Did Moses Speak Attic?: Jewish Historiography and Scripture in the Hellenistic Period (JSOT Supplement Series)

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Dedication......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 15
Part I. Introduction......Page 17
About the European Seminar in Historical Methodology......Page 18
Is This a \'Postmodernist\' Seminar?......Page 19
Is this a \'European School\' ?......Page 21
Summary of the Contributions......Page 22
Part II. Articles......Page 31
A Review......Page 32
A Refutation......Page 40
1. Introductory Remarks......Page 49
2. Deuteronomy......Page 54
3. The Deuteronomistic History......Page 56
4. The \'Common Theology\' of the Ancient Near East......Page 59
a. Law......Page 61
b. Treaty......Page 62
c. War......Page 63
d. King......Page 64
e. God......Page 68
5. A Hebrew Einheitskultur......Page 71
6. Scribes, Sources and Diachronic Growth......Page 73
7. The Persistence of the Tradition......Page 76
8. Final Remarks......Page 77
Evidence for Israel in the Hellenistic Period......Page 80
Is the Bible a Hellenistic Book?......Page 83
Historical Consciousness in the Hellenistic Period (Some Sketchy Remarks)......Page 91
Jewgreek Greekjew: The Hebrew Bible Is All Greek to Me. Reflections on the Problematics of dating the Origins of the Bible in Relation to Contemporary Discussions of Biblical Historiography......Page 93
Scrolls: Written, Collected, Canonized......Page 95
Silence, Speculation and Hypothesis......Page 100
The Fallacy of Origins as Meaning......Page 104
The Problem......Page 110
A Comparative \'Solution\'......Page 115
Manetho......Page 116
Hecataeus of Abdera......Page 119
The History of the Story......Page 123
Reflections......Page 128
Jewish Historiography and Scripture in the Hellenistic Period......Page 131
Beginning of the Greek Period......Page 132
Hecataeus of Abdera......Page 133
Zenon Papyri......Page 135
Decree of Ptolemy II......Page 137
The Story of the Tobiads......Page 138
The Edicts of Antiochus III......Page 141
Ben Sira......Page 144
Synthesis......Page 150
Is the Bible a Hellenistic Book?......Page 153
Who Were the First Real Historians? On the Origins of Critical Historiography......Page 158
The Question of Definitions......Page 159
Greek Historical Writing......Page 163
The Babylonian Chronicles......Page 173
The Hebrew Bible......Page 175
Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews......Page 178
Conclusions......Page 181
The Myth of Israel: Between Present and Past......Page 184
How Does One Date an Expression of Mental History? The Old Testament and Hellenism......Page 202
Introduction......Page 227
Internal Evidence......Page 230
External Evidence......Page 235
Socio-Ideological Context and the Dating of Chronicles: Two Recent Approaches......Page 241
Joel P. Weinberg......Page 244
Rainer Albertz......Page 253
A Jigsaw without a Model? Concluding Remarks......Page 263
Part III. Other Contributions......Page 275
Robert Carroll......Page 276
Niels Peter Lemche......Page 277
Lester L. Grabbe......Page 278
Philip Davies......Page 281
David Gunn......Page 285
1. The Septuagint and the Hebrew Bible—Some Basic Issues......Page 289
a. The Samaritan Schism......Page 292
b. Literary Matters......Page 294
c. Historical Matters......Page 299
3. Other Themes......Page 307
4. The Old Testament—A Hellenistic Book?......Page 310
5. Theses......Page 317
Part IV. Conclusions......Page 321
Reflections on the Discussion......Page 322
N.P. Lemche\'s Challenge......Page 323
Responses and Objections to Lemche......Page 328
Points of General Agreement......Page 337
Final Thoughts on the Development of the Bible......Page 339
The Next Seminar Subject......Page 342
Index of References......Page 343
Index of Authors......Page 348