Things Revealed : : Studies in Early Jewish and Christian Literature in Honor of Michael E. Stone / / edited by Esther G. Chazon, David Satran, Ruth Clements.

This rich collection of articles dedicated to Michael E. Stone by his colleagues and students honors his contributions to the study of Judaism and Christianity. Many of the articles discuss apocryphal and pseudepigraphical works stemming from Jewish or Christian authors and transmitted primarily but...

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 89
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 89.
Physical Description:1 online resource (433 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction (Esther G. Chazon and David Satran); Michael E. Stone: An Appreciation (Frank Moore Cross); Festschrift Presentation: Letter to Michael (Harold W. Attridge); APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA; The Third Sybil Revisited (John J. Collins); Jubilees 32 and the Bethel Cult Traditions in Second Temple Literature (Esther Eshel); Reviving (and Refurbishing) the Lost Apocrypha of M. R. James (Robert A. Kraft); Where is the Place of Eschatological Blessing? (George W. E. Nickelsburg); The Traditions About Abraham's Early Life in the Book of Judith (5:6-9) (Adolfo Roitman)
  • Scripture in the Astronomical Book of Enoch (James C. VanderKam)Wisdom, Instruction, and Social Location in Sirach and 1 Enoch (Benjamin G. Wright); Whither Elijah? The Ascension of Elijah in Biblical and Extrabiblical Traditions (J. Edward Wright); DEAD SEA SCROLLS; Two Notes on Measuring Character and Sin at Qumran (Gary A. Anderson); Dibre Hame'orot and the Apocalypse of Weeks (Hanan Eshel); The Purity Laws of 4QD: Exegesis and Sectarianism (Martha Himmelfarb); Historical Implications of the Early Second Century Dating of the 4Q249-250 Cryptic A Corpus (Stephen J. Pfann)
  • The Special Character of the Texts Found in Qumran Cave 11 (Emanuel Tov)PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA; A Neglected Text of Philo of Alexandria: First Translation into a Modern Language (David T. Runia); Abraham and the Promise of Spirit: Points of Convergence Between Philo and Paul (Sze-kar Wan); EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE; Abraham's Refutation of Astrology: An Excerpt from Pseudo-Clement in the Chronicon of George the Monk (William Adler); Mother Jerusalem, Mother Church: Desolation and Restoration in Early Jewish and Christian Literature (Theodore A. Bergren)
  • A ""Prayer Alleged to be Jewish"" in the Apostolic Constitutions (Esther G. Chazon)Why not Naphtali? (Vered Hillel); Twenty-Five Questions to Corner the Jews: A Byzantine Anti-Jewish Document from the Seventh Century (Pieter W. van der Horst); Sidelights on the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs from the Greek Catena on Genesis (Marinus de Jonge); Galen, Papias and Others on Teaching and Being Taught (Jaap Mansfeld); Isaac of Antioch and the Literature of Adam and Eve (Edward G. Mathews, Jr); The Adam and Eve Traditions in The Journey of Zosimos (Ronit Nikolsky)
  • Deceiving the Deceiver: Variations on an Early Christian Theme (David Satran)Bibliography of the Works of Michael E. Stone; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Ancient Sources