Mishneh Todah : Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay

Jeffrey H. Tigay, A. M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, master teacher and scholar extraordinaire, conservative rabbi and lifelong student of Torah receives due ovation in this exceptional volume, a tribute to his indelible impression on Jewish scholarship and pedagogy. The volume is arranged according to Professor Tigay’s primary topics of interest: deuteronomic studies, ancient Israelite religion and its Near Eastern context, and ancient Israelite literary tradition. The reader will enjoy diverse studies such as “Gender Transformation and Transgression: Contextualizing the Prohibition of Cross-dressing in Deuteronomy 22:5,” “The Problem of Evil in the Book of Job,” and “Linen and the Linguistic Dating of P” and will value the erudition of scholars such as Moshe Greenberg, Emanuel Tov, Gary Rendsburg, William Hallo, and Baruch Levine. In the customary appreciations and throughout the volume, colleagues, students, and friends laud Professor Tigay’s intellectual tenacity, relational warmth, pedagogical prowess, and devotion to Torah. A former student aptly speaks for those who know him best: “A scholar’s immortality lies in his or her work. It rests too in his or her students and in the respect won from his or her colleagues. A Festschrift like this one for Jeff Tigay is merely a token of that legacy, the acknowledgment by his students and colleagues that the work is indeed worth celebrating.” This legacy will surely be a boon and delight to the reader. A Colleague's Appreciation / David Stern -- A Student's Appreciation / Rifat Sonsino -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography Of The Publications Of Jeffrey H. Tigay -- A Deuteronomic Voice In The Joseph Story / Michael Carasik -- Textual Harmonizations In The Ancient Texts Of Deuteronomy / Emanuel Tov -- The Visit Of Jethro: A Case Of Chronological Displacement?: The Source-critical Solution / Baruch J. Schwartz -- Gender Transformation And Transgression: Contextualizing The Prohibition Of Cross-dressing In Deuteronomy 22:5 / Nili Fox -- Dinah, Oinnah, And Related Matters / S. David Sperling -- Sex And The Single Girl In Deuteronomy 22 / Adele Berlin -- Taking Interest In Taking Interest / Michael J. Williams -- My Father Was A Wandering Aramean (deut. 26:5) Or Edom Served My Father? / Yair Zakovitch -- Rewritten Deuteronomy In 1qs And In M. Sotah 7:5 / Mayer I. Gruber -- The Lost Meaning Of Deuteronomy 33:2 As Preserved In The Palestinian Targum To Exodus 20:2 / Richard C. Steiner And Sid Z. Leiman -- Israelian Hebrew Features In Deuteronomy 33 / Gary A. Rendsburg -- Revealed And Concealed: The Status Of The Law (book) Of Moses Within The Deuteronomistic History / David A. Glatt-gilad -- Deuteronomy In The Temple: An Exercise In Historical Imagining / Ziony Zevit -- Deuteronom(ist)ic Influences On Deutero-isaiah / Shalom M. Paul -- The Scribal Concern For The Torah As Evidenced By The Textual Witnesses Of The Hebrew Bible / Alexander Rofe -- Midrashim Concerning Our Great Leaders, Moses And David: The Doctrine Of Grace In Sifre Deuteronomy / Reuven Hammer -- God For Many: Philological Glosses On Monotheism / William W. Hallo -- The Divinity Of Humankind In The Bible And The Ancient Near East: A New Mesopotamian Parallel / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- Does God Deceive?: An Examination Of The Dark Side Of Isaiah's Prophecy / Israel Knohl -- The Unique Features Of Ezekiel's Sanctuary / Jacob Milgrom -- On The Place Of Psalm 21 In Israelite Royal Ideology / Shawn Zelig Aster -- Myth And Syntax In Psalm 93 / Stephen A. Geller -- The Problem Of Evil In The Book Of Job / Edward L. Greenstein -- Examples Of Restatement In The Laws Of Hammurabi / Barry L. Eichler -- Literary-critical Issues In The Hebrew Bible From An Assyriological Perspective: Additions And Omissions / Mordechai Cogan -- Biblical Naming Reports With ʻal-ken ḳara / Dana M. Pike -- The Ancient Critical Misunderstanding Of Exodus 21:22-25 And Its Implications For The Current Debate On Abortion / Chaim Cohen -- Linen And The Linguistic Dating Of P / Frederick W. Knobloch -- A New Approach To Metaphor In Biblical Poetry / Andrea L. Weiss -- The Four Private Persons Who Lost Their Share In The World To Come: The Judgment Of M. Sanh. 10:2 / Baruch A. Levine -- Hermeneutical Freedom And Constraint In Jewish Bible Exegesis / Moshe Greenberg. Edited By Nili Sacher Fox, David A. Glatt-gilad, And Michael J. Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

Jeffrey H. Tigay, A. M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, master teacher and scholar extraordinaire, conservative rabbi and lifelong student of Torah receives due ovation in this exceptional volume, a tribute to his indelible impression on Jewish scholarship and pedagogy.

The volume is arranged according to Professor Tigay’s primary topics of interest: deuteronomic studies, ancient Israelite religion and its Near Eastern context, and ancient Israelite literary tradition. The reader will enjoy diverse studies such as “Gender Transformation and Transgression: Contextualizing the Prohibition of Cross-dressing in Deuteronomy 22:5,” “The Problem of Evil in the Book of Job,” and “Linen and the Linguistic Dating of P” and will value the erudition of scholars such as Moshe Greenberg, Emanuel Tov, Gary Rendsburg, William Hallo, and Baruch Levine.

In the customary appreciations and throughout the volume, colleagues, students, and friends laud Professor Tigay’s intellectual tenacity, relational warmth, pedagogical prowess, and devotion to Torah. A former student aptly speaks for those who know him best: “A scholar’s immortality lies in his or her work. It rests too in his or her students and in the respect won from his or her colleagues. A Festschrift like this one for Jeff Tigay is merely a token of that legacy, the acknowledgment by his students and colleagues that the work is indeed worth celebrating.” This legacy will surely be a boon and delight to the reader.