Studies in ancient Judaism and early Christianity / / by Pieter W. van der Horst.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume 87
• VerfasserIn: Horst, Pieter Willem van der,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; Volume 87.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine era. They reflect his research interests in Jewish epigraphy, Jewish interpretation of the Bible, Jewish prayer culture, the diaspora in Asia Minor, exegetical problems in the writings of Philo and Josephus, Samaritan history, texts from ancient Christianity which have received little attention (the poems of Cyrus of Panopolis, the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati, the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion), and miscellanea such as the pagan myth of Jewish cannibalism, the meaning of the Greek expression ‘without God,’ the religious significance of sneezing in pagan antiquity, and the variety of stories about pious long-sleepers in the ancient world (pagan, Jewish, Christian).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 The Site of Adam’s Tomb -- 2 Bitenosh’s Orgasm (1QapGen 2:9–15) -- 3 At Abraham’s Table: Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis 18:8 -- 4 Moses’ Father Speaks Out -- 5 Philo and the Problem of God’s Emotions -- 6 Two Short Notes on Philo -- 7 Philosophia epeisaktos: Some Notes on Josephus, Ant. 18.9 -- 8 Biblical Quotations in Judaeo-Greek Inscriptions -- 9 Did the Gentiles Know Who Abraham Was? -- 10 The Provenance of 2 Enoch 69–73: Jewish or Christian? -- 11 Greek Philosophical Elements in Some Judaeo-Christian Prayers -- 12 Mystical Motifs in a Greek Synagogal Prayer? -- 13 A Qedushat ha-Yom in Greek -- 14 The Jews of Ancient Phrygia -- 15 Judaism in Asia Minor -- 16 Samaritan Origins according to the Paralipomena Jeremiae -- 17 The Myth of Jewish Cannibalism: A Chapter in the History of Antisemitism -- 18 Porphyry on Judaism: Some Observations -- 19 A Short Note on the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati -- 20 Consolation from Prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius -- 21 Cyrus: A Forgotten Christian Poet -- 22 ‘Without God’: Some Notes on a Greek Expression -- 23 The Omen of Sneezing in Pagan Antiquity -- 24 Pious Long-Sleepers in Pagan, Jewish and Christian Antiquity -- Bibliography of Pieter W. van der Horst, 2006–2013 -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names and Subjects.