Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings

349 Pages·2018·5.147 MB·English

by  Klaas Spronk, Eveline Van Staalduine-Sulman

HebrewTextsinJewish,ChristianandMuslimSurroundings
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Hebrew Texts
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EvelinevanStaalduine-Sulman
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Contents
ListofFigures xi
1 HebrewTextsinJewish,ChristianandMuslimSurroundings 1
KlaasSpronkandEvelinevanStaalduine-Sulman
part 1
HebrewTextsinJewishSurroundings
2 ConvertedDemons:FallenAngelsWhoRepented 9
JohannesC.deMoor
3 JephthahandSaul:AnIntertextualReadingofJudges11:29–40in
ComparisonwithRabbinicExegesis 23
KlaasSpronk
4 TwoWomen,OneGodandtheReader:TheologyinFourRecensions
ofHannah’sSong(1Samuel2:1–10) 36
EvelinevanStaalduine-Sulman
5 BetweenHermeneuticsandRhetorics:TheParableoftheSlaveWho
BuysaRottenFishinExegeticalandHomileticalMidrashim 50
LieveTeugels
6 TheBeautyofSarahinRabbinicLiterature 65
TamarKadari
7 David’sStrengthsandWeaknessesintheTargumofthePsalms 83
GeertW.Lorein
8 From‘Writtenness’to‘Spokenness’:MartinBuberandHisForgotten
ContemporariesonColometry 104
F.J.Hoogewoud
9 ImitatingDutchProtestants:JewishEducationalLiteratureonthe
BiblicalHistoryfromthe19thandtheFirstHalfofthe20th
Century 115
CeesHoutman
viii contents
part 2
HebrewTextsinMuslimandChristianSurroundings
10 JewishInfluencesuponIslamicStorytelling:TheExampleofDavid
andBathsheba 135
MarcelPoorthuis
11 ElazarbenJacobofBaghdadinJewishLiturgy 151
WoutvanBekkum
12 MidrashBereshitRabbahinChristianBindings:ANewlyDiscovered
MedievalAshkenazicManuscriptFragmentfromJena 170
AndreasLehnardt
13 MartinLuther—PrecursorofModernAntisemitism? 188
Hans-MartinKirn
14 ‘YouareConstantlyLookingoverMyShoulder’:TheInfluenceofthe
RelationshipbetweenFranzRosenzweigandMargritRosenstock-
HuessyontheGritlianumandonTheStarofRedemption
ii2 198
HarrySysling
15 LocalLeadershipintheGalilee:ʿAbdAllāhSalmanSalehKhayr
(1906–1971) 212
GertvanKlinken
part 3
HebrewTextsinJewishandChristianSurroundings
16 FindingPearls:Matthew13:45–46andRabbinicLiterature 231
EricOttenheijm
17 ‘YouChristiansarebeingLedAstray!’SomeNotesontheDialogueof
AthanasiusandZacchaeus 252
PieterW.vanderHorst
contents ix
18 ‘StayHerewiththeAss’:AComparingExegeticalStudybetween
Cyril’sFifthFestalLetterandRabbinicExegesisinBabylonianTalmud
andGenesisRabbah56:1–2 264
LeonMock
19 TheVoiceofCommunity:JewishandChristianTraditionsCoping
withanAbsurdCommandment(Deut21:18–21) 278
MichaelC.Mulder
20 NoachideLaws:AViableOptionasanAlternativeforFullConversion
toJudaism? 293
SimonSchoon
part 4
HebrewTextsinJewish,ChristianandMuslimSurroundings
21 AQueenofManyColours 311
MagdaMisset-vandeWeg
IndexofSources 337