A multiform heritage : studies on early Judaism and Christianity in honor of Robert A. Kraft / edited by Benjamin G. Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kraft, Robert A.

Wright, Benjamin G., III

Series:

Scholars Press homage series ; v. 24.

Scholars Press homage series ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210.

Judaism.

History.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 353 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, [1999]

Contents:

Introduction: Robert A. Kraft

An Appreciation / Benjamin G. Wright xv

A "Crowd of Vulgar Revellers" The Thesmophoriazousai at Athens / Allaire Brumfield 1

Opisthographs from the Judean Desert / Emanuel Tov 11

Torah, Testimony, and Heavenly Tablets The Claim to Authority of the Book of Jubilees / Martha Himmelfarb 19

The Challenges of Translating a Translation Rendering the Proper Nouns of the Jewish-Greek Scriptures / Frederick W. Knobloch 31

Jesus' Baptism and Temptation Accounts in Mark's Gospel / Glenn A. Koch 41

Re-Inventing St. Paul Was the Apostle to the Gentiles the Father of Christian Anti-Judaism? / John Gager 49

Evidence for the Early History of the Amidah in 1 Cor 15:51-52 / Allen Kerkeslager 65

"Unknown and Yet Well-known" The Multiform Formation of Early Christianity / Harold Remus 79

Seeking the Origins of the Two Ways Tradition in Jewish and Christian Ethical Texts / George W. E. Nickelsburg 95

5 Ezra, Dayyenu and Improperia The Tradition History of the Exodus-Review in 5 Ezra 1 / Theodore A. Bergren 109

Julius Africanus and Judaism in the Third Century / William Adler 123

The Study of the Armenian Apocrypha / Michael E. Stone 139

Could Aseneth Be Samaritan? / Ross S. Kraemer 149

Reconsidering the 'Prophecy of Zardust' / John C. Reeves 167

Jewish Arguments against Christianity in the Dialogue of Timothy and Aquila / Jacqueline Z. Pastis 183

Whose Jews? Augustine's Tractatus on John / David P. Efroymson 197

Translating and Interpreting the Letters of Antony / Janet Timbie 213

The Disappearing Magician Literary and Practical Questions about the Greek Magical Papyri / Lynn R. LiDonnici 227

A Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John in the University of Pennsylvania Museum / Benjamin G. Wright, James N. Hubler 245

Barnabas Redux The Medieval Fortunes of a Latin Apocryphon / E. Ann Matter 263

A Fiery Dove The Song of Songs in Codex Venetus 1 / Jay Curry Treat 275

New Testament Scholarship on the "Aryan Jesus" during the Third Reich / Susannah Heschel 303

Letter of Congratulations / Jon F. Dechow 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0788505831

OCLC:

42009403