Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation

Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1. David Jeselsohn: The Jeselsohn Stone: Discovery and Publication......Page 16
2. Ada Yardeni and Binyamin Elizur: A Hebrew Prophetic Text on Stone from the Early Herodian Period: A Preliminary Report......Page 26
Description of the Text......Page 32
Paleography......Page 40
3. Elisha Qimron and Alexey (Eliyahu) Yuditsky: Notes on the So-Called Gabriel Vision Inscription......Page 46
The Annotated Vocalized Text of the Inscription and Its Translation......Page 47
Further New Readings......Page 52
1. The Apocalyptic Scene......Page 54
2. The Holy/new Covenant and “Ephraim” the son of God......Page 55
3. The Catastrophic Messianism......Page 59
4. A Possible Historical Context for the Forming of the Concept of Catastrophic Messianism......Page 60
5. Why “Ephraim”?......Page 63
6. The Gabriel Revelation as the New/Holy Covenant......Page 64
7. The Gabriel Revelation and the Testament of Moses......Page 66
Appendix......Page 68
0. Introduction......Page 76
1.1. Plene and Defectiva Spelling......Page 77
1.2. The Spelling of “Jerusalem”......Page 80
1.4. Non-Assimilation of nun before Following Consonant......Page 81
2.1.2. Suffix Pronouns......Page 82
2.1.3. Demonstrative Pronouns......Page 83
2.2.1. Genitive Particle......Page 84
2.2.4. Prepositions......Page 85
2.2.6. Adverbs......Page 86
2.3.1. Common Nouns......Page 87
2.3.2. Proper Nouns......Page 90
2.3.4. Adjectives......Page 91
2.4. Numerals......Page 92
2.5.2. Prefix Conjugation (PC)......Page 94
2.5.8. Uncertain forms......Page 95
2.5.9. Suffixed ה- on 1st com. sg. PC and wayyiqtol Forms......Page 96
2.6. Final mem/nun......Page 97
3.2.1. Word Order with Noun Subjects and Finite Verbs......Page 99
3.2.2. Word Order with Pronouns and Participles......Page 100
4.1. Individual Nouns and Verbs......Page 101
4.2. Phraseology......Page 102
5.1. Features shared by HazGab and BH......Page 103
5.5. Features shared by HazGab and QH......Page 104
5.7. Features shared by HazGab and MH......Page 105
6. Appendix......Page 106
6. Adela Yarbro Collins: Response to Israel Knohl, Messiahs and Resurrection in “The Gabriel Revelation”......Page 108
7. John J. Collins: Gabriel and David: Some Reflections on an Enigmatic Text......Page 114
Genre and Structure......Page 115
An Eschatological Assault on Jerusalem......Page 116
An Evil Branch......Page 117
Divine Deliverance......Page 118
Blood and Chariots......Page 119
The Concluding Section......Page 121
A Messiah of Ephraim?......Page 123
The Setting......Page 126
8. Matthias Henze: Some Observations on the Hazon Gabriel......Page 128
The Hazon Gabriel: Story Line and Main Motifs......Page 131
Some Concluding Thoughts......Page 143
9. Kelley Coblentz Bautch: Hosts, Holy Ones, and the Words of Gabriel: The Angelology of Hazon Gabriel in the Context of Second Temple and Late Antique Literature......Page 146
Angels, Hosts, and Holy Ones......Page 148
Hebr. מלאך and Interpreting Angels......Page 149
Hosts......Page 154
Holy Ones......Page 155
Chariots......Page 156
Michael and Gabriel......Page 159
Hazon Gabriel in Light of Second Temple and Late Antique Angelologies......Page 162
10. Daewoong Kim: The Use of Daniel in the Gabriel Revelation......Page 168
I. The Role of Gabriel in the Gabriel Revelation......Page 169
II. The Danielic Divine Epithet “Prince of Princes” (line 81)......Page 173
III. The Allusion to the Tradition of the Coming of God......Page 177
Concluding Remarks......Page 186
11. David B. Capes: “Jerusalem” in the Gabriel Revelation and the Revelation of John......Page 188
Jerusalem in the Gabriel Revelation......Page 190
Jerusalem in the Revelation of John......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 198
Bibliography......Page 202
Photographs of Hazon Gabriel......Page 204
Contributors......Page 210
Index of Passages......Page 212
Index of Names and Subjects......Page 230
Index of Authors......Page 232