The Temple in Text and Tradition: A Festschrift in Honour of Robert Hayward (The Library of Second Temple Studies, 83)

"The Second Temple period is an era that marked a virtual explosion in the world of literature, with the creation, redaction, interpretation, and transmission of Jewish texts that represented diverse languages and ideologies. The creation of many of these writings coincided with the growth of the Jewish community beyond the borders of Israel; therefore, among those for whom the Temple played a diminishing role. The transition period from Temple to texts was accompanied by conflicting interpretations about the role of the Temple as well as diverse theological understandings about God and the Jewish people. Drawing on the expertise of leading specialists in Second Temple Judaism, Temple, Texts, and Traditions explores the rich traditions of the Jewish people as they were expressed and interpreted in their writings in that period, which included writings that later became recognized as Scriptures."--Bloomsbury Publishing Cover Title Copyright Contents Abbreviations Contributors Introduction Publications The Boundaries of Translation Anthony Gelston What will Happen to the Serpent? Unending Struggle, Hermeneutics, and the Interpretation of Genesis 3.15 Introducing the Problem 1. A ‘Plain Sense’ Reading of YHWH God’s Words to the Serpent in Genesis 3.14–15 2. The Case for a Protoevangelium: Asymmetry between Head and Heel 3. Testing the Protoevangelium 4. A Consideration of Johnson, ‘Messiah and Genesis 3.15’ Conclusion Reconstructing Tobit 13.6–10 Stuart Weeks Conclusions Jewishworship Amid Greeks: The Lexical Context of the Old Greek Psalter 1. The Jews of Egypt 2. The Place of Origin of the Psalms 3. Lexical Analysis of the Psalms 4. Psalms Language in Context Conclusion Rabbinic and Patristic Bible Exegesis as Intertexts: Towards a Theory of Comparative midrash Introduction Scholastic Religions Commonalities Problems of Comparison A Test Case: The Abrogation of Torah Conclusion The Paraclete The Zeal of Readers in Defence and in Dissent: Phinehas’ Spear, the Covenant of Peace, and the Politics of Hermeneutics 1. Approaching a Text 2. Numbers 25: Reading the Text 3. Receiving the Text: Voices Raised in Defence and in Dissent 4. Passionate Disagreement: The Politics of Hermeneutics Reading, Searching And Blessing: Afunctional Approach to Scriptural Interpretation in the ה' Introduction 1. Reading 2. Searching Investigative Study 3. Blessing Conclusion Joseph as Exemplar of Wisdom: Ahidden Allusion in Sirach 21.11–21 1. Echoes of the Joseph Story in Sirach 10.19–11.6 2. Echoes of the Joseph Story in Sirach 21.11–21 3. Question of Criteria for Allusions Conclusion Samples of Variant Readings in the Armenian Proverbs: A Comparison with the Hexaplaric Text and the Peshitta Proverbs 1.7 Proverbs 2.21 (Zohrab 2.20cd–21) Proverbs 3.15 Proverbs 10.1 Provisional Conclusions The Greek Translations of Daniel 4–6 The Og and Th in Chapter 4 The OG and Th in Chapter 5 The OG and Th in Chapter 6 Conclusion Aglasgow Octateuch and a Leiden Psalter, Two Old Testament Manuscripts Formerly Belonging to Dr John Clement (Ca. 1500–1572): History and Hypothesis I II Observations on the Structure and Literary Fabric of the Temple Scroll 1. Introduction 2. The Temple Scroll’s Relationship to Scripture in Synchronic Terms and the Task of Literary Description 3. Thematic Units in their Mutual Independence and Formal Repetition 4. Non-Narrative Constitution and the Absence of a Mix of Thematic Exposition and Narrative 5. Thematic Arrangement: The Spatial Movement Outwards and the Temporal Stages of Commands 6. Formats and Themes: Summary of the Textual Fabric of the Temple Scroll 7. Summary Appendix: A Profile of the Temple Scroll According to the Inventory of Structurally Important Literary Features The Sons of Joseph in 1 Chronicles 5.1–2 and in Early Samaritan Tradition Index of References Index of Authors The boundaries of translation / Anthony Gelston What will happen to the serpent? unending struggle, hermeneutics, and the interpretation of Genesis 3.15 / R.W.L. Moberly Reconstructing Tobit 13.6-10 / Stuart Weeks Jewish worship amid greeks: the lexical context of the old greek psalter / James K. Aitken Rabbinic and patristic Bible exegesis as intertexts: towards a theory of comparative Midrash / Philip S. Alexander The Paraclete / Margaret Barker The zeal of readers in defence and in dissent: Phinehas' Spear, The Covenant of Peace, and the politics of hermeneutics / Richard S. Briggs Reading, searching and blessing: a functional approach to scriptural interpretation in the George J. Brooks / Joseph as exemplar of wisdom: hidden allusion in Sirach 21.11-21 / Jeremy Corley Samples of variant readings in the armenian proverbs: a comparison with the hexaplaric text and the Peshitta / Lorenzo Cuppi The greek translations of Daniel 4-6 / R. Timothy Mclay A glasgow octateuch and a leiden psalter, two Old Testament manuscripts formerly belonging to Dr John Clement (CA. 1500-1572): history and hypothesis / J. Lionel North Observations on the structure and literary fabric of the temple scroll / Alex Samely The sons of Joseph in 1 Chronicles 5.1-2 and in early samaritan tradition / H.G.M. Williamson.