Between Philology and Theology

Contributions to the Study of Ancient Jewish Interpretation
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-24393-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 162, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

The essays by Florentino García Martínez collected in this volume reflect some of his most recent work on theological concepts as they are formed in the interpretations and in the imagination of ancient Jewish writers, and thus illuminate the nexus between philology and theology.
The essays, five of which are published for the first time in English, engage a broad range of ancient Jewish texts ranging from Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls, to Jubilees, 4 Ezra and the Targumim. Focus of the essays is the way in which ancient Jewish writers (and, in the case of 4 Ezra, Christian Renaissance authors) are interpreting and transforming earlier biblical traditions and how these new interpretations shape theological concepts.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in ancient biblical interpretation, Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, Second Temple Literature, Targum, Biblical Theology, Philo of Alexandria, 4Ezra in Jewish Antiquity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garcia Martinez, Florentino

Najman, Hindy

Tigchelaar, Eibert J C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A. Theological Reflections

1. Abraham and the Gods: the Paths to Monotheism in Jewish Religion
2. The Foreskins of Angels
3. Geography as Theology: From the Book of Jubilees to the Phaleg by Arias Montano

B. Divine Encounters

4. The Heavenly Tablets in the Book of Jubilees
5. Balaam in the Dead Sea Scrolls
6. Divine Sonship at Qumran and in Philo

C. Targumic Interpretations

7. Eve’s Children in the Targumim
8. Sodom and Gomorrah in the Targumim
9. Hagar in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

D. Renaissance Receptions of 4 Ezra

10. The Authority of 4 Ezra and the Discovery of America
11. The Authority of 4 Ezra and the Jewish Origin of (Native) American Indians

Über Autor(innen)

Florentino García Martínez was Professor of Early Judaism and Dead Sea Scrolls at the KU Leuven and at the University of Groningen where he led the Qumran Instituut. He was editorial secretary of the Revue de Qumrân, and editor-in-chief of the Journal for the Study of Judaism. He has written numerous books and articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Hindy Najman, PhD. (Harvard University, 1998) is associate professor of ancient Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies and in the Program for Judaic Studies at Yale and author of Seconding Sinai and 'Past Renewals. Her areas of expertise are Second Temple Judaism, Hellenistic Judaism, Hebrew Bible, early Rabbinics and the History of Jewish Interpretation.

Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, PhD. (Groningen, 1994) is research professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of KU Leuven. His areas of expertise are Second Temple Judaism, Hebrew Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls.