Pursuing the Text: Studies in Honor of Ben Zion Wacholder on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 184) (English and German Edition)

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. 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 Annotation 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 Edited By John C. Reeves & John Kampen. One Article In German. Bibliography Of Works By Ben Zion Wacholder: P. [410]-412. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [410]-412) And Indexes.