Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome: Studies in Ancient Cultural Interaction in Honour of A. Hilhorst

407 Pages·2003·1.71 MB·English

by  Florentino Garcia Martinez

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JERUSALEM, ALEXANDRIA, ROME
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SUPPLEMENTS
TO THE
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY
OF JUDAISM
Editor
JOHN J. COLLINS
The Divinity School, Yale University
Associate Editor
FLORENTINO GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ
Qumran Institute, University of Groningen
Advisory Board
j. duhaime – a. hilhorst– p.w. van der horst
a. klostergaard petersen – m.a. knibb – j.t.a.g.m. van ruiten
j. sievers – g. stemberger – e.j.c. tigchelaar – j. tromp
VOLUME 82
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JERUSALEM,
ALEXANDRIA,
ROME
Studies in Ancient Cultural Interaction
in Honour of A. Hilhorst
EDITED BY
FLORENTINO GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ
and
GERARD P. LUTTIKHUIZEN
BRILL
LEIDEN (cid:127)BOSTON
2003
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Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome : studies in ancient cultural interaction in honour of A.
Hilhorst / edited by Florentino García Martínez and Gerard P. Luttikhuizen.
p. cm. — (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, ISSN 1384-2161 ; v. 82)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 90-04-13584-7 (alk. paper)
1. Christian literature, Early—History and criticism. 2. Literature, Ancient—History and
criticism. I. Hillhorst, A. II. García Martínez, Florentino. III. Luttikhuizen, Gerard P. IV.
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CONTENTS
Preface ........................................................................................ ix
Abbreviations .............................................................................. xiii
1. Illitteratus in Early Christian and Medieval Texts:
Church and Illiteracy ............................................................ 1
G J.M. B
2. “He must Grow, I must Diminish.” (John 3:30):
Augustine of Hippo Preaching on John the Baptist .......... 13
A A.R. B
3. Aeterne rerum conditor: Ambrose’s Poem about “Time” ........ 27
J  B
4. “Never Repay Evil with Evil”: Ethical Interaction
between the Joseph Story, the Novel Joseph and Aseneth,
the New Testament and the Apocryphal Acts .................. 41
J B
5. The Vision of Saturus in the Passio Perpetuae ...................... 55
J N. B
6. Life after Death in Pseudo-Phocylides ................................ 75
J J. C
7. The Eagle on the Tree: A Homeric Motif in Jewish
and Christian Literature ...................................................... 87
I C
8. The Text of the Martyrdom of Polycarp Again
(With a Note on the Greek Text of Polycarp, ad Phil.) .... 101
B D
9. Theodoret’s Philological Remarks on the Language
of the Septuagint .................................................................. 107
N F M
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10. Greek Loanwords in the Copper Scroll ................................ 119
F G M
11. Between Old and New: The Problem of Acculturation
Illustrated by the Early Christian Usage of the Phoenix
Motif .................................................................................... 147
A K P
12. The Use of Scripture in 1 Enoch 17–19 .......................... 165
M A. K
13. The Interpretation of Metaphorical Language:
A Characteristic of LXX-Isaiah ........................................ 179
A   K
14. The Critical Rewriting of Genesis in the Gnostic
Apocryphon of John .................................................................. 187
G P. L
15. The Irish Legend of Antichrist .......................................... 201
M MN
16. Beyabara tÚ toË èg¤ou ÉIvãnnou toË Bapt¤smatow
Remarks about Storied Places at the Jordan, John
the Baptist and the Madaba Mosaic Map ........................ 221
E N
17. The Three Nets of Belial from Qumran to the
Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum .............................................. 243
M P
18. Erasmus’ Note on Gal 4:25: The Connection
between Mount Sinai and Jerusalem ................................ 255
M L.  P-  L
19. The Four Rivers of Eden in the Apocalypse of Paul
(Visio Pauli): The Intertextual Relationship of
Genesis 2:10–14 and the Apocalypse of Paul 23 ................ 263
J T.A.G.M.  R