Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Publications of Betsy Halpern-Amaru......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 12
I. Interpreting Ritual Texts......Page 14
II. Mapping Diaspora Identities......Page 16
III. Rewriting Tradition......Page 18
I. INTERPRETING RITUAL TEXTS......Page 22
Benjamin G. Wright III: Three Jewish Ritual Practices in Aristeas §§158–160......Page 24
“He has given us a symbolic reminder on our clothes”......Page 25
“On doors and gates he has prescribed that we set up the sayings”......Page 26
“He has commanded us expressly to fasten the sign upon our hands”......Page 34
“He has commanded”—Aristeas and the sources of Jewish ritual practice......Page 38
John C. Endres, S.J.: Prayers in Jubilees......Page 44
A Working Definition of Prayer......Page 45
(1) Prayer of Moses [1:19–21]......Page 48
(2) The Prayer of Noah [10:3–6]......Page 50
(3) First Prayer of Abraham [11:17]......Page 54
(4) Second Prayer of Abraham [12:19–21]......Page 55
(5) Abraham’s Prayer at Shavuot [ Jub 22:7–9]......Page 57
Synthesis of Jubilees Prayers: Demons and God the Creator......Page 58
1. Introduction......Page 62
2. Testament of Job......Page 67
3. Cords for Protection......Page 69
4. Protective Seals (ḥotamot) in the Hekhalot Literature......Page 72
5. Cords and Seals for Visionary Experience......Page 78
6. Angelic and Divine Languages......Page 83
7. Conclusions......Page 84
James R. Davila: Is the Prayer of Manasseh a Jewish Work?......Page 88
The Earliest Attestations of the Prayer of Manasseh......Page 90
The Original Language of the Prayer of Manasseh......Page 92
The Provenance of the Prayer of Manasseh: Jewish, Christian, or Other?......Page 94
Conclusions......Page 98
Lynn LiDonnici: “According to the Jews:” Identified (and Identifying) ‘Jewish’ Elements in the Greek Magical Papyri......Page 100
PGM III 1–164 (119): The Hebrew Sound......Page 105
Excursus: Typhon, Seth and the God of Israel......Page 106
PGM IV 3007–86 (3019–20; 3084–86): The Hebrew God Jesus; The Hebrew Spell......Page 108
PGM V 96–172 (109–10): The Headless God of Israel......Page 112
PGM V 459–89: The Hebrew Name of High-Thundering Zeus......Page 115
PGM XII 201–69: According to the Jews......Page 117
PGM XIII 81–86 et al.: Birdglyphic, Hebrew, Baboonic......Page 118
Conclusions......Page 120
II. MAPPING DIASPORA IDENTITIES......Page 122
Esther Eshel: The Imago Mundi of the Genesis Apocryphon......Page 124
The Division of the World according to 1QapGen......Page 126
Japheth’s Lot......Page 127
Shem’s Lot......Page 128
Ham’s Lot......Page 129
Shem’s Sons......Page 130
The Division of the World According to Jubilees 8–9......Page 131
The Division of the World According to Josephus......Page 133
The Division of the World among Noah’s Sons according to 1QapGen......Page 135
Conclusions......Page 143
Cana Werman: Jubilees in the Hellenistic Context......Page 146
I. Jubilees and Hellenistic Science......Page 149
II. Jubilees and Hellenistic Jewish Literature......Page 154
II.A. Jubilees and Hellenistic Jewish Historiography......Page 155
II.B. Jubilees and Hellenistic Jewish Philosophy......Page 164
Tentative Conclusions......Page 170
Esther G. Chazon: “Gather the Dispersed of Judah:” Seeking a Return to the Land as a Factor in Jewish Identity of Late Antiquity......Page 172
The Festival Prayers (1Q34–34bis, 4Q507–4Q509)......Page 174
The Words of the Luminaries (4Q504–506)......Page 180
The Prayer Concerning King Jonathan in 4QApocryphal Psalm and Prayer (4Q448)......Page 184
Conclusion......Page 187
John J. Collins: Sectarian Consciousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 190
The yaḥad......Page 192
Creation and Election......Page 197
4QInstruction......Page 199
Andrea Lieber: Between Motherland and Fatherland: Diaspora, Pilgrimage and the Spiritualization of Sacrifice in Philo of Alexandria......Page 206
Philo’s Diasporic Consciousness......Page 208
Pilgrimage......Page 211
Sacrifice......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 222
III. REWRITING TRADITION......Page 224
Introduction: Significant Questions......Page 226
The Terminology of Blaspheming......Page 228
The Signicance of the Fact that the Blasphemer is an Egyptian......Page 230
The Seriousness of the Case of the Blasphemer......Page 234
The Problem of Moses’ Reaction toward the Case of the Blasphemer......Page 235
The Attitude of Philo and Josephus toward the Gods of Others......Page 236
Summary......Page 238
Adele Reinhartz: Chaste Betrayals: Women and Men in the Apocryphal Novels......Page 240
Apocrypha and Diaspora......Page 241
Apocryphal Women......Page 242
Conclusions......Page 253
The Three Nets of Belial......Page 256
The Reasons For the Sectarian Departure for the Desert......Page 264
Daniel R. Schwartz: Why Did Antiochus Have to Fall (II Maccabees 9:7)?......Page 270
James C. VanderKam: The End of the Matter? Jubilees 50:6–13 and the Unity of the Book......Page 280
Bibliography......Page 298
Index of Modern Scholars......Page 320
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 326
Subject Index......Page 340
Back Matter......Page 348