Rewritten Bible After Fifty Years: Texts, Terms, or Techniques?: A Last Dialogue with Geza Vermes

395 Pages·1.826 MB·English

by  József Zsengellér

Rewritten Bible after Fifty Years: Texts, Terms, or Techniques?
Supplements
to the
Journal for the Study
of Judaism
Editor
Benjamin G. Wright, III
Department of Religion Studies, Lehigh University
Associate Editors
Hindy Najman
Department of Religious Studies, Yale University
Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven
Advisory Board
a.m. berlin – k. berthelot – r. bloch – g. bohak – j.j. collins –
j. duhaime – k. hogan – p.w. van der horst – o. irshai –
a.k. petersen – s. mason – j.h. newman – m.r. niehoff – m. popović –
i. rosen-zvi – j.t.a.g.m. van ruiten – m. segal – j. sievers –
g. stemberger – l.t. stuckenbruck – j.c. de vos
VOLUME 166
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Rewritten Bible after Fifty Years:
Texts, Terms, or Techniques?
A Last Dialogue with Geza Vermes
Edited by
József Zsengellér
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rewritten Bible after fifty years : texts, terms, or techniques? : a last dialogue with Geza Vermes / edited by
József Zsengellér.
  pages cm. — (Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, ISSN 1384-2161 ; volume 166)
 Includes indexes.
 This conference was organized in the native country of the Etzesgeber (the man of the idea) in Budapest
on 10-13 July 2011”.
 Summary: “Rewritten Bible After Fifty Years presents the papers of a conference on the meanings and
usages of the term Rewritten Bible introduced by Geza Vermes in 1961. Leading scholars of the topic discuss
their new insights and ideas comparing with Vermes’ initiative, whose participation on this conference was
unfortunately the last chance for a life dialogue with him on this topic. Apart from the terminological
discussions and comparisions several case studies widen the scope of the notion of Rewritten Bible/
Scripture and rewriting as a genre and technique”—Provided by publisher.
 ISBN 978-90-04-26815-9 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-27118-0 (e-book) 1. Bible. Old
Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish—Congresses. I. Vermes, Geza, 1924–2013. II. Zsengellér,
József, editor of compilation.
 BS1225.52.R49 2014
 221.6—dc23
2014006967
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Contents
List of Abbreviations   vii
Preface   xi
PART 1
Defining of Rewritten Bible   1
The Genesis of the Concept of “Rewritten Bible”   3
Geza Vermes
PART 2
Redefining of Rewritten Bible   11
Textual Fidelity, Elaboration, Supersession or Encroachment? Typological
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Rewritten Scripture   13
Anders Klostergaard Petersen
Rewritten Bible: A Terminological Reassessment   49
Jonathan G. Campbell
Crossing the Borders from “Pre-Scripture” to Scripture (Rewritten) to
“Rewritten Scripture”   83
Eugene Ulrich
Rewritten Scriptures as a Clue to Scribal Traditions in the Second
Temple Period   105
Sidnie White Crawford
Memory, Cultural Memory and Rewriting Scripture   119
George J. Brooke
Rewritten Bible and the Vocalization of the Biblical Text   137
Stefan Schorch
PART 3
Case Studies   153
Inner Biblical Rewritings   155
Reuse of Prophecy in the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Rewriting
and Canonization   157
István Karasszon
vi contents
On the Battlefield and Beyond: The Reinterpretation of the
Moabite-Israelite Encounters in 2 Chronicles 20   167
Előd Hodossy-Takács
Early Jewish Rewritings   181
Textual Criticism of Hebrew Scripture and Scripture-Like Texts   183
Emanuel Tov
Apocryphon of Jeremiah C from Qumran: Rewritten Prophetic Text or
Something Else?   203
Balázs Tamási
Between Rewritten Bible and Allegorical Commentary: Philo’s
Interpretation of the Burning Bush   221
Steven D. Fraade
Philo’s Life of Moses as “Rewritten Bible”   233
Finn Damgaard
Josephus’ “Rewritten Bible” as a Non-Apologetic Work   249
Marton Ribary
Josephus’ Rewriting of Genesis 24 in Ant. 1.242-255   267
Christopher T. Begg
Later Rewritings  293
Can We Apply the Term “Rewritten Bible” to Midrash? The Case of Pirqe
de-Rabbi Eliezer   295
Rachel Adelman
Adam or Adams? Genesis and the Mythical Anthropology in the
Writing without Title on the Origin of the World from Nag Hammadi
(NHC II,5)   319
Csaba Ötvös
Samaritan Rewritings: The Toledot in Samaritan Literature   345
József Zsengellér
Index of Ancient Sources  359
Index of Modern Authors   378
List of Abbreviations
AB Anchor Bible
ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library
AGSU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Spätjudentums und Urchristentums
AJEC Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
ANESSup Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement
ArOr Archiv orientální
ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BBB Bonner biblische Beiträge
bce Before the Common (or Christian) Era
BCNHE Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi section études
BCNHT Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi section textes
BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des antiken Judentums
BETL Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium
BHQ Biblia Hebraica Quinta
BHT Beiträge zur historischen Theologie
BibOr Biblica et orientalia
BJS Brown Judaic Studies
BO Biblia et Orientalia
BSRS Biblical Studies and Religious Studies
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBET Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
ce Common (or Christian) Era
CIS Corpus inscriptiorum semiticarum
CQS Companion to the Qumran Scrolls
CRINT Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
DSSR Dead Sea Scrolls Reader
ECCA Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity
ErIsr Eretz Israel
FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments
viii list of abbreviations
HBM Hebrew Bible Monographs
HBS Herders biblische Studien
HCS Hellenistic Culture and Society
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
ICC International Critical Commentary
JA Journal asiatique
JAJSup Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JCC Jewish Culture and Contexts
JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies
JESHO Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies
JPS Judea & Samaria Publications
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JRAS Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism
JSJSup Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplement Series
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series
JSPSup Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha: Supplement Series
JThS Journal of Theological Studies
LD Lectio divina
LSTS Library of Second Temple Studies
LXX Septuagint
MGWJ Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums
MSU Mitteilungen des Septuagintaunternehmens
MT Masoretic Text
NBS Numen Book Series
NHMS Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
NHS Nag Hammadi Studies
NovT Novum Testamentum
NovTSup Novum Testamentum Supplementum
NT New Testament
NTS New Testament Studies
OBC Orientalia Biblica et Christiana
list of abbreviations ix
OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis
OG Old Greek
OPDT Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theorie
OTF Oriental Translation Fund (New Serie)
OtSt Oudtestamentische Studiën
PACS Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series
PAAJR Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research
PEQ Palestina Exploration Quarterly
PS Pseudepigrapha Series
PTS Patristische Texte und Studien
RB Revue biblique
REJ Revue des études juives
RevQ Revue de Qumrân
RS Religion and Society
SAC Studies in Antiquity & Christianity
SAM Sheffield Archaeological Monographs
SCS Septuagint Commentary Series
SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Séries
SBLEJL Society of Biblical Literature Early Judaism and Its Literature
SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers
SBLSS Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series
SBTh Studies in Biblical Theology
SCS Septuagint and Cognate Studies
SDSS Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls
SDSSRL Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature
SGM Sources gnostiques et manichéennes
SHAJ Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan
SHR Studies in the History of Religions (Numen Supplements)
SJ Studia Judaica
SJLA Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
SJOT Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
SNTSMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
SP Samaritan Pentateuch
SPB Studia Post-Biblica
SPhilo Studia Philonica
SSam Studia Samaritana
SSLL Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Series
STDJ Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
STI Studies in Theological Interpretation
TANZ Texte und Arbeiten zum neutestamentlichen Zeitalter
x list of abbreviations
TS Theological Studies
TSAJ Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism
TZ Theologische Zeitschrift
VT Vetus Testamentum
VTSup Vetus Testamentum Supplementum
WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
ZDMG Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft
ZNW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
ZThK Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche