Homer and the Bible in the Eyes of Ancient Interpreters

Homer and the Bible in the Eyes of Ancient Interpreters......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Setting the Stage......Page 12
Maren R. Niehoff: Why Compare Homer’s Readers to Biblical Readers?......Page 14
Bibliography......Page 24
Margalit Finkelberg: Canonising and Decanonising Homer: Reception of the Homeric Poems in Antiquity and Modernity......Page 26
Bibliography......Page 38
Guy G. Stroumsa: Scripture and Paideia in Late Antiquity......Page 40
Bibliography......Page 51
Introduction......Page 54
1.1. The Rise of Greek Grammar......Page 55
1.2. Homer in Apollonius (and Aristarchus)......Page 58
1.3. Homer and Atticism......Page 60
2.1. The Textual Fixation of the Quran......Page 66
2.2. The Rise of Arabic Grammar......Page 68
2.3. Arabic Grammar in Action......Page 71
2.4. Diglossia......Page 74
3.1. Masoretes and Alexandrians......Page 75
3.2. Pondering on the Hebrew Text of the Bible......Page 78
3.3. Education, Language, and Identity......Page 81
3.4. The Rise of Hebrew Grammar......Page 83
4. Conclusions......Page 87
Bibliography......Page 88
Greek-Speaking Interpreters......Page 96
Francesca Schironi: The Ambiguity of Signs: Critical σημεια from Zenodotus to Origen......Page 98
Alexandrian Critical Signs......Page 99
Aristarchean Critical Signs and Manuscript Evidence......Page 102
Origen’s Critical Signs......Page 111
Origen’s Critical Signs and Manuscript Evidence......Page 116
Origen: Improving on the Past......Page 118
Bibliography......Page 120
René Nünlist: Topos Didaskalikos and Anaphora—Two Interrelated Principles in Aristarchus’ Commentaries......Page 124
Bibliography......Page 136
Maren R. Niehoff: Philo and Plutarch on Homer......Page 138
Philo on Homer......Page 141
Plutarch on Homer......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 159
Bibliography......Page 160
Katell Berthelot: Philo and the Allegorical Interpretation of Homer in the Platonic Tradition (with an Emphasis on Porphyry’s De Antro Nympharum)......Page 166
I. Philo’s Knowledge and Use of Homer Compared to the Platonists’ Knowledge and Use of the Poet’s Works......Page 167
2. Philo’s Use of Homeric Verses to Corroborate his Interpretation of Scriptures......Page 168
3. Philo’s Knowledge of Interpretations of Homer That Are Also Found in Neo-Platonic Writings......Page 170
II. Philo’s Allegorical Exegesis of the Bible Compared to the Neo-Platonic Interpretation of Homer......Page 176
Bibliography......Page 184
Sharon Weisser: The Dispute on Homer: Exegetical Polemic in Galen’s Criticism of Chrysippus......Page 186
On Improper Usage of Homer......Page 189
On the Right Omission and Selection of Verses......Page 193
Issues of Methodology......Page 194
Galen’s Interpretation of Homer......Page 199
The Birth of Athena......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 205
Bibliography......Page 207
Cyril Aslanov: Homer within the Bible: Homerisms in the Graecus Venetus......Page 210
Phonetism......Page 211
Nouns......Page 212
Numerals......Page 213
Verbs......Page 214
Lexical Features......Page 215
Word Formation......Page 216
2. Why Homerisms?......Page 217
3. Who Could Be That Man?......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 227
Bibliography......Page 228
Hebraic or Aramaic Speaking Interpreters......Page 230
Guy Darshan: The Twenty-Four Books of the Hebrew Bible and Alexandrian Scribal Methods......Page 232
1. The Homeric Corpus and the Hebrew Bible......Page 233
1.1. The Number of Books within the Homeric Corpus......Page 234
1.2. The Number of Books within the Hebrew Bible......Page 237
1.3. Gematria, Inverted Nunin and Cancellation Dots......Page 240
2. The Significance and the Time Framework of These Processes......Page 242
3. The Standardisation of the Biblical Text......Page 246
Bibliography......Page 249
Introduction: Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation and Ancient Homeric Scholarship—Daube, Lieberman, and Beyond......Page 256
A Case Study: Genesis Rabbah on Non-Linear Narration in the Book of Daniel......Page 261
‘Unlike Poets’: The First Defence of Non-Linear Narration......Page 264
Noblest Obelus: The Second Defence of Non-Linear Narration......Page 270
Conclusion: Strength Out of Weakness......Page 274
Bibliography......Page 275
Introduction......Page 280
Re-Scripturizing in Homeric Scholarship......Page 283
Mythological Dependence......Page 285
Mis-Dependence......Page 288
Literary Dependence......Page 289
Philosophical Dependence......Page 290
Source of Proverb......Page 291
Dependence of Ethical Maxims......Page 292
Legal Dependence......Page 293
Re-Scripturizing in the Halakhic Midrashim......Page 294
Dependence of Ethical Maxims......Page 296
Dependence of a Proverb......Page 297
Legal Dependence......Page 299
Dependence of the Mishna and Other Edited Texts......Page 301
Conclusion......Page 304
Bibliography......Page 306
Rhetorical Education and Early Midrash......Page 310
Overcoming Moses......Page 315
Mosaic Revisionism......Page 327
Conclusion......Page 336
Bibliography......Page 337
Ishay Rosen-Zvi: Midrash and Hermeneutic Reflectivity: Kishmu’o as a Test Case......Page 340
Bibliography......Page 353
Literary Anthropology and the Subject......Page 356
The Subject in Legal Discourse......Page 359
The Legal Subject in Purity Laws......Page 360
Pigul......Page 362
Seeds......Page 363
Intention and Subjectivity in Midrash Aggadah......Page 366
Biblical Characters in the Midrash......Page 368
Contours of Interiority......Page 370
John Chrysostom......Page 373
Conclusion......Page 375
Bibliography......Page 376
Index......Page 380