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The essays collected in this volume grew out of a symposium honoring Lou Silberman in celebration of his 80th birthday. In a manner that honors Prof. Silberman's broad and ecumenical intellectual interests, these essays explore several historical, religious, and literary themes in Jewish and Christian texts and traditions. In the creative and at times provocative essays in this volume, readers interested in ancient Israelite history and religion, Jewish and Christian origins, and Jewish thought will discover new ways to approach these topics.

Contents include: On Listening to the Text — and the Artifacts, William G. Dever; The First Stories of Genesis and the Rhythm of the Generations, David C. Hopkins; Proclamations to the Fruitful Tree and the Spiritualization of Androgyny, Ziony Zevit; The Prayer of Nabonidus, Elijah on Mount Carmel, and the Development of Monotheism in Israel, Susan Ackerman; Job's Daughters and Their Inheritance in the Testament of Job and Its Biblical Congeners, Peter Machinist; The Restraint of Reason, the Humility of Prayer, James L. Crenshaw; Were Pharisees and Rabbis The Leaders of Communal Prayer and Torah Study in Antiquity? The Evidence of the New Testament, Josephus, and the Church Fathers, Shaye J. D. Cohen; The "Dead Sea Scrolls" or "The Community of the Renewed Covenant?", Shemaryahu Talmon; Hebrews 11:37 and the Death of the Prophet Ezekiel, J. Edward Wright; Identity, Apocalyptic, and Dialogue, James A. Sanders; The Literary Structure of the Amidah and the Rhetoric of Redemption, Reuven Kimelman; Justification through Living — Martin Buber's Third Alternative, Michael Fishbane; Addendum to the Bibliography of Lou H. Silberman.

Brown Judaic Studies
Code: 140313
266 pages
1997