Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint: Essays Presented to Eugene Ulrich on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday

513 Pages·2006·103.834 MB·English

by  Peter W. Flint, Emanuel Tov, James C. VanderKam

Studies in the Hebrew Bible,
Qumran, and the Septuagint
Presented to Eugene Ulrich
Supplements
to
Vetus Testamentum
Edited by the Board of the Quarterly
H.M. Barstad – R.P. Gordon
A. Hurvitz – G. Knoppers – A. van der Kooij
A. Lemaire – C. Newsom – H. Spieckermann
J. Trebolle Barrera – H.G.M. Williamson
VOLUME 101

60
chapter two
Studies in the Hebrew Bible,
Qumran, and the Septuagint
Presented to Eugene Ulrich
Edited by
Peter W. Flint, Emanuel Tov
and James C. VanderKam
BRILL
LEIDEN BOSTON
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2006
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Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint presented to Eugene Ulrich /
edited by Peter W. Flint, James C. VanderKam, and Emanuel Tov.
p. cm. — (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, ISSN 0083-5889 ; v. 101)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 90-04-13738-6 (alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Dead Sea scrolls. 3. Bible. O.T.
Greek—Versions—Septuagint. I. Ulrich, Eugene Charles, 1938- II. Flint, Peter W. III.
VanderKam, James C. IV. Tov, Emanuel. V. Title. VI. Series.
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CONTENTS
Preface ..................................................................................................................... ix
Publications by Eugene Ulrich ................................................................................ xi
List of Contributors ........................................................................................... xxvii
Terms, Sigla and Abbreviations ..........................................................................x xix
Journals, Books and Series .................................................................................. xxxi
HEBREW BIBLE I OLD TEST AMENT (INCLUDING THE
BIBLICAL SCROLLS FROM THE JUDAEAN DESERT)
HUGH R. PAGE, JR.
Myth, Meta-Narrative, and Historical Reconstruction -
Rethinking the Nature of Scholarship on Israelite Origins ....................................... !
SHARON PACE
Diaspora Dangers, Diaspora Dreams ...................................................................... 21
TIMO VEIJOLA t
King Og's Iron Bed (Deut 3: 11)-Once Again ..................................................... 60
FRANK MOORE CROSS
A New Reconstruction of 4QSamuela 24:16-22. ................................................... 77
DONALD W. PARRY
"How Many Vessels"? An Examination of
MT 1 Sam 2:14/4QSama 1 Sam 2:16 .................................................................... 84
JULIO TREBOLLE
Samuel I Kings and Chronicles: Book Division and
Text Composition .................................................................................................... 96
JOSEPH BLENKINSOPP
Who is the Saddiq of Isaiah 57: 1-2? ..................................................................... 109
ROBERT A. KRAFT
Daniel Outside the Traditional Jewish Canon: In the
Footsteps of M. R. James ...................................................................................... l21
JAMES A. SANDERS
Origen and the First Christian Testament.. ........................................................... 134
DEAN 0. WENTHE
The Social Configuration of the Rabbi-Disciple Relationship: Evidence
and Implications for First Century Palestine ......................................................... l43
vi CONTENTS
QUMRAN AND THE NON-BIBLICAL SCROLLS
FROM THE JUDAEAN DESERT
DANIEL J. HARRINGTON, S.J.
"Holy War" Texts Among the Qumran Scrolls .................................................... 175
EMILEPUECH
Les manuscrits 4QJugesc (= 4Q50A) et lQJuges (= 1Q6) .................................... 184
MARTIN ABEGG, Jr.
"And He Shall Answer and Say ..." - A Little Backlighting ............................. 203
JOHN J. COLLINS
The Time of the Teacher: An Old Debate Renewed ............................................. 212
DEVORAH DIMANT
Two "Scientific" Fictions: The So-Called Book of Noah
and the Alleged Quotation of Jubilees in CD 16:3-4 ............................................ 230
CURT NICCUM
The Blessing of Judah in 4Q252 ........................................................................... 250
ROBERT A. KUGLER
Joseph at Qumran: The Importance of 4Q372 Frg. 1
in Extending a Tradition ....................................................................................... 261
SARIANNA METSO
Creating Community Halakhah ............................................................................ 279
JAMES C. V ANDERKAM
To What End? Functions of Scriptural Interpretation
in Qumran Texts .................................................................................................... 302
SEPTUAGINT AND OTHER ANCIENT VERSIONS
NATALIO FERNANDEZ MARCOS
Rewritten Bible or lmitatio? The Vestments of the High Priest... ........................ 321
EMANUEL TOY
The Use of Computers in Biblical Research ......................................................... 337
ANNELIAEJMELAEUS
Faith, Hope and Interpretation. A Lexical and Syntactical Study
of the Semantic Field of Hope in the Greek Psalter. ............................................. 360
ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ
The Septuagint of Isaiah and the Hebrew Text
of Isaiah 2:22 and 36:7 .......................................................................................... 377
CONTENTS Vll
JOHANLUST
Edom- Adam in Ezekiel, in MT and in LXX ....................................................... 387
ALBERT PIETERSMA
Greek Jeremiah and the Land of Azazel.. ............................................................. 402
INDICES
I. Scripture Index ............................................................................................... 415
2. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha ..................................................................... 432
3. Dead Sea Scrolls ............................................................................................ 434
4. Other Ancient Writings .................................................................................. 444
5. Index of Modern Authors ............................................................................... 449