Biblical Traditions in Transmission: Essays in Honour of Michael A. Knibb (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

Biblical Traditions in Transmission......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
Charlotte Hempel and Judith M. Lieu: INTRODUCTION......Page 6
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL A. KNIBB......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 22
Edward Adams: THE “COMING OF GOD” TRADITION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON NEW TESTAMENT PAROUSIA TEXTS......Page 26
The Old Testament “Coming of God” Tradition......Page 28
Extra-biblical Jewish Texts......Page 31
New Testament Parousia Texts......Page 33
Conclusion......Page 44
Sebastian Brock: THE LIVES OF THE PROPHETS IN SYRIAC: SOME SOUNDINGS......Page 46
Classification of the Witnesses......Page 47
Order of Books......Page 50
Translation of the Nine Lives in the Milan Syrohexapla Manuscript......Page 51
Etymologies......Page 55
Relationship to the Greek......Page 56
Inner Syriac Developments......Page 58
Looking to the Past......Page 64
Looking to the Present......Page 68
Looking to the Future: Projection and Retrojection......Page 78
The Demise of Tradition......Page 81
What We Do Not Know......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 83
The Religious Background of King’s College......Page 86
The First Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinic Literature: Michael Solomon Alexander......Page 92
The New Professor of Hebrew: Alexander McCaul......Page 94
The Teaching of Alexander McCaul......Page 96
Postscript......Page 103
John J. Collins: THE YAḤAD AND “THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY”......Page 106
The Yaḥad......Page 107
The Usage of Yaḥad......Page 109
The Council of the Community......Page 113
The Withdrawal to the Desert......Page 116
The Alleged Schism......Page 117
The Yaḣad and the Damascus Document......Page 118
Philip R. Davies: AND ENOCH WAS NOT, FOR GENESIS TOOK HIM......Page 122
Genesis and 1 Enoch......Page 123
J and P in Genesis 1–11......Page 129
Conclusions and Implications......Page 131
Florentino García Martínez: DIVINE SONSHIP AT QUMRAN: BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT......Page 134
The Angelic Sons of God......Page 136
Israel “Son of God”......Page 144
The King, Son of God......Page 148
The Messiah Son of God......Page 152
Charlotte Hempel: MASKIL(IM) AND RABBIM: FROM DANIEL TO QUMRAN......Page 158
The Maskilim in Daniel 11–12......Page 164
Maskil at Qumran......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 180
Baruch as Pseudonym......Page 182
The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch......Page 186
The Apocalyptic Roots of 2 Baruch......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 202
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: A Christian Document......Page 204
The ‘Two Ways’ in the Didache and in other Christian writings......Page 206
Huub van de Sandt and David Flusser on the “Greek Two Ways” as a Jewish Document......Page 210
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the “Two Ways”......Page 213
Concluding Remarks......Page 219
Judith M. Lieu: JUSTIN MARTYR AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PSALM 22......Page 220
Justin and the Christological reading of Scripture......Page 222
Psalm 22 in Justin......Page 224
Pre-announcement and authoritative tradition......Page 227
The Message of Psalm 22......Page 230
Conclusion......Page 236
Introduction......Page 238
Groups of Ten......Page 241
1QS 6:1–8 An Interpolation in the Context of the Serek?......Page 243
Groups of Ten: A Common Source Behind 1QS 6:1–8 and CD 12:22–13:7?......Page 247
Groups of Ten: The Function of 1QS 6:1–8 in the Composition of the Community Rule......Page 248
Different Types of Essenes......Page 253
The Desert Community: An Elite Group within the Yaḥad?......Page 254
Conclusion......Page 258
Sarah J. K. Pearce: SPEAKING WITH THE VOICE OF GOD:THE HIGH COURT ACCORDING TO GREEK DEUTERONOMY 17:8–131......Page 262
The court as representative of God’s authority......Page 265
The significance of ἀδυνατέω......Page 266
Deborah W. Rooke: SEX AND DEATH, OR, THE DEATH OF SEX: THREE VERSIONS OF JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER (JUDGES 11:29–40)......Page 274
Jephthah’s daughter in the book of Judges......Page 276
George Buchanan, Jephthes, sive votum......Page 284
Thomas Morell and the libretto for Handel’s Jephtha......Page 289
Raija Sollamo: THE CREATION OF ANGELS AND NATURAL PHENOMENA INTERTWINED IN THE BOOK OF JUBILEES (4QJUBa): Angels and Natural Phenomena as Characteristics of the Creation Stories and Hymns in Late Second Temple Judaism......Page 298
4QJubileesa......Page 299
The Hymn of the Three Young Men......Page 302
The Hymn to the Creator (11QPsa)......Page 307
Psalm 148......Page 310
Job 38 Yahweh’s Cosmic Design......Page 311
Sir 42:15–43:33 The Works of God in Creation......Page 313
Conclusion......Page 314
James C. VanderKam: Daniel 7 in the Similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71)......Page 316
Benjamin G. Wright III: FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION: THE SAGE AS FATHER IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE......Page 334
The Sage as Father......Page 340
Texts Addressed to “You”......Page 351
Narrative Fathers Speaking to Sons......Page 352
Conclusion......Page 356
Adela Yarbro Collins: CHRISTIAN MESSIANISM AND THE FIRST JEWISH WAR WITH ROME......Page 358
Mark 13......Page 359
Second Thessalonians......Page 363
Conclusion......Page 368
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 370
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 394
INDEX OF ANCIENT PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 396