A Teacher for All Generations (2 Vols.) : Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam

This collection of essays honors James C. VanderKam on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday and twentieth year on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. An international group of scholars—including peers specializing in Second Temple Judaism and Biblical Studies, colleagues past and present, and former students—offers essays that interact in various ways with ideas and themes important in VanderKam's own work. The collection is divided into five sections spanning two volumes. The first volume includes essays on the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East along with studies on Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Essays in the second volume address topics in early Judaism, Enoch traditions and Jubilees, and the New Testament and early Christianity. These Essays Honor James C. Vanderkam On The Occasion Of His Sixty-fifth Birthday And Twentieth Year On The Faculty Of The University Of Notre Dame. Essays From An International Group Of Scholars Address Various Topics In Second Temple Judaism And Biblical Studies. V. 1. Pt. 1. Hebrew Bible And The Ancient Near East. Configuring The Text In Biblical Studies / Hindy Najman -- Relevance Of Textual Theories For The Praxis Of Textual Criticism / Emanuel Tov -- Sea, Storm, Tragedy, And Ethnogenesis : Living The Blues And (re)building Community In Post-katrina America And Early Israel / Hugh R. Page, Jr. -- Cain's Legacy : The City And Justice In The Book Of Genesis / Sejin S. Park -- Biblical Manumission Laws : Has The Literary Dependence Of H On D Been Demonstrated? / John S. Bergsma -- History Of Pentecontad Time Units (i) / Jonathan Ben-dov -- Egyptian Goddess Ma'at And Lady Wisdom In Proverbs 1-9 : Reassessing Their Relationship / Steven Schweitzer -- From Name To Book : Another Look At The Composition Of The Book Of Isaiah With Special Reference To Isaiah 56-66 / J. Todd Hibbard -- Lxx Isaiah Or Its Vorlage : Primary Misreadings And Secondary Modifications / Donald W. Parry -- Isaiah And The King Of Assyria In Daniel's Final Vision : On The Rhetoric Of Inner-scriptural Allusion And The Hermeneutics Of Mantological Exegesis / Andrew Teeter -- Parallel Editions Of The Old Greek And Masoretic Text Of Daniel 5 / Eugene Ulrich -- Daniel And The Narrative Integrity Of His Prayer In Chapter 9 / Kindalee P. De Long -- V. 1. Pt. 2. Qumran And The Dead Sea Scrolls. Qumran : Caves, Scrolls, And Buildings / Sidnie W. Crawford -- Digital Qumran : Virtual Reality Or Virtual Fantasy? / Jodi Magness -- Seven Rules For Restoring Lacunae / James Hamilton Charlesworth -- Collecting Psalms In Light Of The Dead Sea Scrolls / Armin Lange -- L'épilogue De 4qmmt Revisité / Emile Puech -- Identifying Reuse Of Scripture In The Temple Scroll / Molly M. Zahn -- Biblical Antecedents Of The Kinship Terms In 1qsa / Richard J. Bautch -- Leviticus Outside The Legal Genre / Sarianna Metso -- Interpretation Of Scriptural Isaiah In The Qumran Scrolls : Quotations, Citations, Allusions, And The Form Of The Scriptural Source Text / Peter W. Flint -- Status And Interpretation Of Jubilees In 4q390 / Todd R. Hanneken -- Runner, Staff, And Star : Interpreting The Teacher Of Righteousness Through Scripture / Kelli S. O'brien -- Who Is The Teacher Of The Teacher Hymns? : Re-examining The Teacher Hymns Hypothesis Fifty Years Later / Angela Kim Harkins -- Re-placing Priestly Space : The Wilderness As Heterotopia In The Dead Sea Scrolls / Alison Schofield -- V. 2. Pt. 3. Early Judaism. Tobit As Righteous Sufferer / Gary A. Anderson -- Growth Of Belief In The Sanctity Of Mount Gerizim / Hanan Eshel -- Peton Contests Paying Double Rent On Farmland (p.heid.inv. G 5100) / Rob Kugler -- Ascents To Heaven In Antiquity / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Eternal Writing And Immortal Writers : On The Non-death Of The Scribe In Early Judaism / Samuel I. Thomas -- Rabbis' Written Torah And The Heavenly Tablets / Tzvi Novick -- Demons Of Change : The Transformational Role Of The Antagonist In The Apocalypse Of Abraham / Andrei A. Orlov -- Sefer Zerubbabel And Popular Religion / Martha Himmelfarb -- V. 2. Pt. 4. Studies On Enoch And Jubilees. Enmeduranki And Gilgamesh : Mesopotamian Figures In Aramaic Enoch Traditions / Ida Fröhlich -- Parables Of Enoch And The Manuscripts From Qumran / George W.e. Nickelsburg -- Social Setting Of The Parables Of Enoch / Leslie W. Walck -- 1 Enoch 73:4-8 And The Aramaic Astronomical Book / Henryk Drawnel -- Reflections On Sources Behind The Epistle Of Enoch And The Significance Of 1 Enoch 104:9-13 For The Reception Of Enochic Tradition / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- On The Importance Of Being Abram : Genesis Apocryphon 18, Jubilees 10:1-13:4, And Further Thoughts On A Literary Relationship / Daniela A. Machiela -- Genre Of The Book Of Jubilees / John J. Collins -- Note On Divine Names And Epithets In The Book Of Jubilees / James Kugel -- Revisiting The Rebekah Of The Book Of Jubilees / John C. Endres -- Judah And Tamar In Jubilees 41 / Devorah Dimant -- Enoch And Jubilees In The Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church / Leslie Baynes -- V. 2. Pt. 5. New Testament And Early Christianity. Aspects Of Matthew's Use Of Scripture In Light Of The Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- Surprises From Law And Love : In Tribute To Dr. James C. Vanderkam / John P. Meier -- Meaning Of Euággelion In The Inscriptiones Of The Canonical Gospels / David E. Aune -- One Ethiopian Eunuch Is Not The End Of The World : The Narrative Function Of Acts 8:26-40 / Curt Niccum -- Sit At My Right Hand : Enthronement And The Heavenly Sanctuary In Hebrews / Eric F. Mason -- Christians And The Public Archive / William Adler -- Three Apocryphal Fragments From Armenian Manuscripts / Michael E. Stone. Edited By Eric F. Mason ... [et Al.]. Includes Index. This Collection Of Essays Honors James C. Vanderkam On The Occasion Of His Sixty-fifth Birthday And Twentieth Year On The Faculty Of The University Of Notre Dame--ecip Data View. Publications Of James C. Vanderkam (through 2010) : V. 1. P. [xli]-lxx. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Volume One ......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Introduction......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 19 List of Contributors......Page 23 Abbreviations......Page 27 James C. Vanderkam-A Teacher for all Generations......Page 37 Publications of James C. Vanderkam (Through 2010)......Page 43 Ph.D. Dissertations Directed by James C. VanderKam (Through 2010)......Page 71 Part One The Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East......Page 73 Configuring the Text in Biblical Studies......Page 75 The Relevance of Textual Theories for the Praxis of Textual Criticism......Page 95 Sea, Storm, Tragedy, and Ethnogenesis: Living the Blues and (Re)Building Community in Post-Katrina America and Early Israel......Page 109 Cain’s Legacy: The City and Justice in the Book of Genesis......Page 121 The Biblical Manumission Laws: Has the Literary Dependence of H on D Been Demonstrated?......Page 137 The History of Pentecontad Time Units (I)......Page 165 The Egyptian Goddess Ma‘at and Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 1–9: Reassessing their Relationship......Page 185 From Name to Book: Another Look at the Composition of the Book of Isaiah with Special Reference to Isaiah 56–66......Page 205 LXX Isaiah or Its Vorlage: Primary “Misreadings” and Secondary Modifications......Page 223 Isaiah and the King of As/Syria in Daniel’s Final Vision: On the Rhetoric of Inner-Scriptural Allusion and the Hermeneutics of “Mantological Exegesis”......Page 241 The Parallel Editions of the Old Greek and Masoretic Text of Daniel 5......Page 273 Daniel and the Narrative Integrity of His Prayer in Chapter 9......Page 291 Part Two Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 323 Qumran: Caves, Scrolls, and Buildings......Page 325 Digital Qumran: Virtual Reality or Virtual Fantasy?......Page 347 Seven Rules for Restoring Lacunae......Page 357 Collecting Psalms in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 369 L’épilogue de 4QMMT revisité......Page 381 Identifying Reuse of Scripture in the Temple Scroll: Some Methodological Reflections......Page 413 Biblical Antecedents of the Kinship Terms in 1QSa......Page 431 Leviticus Outside the Legal Genre......Page 451 The Interpretation of Scriptural Isaiah in the Qumran Scrolls: Quotations, Citations, Allusions, and the Form of the Scriptural Source Text......Page 461 The Status and Interpretation of Jubilees in 4Q390......Page 479 Runner, Staff, and Star: Interpreting the Teacher of Righteousness through Scripture......Page 501 Who is the Teacher of the Teacher Hymns? Re-Examining the Teacher Hymns Hypothesis Fifty Years Later......Page 521 Re-Placing Priestly Space: The Wilderness as Heterotopia in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 541 Volume Two ......Page 563 Contents......Page 569 Abbreviations......Page 575 Part Three Early Judaism......Page 585 Tobit as Righteous Sufferer......Page 587 The Growth of Belief in the Sanctity of Mount Gerizim......Page 603 Peton Contests Paying Double Rent on Farmland (P.Heid.Inv. G 5100): A Slice of Judean Experience in the Second Century b.c.e. Herakleopolite Nome......Page 631 Ascents to Heaven in Antiquity: Toward a Typology......Page 647 Eternal Writing and Immortal Writers: On the Non-Death of the Scribe in Early Judaism......Page 667 The Rabbis’ Written Torah and the Heavenly Tablets......Page 683 Demons of Change: The Transformational Role of the Antagonist in the Apocalypse of Abraham......Page 695 Sefer Zerubbabel and Popular Religion......Page 715 Part Four Studies on Enoch and Jubilees......Page 729 Enmeduranki and Gilgamesh: Mesopotamian Figures in Aramaic Enoch Traditions......Page 731 The Parables of Enoch and the Manuscripts from Qumran......Page 749 The Social Setting of the Parables of Enoch......Page 763 1 Enoch 73:4–8 and the Aramaic Astronomical Book......Page 781 Reflections on Sources behind the Epistle of Enoch and the Significance of 1 Enoch 104:9–13 for the Reception of Enochic Tradition......Page 799 On the Importance of Being Abram: Genesis Apocryphon 18, Jubilees 10:1–13:4, and Further Thoughts on a Literary Relationship......Page 809 The Genre of the Book of Jubilees......Page 831 A Note on Divine Names and Epithets in the Book of Jubilees......Page 851 Revisiting the Rebekah of the Book of Jubilees......Page 859 Judah and Tamar in Jubilees 41......Page 877 Enoch and Jubilees in the Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church......Page 893 Part Five The New Testament and Early Christianity......Page 913 Aspects of Matthew’s Use of Scripture in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 915 Surprises from Law and Love: In Tribute to Dr. James C. Vanderkam......Page 933 The Meaning of Εὐαγγέλιον in the Inscriptiones of the Canonical Gospels......Page 951 One Ethiopian Eunuch is Not the End of the World: The Narrative Function of Acts 8:26–40......Page 977 “Sit at My Right Hand”: Enthronement and the Heavenly Sanctuary in Hebrews......Page 995 Christians and the Public Archive......Page 1011 Three Apocryphal Fragments from Armenian Manuscripts......Page 1033 Index of Ancient Sources......Page 1041 Index of Modern Authors......Page 1086 "This collection of essays honors James C. VanderKam on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday and twentieth year on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame"-- Summary provided by publisher