Noah and His Book(s)

Noah and His Book(s) / Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 16
Part 1: Fragments and Documents Associated with a “Book of Noah”......Page 20
The Book(s) Attributed to Noah / Michael E. Stone......Page 22
A Reconsideration of Charles’s Designated “Noah Interpolations” in 1 Enoch: 54:1–55:1; 60; 65:1–69:25 / Vered Hillel......Page 42
Is 1 Enoch 6–11 a “Noachic” Fragment? A Scholarly Discussion / Michael Tuval......Page 62
Traditions of the Birth of Noah / Aryeh Amihay and Daniel A. Machiela......Page 68
A Note on 1Q19: The “Book of Noah” / Claire Pfann......Page 86
The Noah Cycle in the Genesis Apocryphon / Esther Eshel......Page 92
Is 4Q534–536 Really about Noah? / Jeremy Penner......Page 112
The Rebirth of a Book: Noachic Writing in Medieval and Renaissance Europe / Rebecca Scharbach......Page 128
Part 2: Noah Traditions......Page 150
Noah and the Flood in the Septuagint / Benjamin G. Wright III......Page 152
Distinctive Traditions about Noah and the Flood in Second Temple Jewish Literature / Nadav Sharon and Moshe Tishel......Page 158
The Role of Noah and the Flood in Judean Antiquities and Against Apion by Flavius Josephus / Michael Tuval......Page 182
Philo’s Interpretation of Noah / Albert C. Geljon......Page 198
Noah in Rabbinic Literature / Aryeh Amihay......Page 208
Noah and the Flood in Gnosticism / Sergey Minov......Page 230
Some Jewish Noah Traditions in Syriac Christian Sources / Daniel A. Machiela......Page 252
The Literary Presentation of Noah in the Qur’an / Erica Martin......Page 268
A Shelter amid the Flood: Noah’s Ark in Early Jewish and Christian Art / Ruth Clements......Page 292
Part 3: Miscellaneous Noah Texts and Traditions......Page 316
Noah in Onomastic Traditions / Vered Hillel and Michael E. Stone......Page 318
Mount Ararat and the Ark / Michael E. Stone......Page 322
Bibliography......Page 332
Contributors......Page 366
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 370
Index of Authors......Page 390