDATION LEGENDS......Page 98
JOSHUA AND ZERUBBABEL......Page 101
NEHEMIAH......Page 106
THE QUESTION OF EZRA......Page 111
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 116
GRECO-ROMAN PERIOD......Page 120
THE CONCEPTUAL SIGNIFICATION OF "EXILE" AND ״RESTORATION"......Page 122
"EXILE" AND ״RESTORATION" IN THE BIBLICAL THOUGHT WORLD......Page 125
"EXILE" AND "DIASPORA" IN THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF BIBLICAL ISRAEL......Page 134
THE JUDEANS' EXPERIENCE OF EXILE, DIASPORA AND RESTORATION......Page 136
The Destruction of Jerusalem......Page 137
The Fate of the Population of Judah......Page 140
MULTICENTRICITY VERSUS MONOCENTRICITY......Page 144
THE AGE OF RESTORATION......Page 146
The Era of Zerubbabel......Page 149
The Era of Ezra and Nehemiah......Page 153
THE IMPACT OF THE "AGE OF RESTORATION" ON THE WORLD OF IDEAS IN EARLY RABBINIC JUDAISM......Page 157
THE VISION OF THE AGE OF RESTORATION IN THE CONCEPTUAL UNIVERSE OF THE "COMMUNITY OF THE RENEWED COVENANT"......Page 159
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 161
INTRODUCTION......Page 162
THE RESTORATION OF THE LAND......Page 166
THE RESTORATION OF KINGSHIP: THE DAVIDIC MESSIAH......Page 168
NATIONAL RESTORATION: REGATHERING THE PEOPLE......Page 173
JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE......Page 178
PARADISE LOST AND REGAINED......Page 184
THE RESTORATION OF CREATION......Page 188
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS......Page 190
INTRODUCTION......Page 194
ESCHATOLOGY......Page 197
THE KING IN ESCHATOLOGICAL SCENARIOS......Page 202
THE IMAGE OF THE IDEAL RULER......Page 204
Cyrus......Page 206
The Levites......Page 209
The Hasmonean Simon......Page 211
Zerubbabel......Page 212
JEWISH ESCHATOLOGY AND A SON OF DAVID......Page 213
CONCLUSIONS......Page 216
INTRODUCTION......Page 218
REMNANT AND RESTORATION IN THE ZADOKITE FRAGMENTS......Page 220
ESCHATOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN 11QMELCHIZEDEK......Page 224
RESTORATION THROUGH DESTRUCTION IN THE WAR SCROLL......Page 225
THE TEMPLE SCROLL—RESTORATION IN THE PRESENT AGE......Page 227
THE NEW JERUSALEM......Page 231
RESTORATION IN PRAYERS AND HYMNS......Page 232
CONCLUSIONS......Page 234
Restoration vs. Utopia......Page 235
THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSEPHUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE PERIOD OF RESTORATION......Page 238
JOSEPHUS' ATTITUDE TOWARD THE EXILE OF THE JEWS FROM PALESTINE......Page 239
THE VOCABULARY OF RESTORATION IN JOSEPHUS......Page 241
THE ROLE OF EZRA......Page 246
THE ROLE OF NEHEMIAH......Page 256
THE ROLE OF ZERUBBABEL......Page 264
THE ROLE OF THE PROPHETS IN THE RESTORATION......Page 265
THE ROLE OF KING CYRUS OF PERSIA......Page 270
SUMMARY......Page 275
FORMATIVE JUDAISM......Page 278
INTRODUCTION......Page 280
RESTORATION AND REDEMPTION IN RABBINIC LITERATURE......Page 282
APPENDIX......Page 293
INTRODUCTION......Page 296
TRANSMISSION AND REDACTION OF RABBINIC LITURGY......Page 298
IDEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF RABBINIC LITURGY......Page 302
RESTORATION IN THE ˁamidah......Page 304
RESTORATION IN OTHER RABBINIC PRAYERS......Page 313
CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF RESTORATION......Page 316
THE PROBLEM OF THE RABBIS' PICTURES OF EZRA......Page 320
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON EZRA AS A PIVOTAL FIGURE BETWEEN THE BIBLICAL AND RABBINIC PERIODS......Page 323
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE RETURN UNDER EZRA......Page 325
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON EZRA'S ROLE IN REBUILDING THE TEMPLE......Page 328
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON EZRA'S ROLE IN TRANSMITTING WRITTEN TORAH......Page 332
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON EZRA'S ROLE IN TRANSMITTING ORAL TORAH......Page 340
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVE ON EZRA'S DECREE TO READ THE TORAH......Page 345
CONCLUSION......Page 347
INTRODUCTION......Page 350
THE TEMPLE......Page 353
THE DIMENSIONS OF GOD'S KINGDOM IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS......Page 364
The Eschatological Coordinate......Page 365
The Transcendent Coordinate......Page 367
The Coordinate of Judgment......Page 368
The Dimension of Purity......Page 371
The Coordinate of Radiance......Page 372
GOD'S KINGDOM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXEGETICAL FRAMEWORK OF TARGUM JONATHAN......Page 375
EARLY CHRISTIANITY......Page 378
INTRODUCTION......Page 380
The Criterion of Multiple Attestation......Page 383
The Criterion of Embarrassment......Page 408
The General Flow of the NT Traditions about the Twelve......Page 416
CONCLUSION......Page 418
INTRODUCTION......Page 420
GALILEE-JERUSALEM RELATIONS AND JEWISH RESTORATION HOPES......Page 423
Galileans as Israelites......Page 430
A Pagan Galilee......Page 431
A Jewish Galilee......Page 432
EARLY CHRISTIANITY BETWEEN GALILEE AND JERUSALEM......Page 438
Mark's Gospel......Page 439
The Q Document......Page 443
CONCLUSION......Page 446
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 450
2.1.1. Jewish Traditions of Elijah as Restorer......Page 454
2.1.2. The Elijah-Like Restorer in Luke 1......Page 461
2.2. The Davidic Messiah Delivers the People from Oppression......Page 463
2.2.1. The Oath Sworn to Abraham......Page 464
2.2.2. Redemption as New Exodus......Page 466
2.2.3. The Horn of Salvation......Page 467
2.2.4. Light for those in Darkness......Page 470
2.3. The Consolation of Israel as a Light for the Nations......Page 471
2.4. The Redemption of Jerusalem and the Return of the Diaspora......Page 472
2.6. God Exalts the Lowly and Humiliates the Exalted......Page 474
2.7. The Messiah is Opposed and Causes Division in Israel......Page 477
2.8. Conclusions......Page 478
3.1. John The Baptist and the Beginning of Restoration......Page 481
3.2. Unexpected Route to Israel's Restoration......Page 482
3.3. The Twelve Tribes and the Twelve Apostles......Page 484
3.4. The Continuing and Future Restoration......Page 492
3.5. A Relatively Open Future?......Page 500
INTRODUCTION......Page 504
ΚΑΙ ΟΥΤΩΣ......Page 505
ΠΑΣ ΙΣΡΑΗΛ......Page 511
General Considerations......Page 513
The OT Usage of "All Israel"......Page 515
"ALL ISRAEL" IN JEWISH LITERATURE......Page 522
Summary......Page 529
"ALL ISRAEL" IN ROM 1 1:26......Page 530
ΣΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ......Page 534
CONCLUSION......Page 539
APPENDIX: Και οὕτως· (Rom 11:26) in Greek Patristic Literature......Page 542
INTRODUCTION......Page 544
TERMINOLOGY......Page 545
STUDY OF THE PSEUDO-CLEMENTINES......Page 547
Introduction......Page 550
"The Land" in the Source of 'Recognitions ' 1.27-71......Page 551
Jerusalem in the Jewish-Christian Perspective of R 1.27-71......Page 557
Jerusalem, the Land, and Eschatological Hopes......Page 559
CONCLUSION......Page 561
Index to Biblical and Other Ancient Sources......Page 564
Index of Modern Authors......Page 608
Back Matter......Page 616