"Go out and study the land" (Judges 18:2) : archaeological, historical and textual studies in honor of Hanan Eshel / / edited by Aren M. Maeir, Jodi Magness, and Lawrence H. Schiffman.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 148
• TeilnehmendeR: Eshel, Ḥanan.; Maeir, Aren M.; Magness, Jodi.; Schiffman, Lawrence H.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 148.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (495 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Hanan Eshel (z\'l) was a prolific scholar in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls, Classical Archaeology of the Near East and many other topics. During his terminal illness, friends and colleagues got together to present him with a collection of studies on topics that were close to his fields of interest, as an expression of deep friendship and admiration. The volume contains the 22 papers presented to Hanan before his death, covering topics in archaeology, history, and textual studies, with a particular emphasis on aspects relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls, spanning the late Iron Age through late Antiquity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Alexander Jannaeus—Priest and King / Dan B. Barag -- Herod’s Eagle / Albert I. Baumgarten -- The Classification of 4Q505: Daily or Festival Prayers? / Esther G. Chazon -- The Artaxerxes Correspondence of Ezra 4, Nehemiah’s Wall, and Persian Provincial Administration / Lisbeth S. Fried -- Protection from Birds in the Book of Jubilees / Betsy Halpern-Amaru -- Ancient Material in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliʿezer: Basilides, Qumran, the Book of Jubilees / Menahem Kister -- The Covenant with the Levites (Jer 33:21) in the Proto-Masoretic Text of Jeremiah in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Armin Lange -- Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and Text / Jodi Magness -- Josephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts / Vered Noam -- An Elusive Sadducean Dispute / Ze’ev Safrai -- On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E. / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Re-Imagining the Eschatological War—4Q285/11Q14 / Brian Schultz -- Mattathias’ Final Speech (1 Maccabees 2): From Religious Zeal to Simonide Propaganda / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah / Itzick Shai , David Ben-Shlomo and Aren M. Maeir -- The Names of the Rivers / Michael E. Stone -- The Book of Enoch and the Ethiopian Manuscript Tradition: New Data / Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Ted M. Erho -- Buried Manuscripts and Empty Tombs: The Qumran Genizah Theory Revisited / Joan E. Taylor -- Gleanings from the Plates of Unidentified Fragments: Two PAM 43.674 Identifications (4Q365 and 4Q416) / Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar -- Eclectic Text Editions of Hebrew Scripture / Emanuel Tov -- 4Q252: Listenwissenschaft and Covenantal Patriarchal Blessings / Shani Tzoref -- The Common Ownership of Property in Essene Communities / James C. VanderKam -- The Identification of Biblical Achzib at Khirbet ʿĒn el-Kizbe in the Judean Shephelah, and the Origins of Shimon Bar Kokhba / Boaz Zissu and Erasmus Gass -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.