Fountains of Wisdom : In Conversation with James H. Charlesworth (Paperback)

Preface A Selection of Major Works by James H. Charlesworth Contributors I. Hebrew Bible and New Testament 1. The Interpretation of Genesis 4:10 in Early Jewish Literature - John R. Levinson, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA 2. Abraham et l'abrahamisme: Mythe ou realite? - Simon C. Mimouni, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France 3. Hebrews, the Aqedah, and Early Scriptural Interpretation - C.D. Elledge, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA 4. The Etymology of Belial Once Again: A Case of Tabooistic Deformation? - Brent A. Strawn, Duke Divinity School, USA 5. Just What We Need: Another Allusion in Luke 1? - John B.F. Miller, McMurry University, USA 6. Repentance and Turning as a Unified Motif in Luke-Acts - Kindalee Pfremmer De Long, Pepperdine University, USA 7. Do Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 Belong in Our Bibles? A Case Study in the Intersection of Textual Criticism and Canonical Considerations - Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA 8. Reconsidering the Poor: A Fresh Translation of Matthew 5:3 - Johan Ferreira, Melbourne School of Theology, Australia 9. Christology in John's Crucifixion Quotations - Michael A. Daise, College of William & Mary, USA 10. Touching the Risen Jesus: Did Jesus Allow Thomas to Do What He Refused to Mary? - Lidija Novakovic, Baylor University, USA 11. Who Is My Brother? Study of the Term adelfos in the Acts of the Apostles - Claire Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 12. How Much of Israel will be saved-a Remnant or all of Israel? A fresh look at Romans 9-11 - Stephen J. Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 13. Jesus Tradition, Christian Creeds, and the New Testament Canon - Lee Martin McDonald, Acadia Divinity College, Canada II. Greco-Roman and Jewish World 14. When Ontology Meets Eschatology: A Platonized Reading of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School, USA 15. On John the Baptist at the Jordan River: Geohistorical and Archaeological Considerations - Shimon Gibson, UNC Charlotte, USA 16. Greco-Roman and Jewish Historiography as Backdrop for the Gospels - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA 17. From, To, In, and Through Caesarea: Herod's Imperial City as Significant Narrative Setting and Literary Linking Device in the Acts of the Apostles - Jonathan E. Soyars, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK 18. Metatron and Naar: Combining Titles and Rev 3:21 as a Probable Riddle-Solver - Konstantinos Th. Zarras, University of Macedonia, Macedonia 19. Some Considerations on Ethics in Early Jewish Theologies and the New Testament - Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada III. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 20. The Pseudepigrapha and Second Temple Judaism - John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA 21. Enoch's Prayer for Rescue from the Flood: 1 Enoch 83-84, with a New Translation and Notes - Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 22. Cain and the Example of the Birds - Christfried Bottrich, University of Greifswald, Germany 23. Die Bedeutung der Assumptio Mosis fur die Erforschung des fruhen Christentums - Jan Dochhorn, University of Durham, UK 24. Neither Deuteronomic nor Priestly: The Psalms of Solomon as the Original Answer of Learned Scribes to the Wickedness of High Priest - Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sevres, Paris, France IV. Dead Sea Scrolls 25 Contextual Textual Errors in 1QISa a : How the Scribe Was Impacted by His Textual Environment - Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, USA 26. Psalmenhandschriften in den Qumrantexten - Hermann Lichtenberger, Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen, Germany 27. 'Luxury Scrolls' from the Judean Desert - Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 28. Qumran Readings in Agreement with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text. Part Four: 2 Samuel - Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Italy 29. When Prophecy Fails: Apocalyptic Schemes for Dating the 'Appointed Time of the End' in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus Movement - James D. Tabor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA 30. Science Fiction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Case of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Nephilim - Helen R. Jacobus, University of Manchester, UK V. History of Scholarship 31. Of Moses, Mountains, and Models: Joseph Smith's Book of Moses in Dialogue with the Greek Life of Adam and Eve - David Calabro, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, USA 32. Paul Fiebig's Reply to Arthur Drews on the Miracles of Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA 33. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century - Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA Indices Index of Authors Index of Passages Index of Subjects