Holy lives, holy deaths : a close hearing of early Jewish storytellers / Antoinette Clark Wire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wire, Antoinette Clark.

Series:

Society of Biblical Literature monograph series ; no. 1.

Society of Biblical Literature monograph series ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Gospels.

Jewish legends--History and criticism.

Jewish legends.

Jewish religious literature--History and criticism.

Jewish religious literature.

Bible--Legends--History and criticism.

Bible.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

History.

Zaddikim--Legends--History and criticism.

Zaddikim.

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, Form.

Storytelling--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Storytelling.

Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Women storytellers.

Genre:

Legends.

Physical Description:

x, 420 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction: The Storytelling World 1

Access 1

1. Text 11

2. Texture 13

3. Context 16

Aims 18

Part I Early Jewish Stories of Prophecy at Birth 25

1. Birth Prophecy Stories: Early Biblical Figures 27

#1 To the mother Eve about Cain / Life of Adam and Eve 21 27

#2 To the great-grandfather Enoch about Noah / 1 Enoch 106.1-18 28

#3 To the adoptive father Nir and uncle Noah about Melchizedek / 2 Enoch 71 33

#4 To the great-grandmother Melcha about Abraham / Biblical Antiquities 4.11 38

#5 To the mother Sarah about Isaac / Jubilees 16.15-19 39

#6 To the father Abraham and mother Sarah about Isaac / Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-18, 39-40 42

#7 To the father Abraham about Isaac; to the mother Rebecca about Jacob and Esau / Romans 9:6-13 43

#8 To the sister Miriam about Moses / Biblical Antiquities 9.10 46

#9 To an Egyptian priest and to the father Amarames about Moses / Josephus, Antiquities 2.205-206, 210-212, 215-218 47

#10 To the adopting mother about Moses / Biblical Antiquities 9.15-16 47

#11 To the sister Miriam about Moses / Babylonian Talmud Sotah 12b-13a 50

2. Birth Prophecy Stories: Later Biblical Figures 54

#12 To the mother Eluma about Samson / Biblical Antiquities 42.1-7 54

#13 To the mother Hannah about Samuel / Biblical Antiquities 50:1, 50:5-51:7 58

#14 To the mother Hannah about Samuel / Targum Jonathan of the Former Prophets, 1 Samuel 2:1-8 62

#15 To the mother Sochaba about Elijah / Lives of the Prophets 21 66

#16 To a priest about Elisha / Lives of the Prophets 22 70

3. Birth Prophecy Stories: Contemporary Figures 74

#17 To the father Monobazos about Izates / Josephus, Antiquities 20.17-21 74

#18 To the father Zechariah about John / Luke 1:5-25 76

#19 To the mother Elizabeth and the father Zechariah about John / Luke 1:57-71, 76-79 78

#20 To the mother Mary about Jesus / Luke 1:26-38 81

#21 To the great aunt Elizabeth and the mother Mary about Jesus / Luke 1:39-56 83

#22 To the father Joseph about Jesus / Matthew 1:18-25 86

#23 To Simeon about Jesus / Luke 2:25-35 87

#24 To the prophet Anna about Jesus / Luke 2:36-38 88

#25 To the mother about Paul / Galatians 1:15-17 90

#26 To the angel Gabriel and to the mother about Rabbi Ishmael the high priest / Midrash on the Ten Martyrs 90

4. Telling Early Jewish Stories of Prophecy at Birth 95

Part II Early Jewish Stories of Wondrous Provision 103

5. Wondrous Provision Stories: The Need 105

#27 Misery and comfort / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 24b 105

#28 The vinegar / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25a 110

#29 The goats / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25a 110

#30 The beams / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25a 111

#31 The bread / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 24b-25a 113

#32 The wine / John 2:1-11 115

#33 The wind / John 6:16-21 117

#34 The fever / Luke 4:38-39 118

#35 Igrath / Babylonian Talmud Pesachim 112b 119

#36 The pigs / Matthew 8:28-34 120

6. Wondrous Provision Stories: The Need Voiced 124

#37 The circle / Mishnah Ta'anit 3:8 124

#38 The children / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 23b 129

#39 Yohanan ben Zakkai's son / Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 34b 131

#40 Rabban Gamaliel's son / Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 34b 132

#41 The official's son / John 4:46b-54 134

#42 The leper / Mark 1:40-45 136

#43 The blind man / Mark 10:46-52 137

#44 The bleeding woman / Matthew 9:20-22 138

#45 The graves / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25b 140

#46 Rabbi Akiba's prayer / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25b 140

7. Wondrous Provision Stories: The Need Met 143

#47 The cistern-digger's daughter / Jerusalem Talmud Demai 1:3 (22a) 143

#48 The Ginnai River / Babylonian Talmud Hullin 7a 145

#49 The Syrophoenician woman's daughter / Mark 7:24-30 148

#50 Tabitha and the widows / Acts 9:36-43 150

#51 Imma Hilkiah's clouds / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 23ab 152

#52 The stone / Song of Songs Rabbah 1.1.4 156

#53 The wheat / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 24a 158

#54 The snake / Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 5,1/26 (9a) 161

#55 The table leg / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25a 163

#56 The garlic skin / Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 25a 166

8. Telling Early Jewish Wondrous Provision Stories 168

Part III Early Jewish Stories of Prophets' Signs 181

9. Signs of Destruction Attributed to Biblical Prophets 183

#57 Noah and Lot / Luke 17:26-32 183

#58 Jonah / Lives of the Prophets 10 185

#59 Nahum / Lives of the Prophets 11 189

#60 Habakkuk / Lives of the Prophets 12 189

#61 Ezekiel / Lives of the Prophets 3 191

#62 Daniel / Lives of the Prophets 4 195

#63 Ezra / 4 Ezra 4:52-5:9 197

10. Signs of Destruction Attributed to Contemporary Prophets 200

#64 Judas / Josephus, Jewish War 1.78-80 200

#65 Manaemus / Josephus, Antiquities 15.373-376 201

#66 Simon; Glaphyra / Josephus, Jewish War 2.111-116 203

#67 John the Baptizer / Josephus, Antiquities 18.109-119 206

#68 John the Baptizer / Luke 3:2-9, 16b-20 209

#69 Jesus of Nazareth about Jonah and the Queen of the South / Luke 11:29-32 211

#70 Jesus of Nazareth in Jerusalem / Mark 11:12-25 213

#71 The high priest / John 11:47-52 215

#72 Ababus on Paul's imprisonment / Acts 21:10-14, 27b, 33a 217

#73 Jesus ben Ananias / Josephus, Jewish War 6.300-309 218

#74 John of Patmos / Revelation 18:1-4a, 7-10, 15-19 221

11. Signs of Deliverance Attributed to Biblical Prophets 224

#75 Noah's Daughter-in-law / Sibylline Oracles 3:767-775, 781-782, 794-808, 819-829 224

#76 Enoch and Noah / 1 Clement 9:3-4 227

#77 Noah and Jonah / 1 Clement 7:5-7 227

#78 Rahab / 1 Clement 12:1-8 228

#79 Levi / Testament of Levi 8.1-19 230

#80 Elijah, Elisha and Ezekiel / 1 Clement 17:1 233

#81 Isaiah / Lives of the Prophets Introduction and 1 234

#82 Hosea / Lives of the Prophets 5 237

#83 Haggai / Lives of the Prophets 14 238

12. Signs of Deliverance Attributed to Contemporary Prophets 240

#84 Deceivers / Josephus, Jewish War 2.258-260 240

#85 The Egyptian / Josephus, Jewish War 2.261-263 242

#86 The portico prophet / Josephus, Jewish War 6.281-287 244

#87 Jonathan / Josephus, Jewish War 7.437-442, 448-450 247

#88 John the Baptizer / Mark 1:2-8 249

#89 Jesus of Nazareth at the Jordan and in Galilee / Mark 1:9-15 251

#90 Jesus of Nazareth enters Jerusalem / Matthew 21:1-17 253

#91 Jesus called the Christ / Josephus, Antiquities 18.63-64 257

#92 The Samaritan / Josephus, Antiquities 18.85-89 259

#93 Theudas / Josephus, Antiquities 20.97-98 261

#94 The Egyptian / Josephus, Antiquities 20.167-172 263

#95 Theudas and Judas / Acts 5:36-37 264

#96 The Egyptian / Acts 21:38 264

13. Telling Early Jewish Stories of Prophets' Signs 267

Part IV Early Jewish Stories of Martyrdom and Vindication 279

14. Martyrdom and Vindication Stories of Biblical Figures 281

#97 Isaac / Biblical Antiquities 32.1-4 281

#98 Seila / Biblical Antiquities 40.2-8 284

#99 Micah / Lives of the Prophets 6 288

#100 Amos / Lives of the Prophets 7 289

#101 Isaiah / Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 10,2/19 (28c) 290

#102 Zechariah / Lives of the Prophets 23 294

#103 Zechariah; the Sanhedrin, young men and women, the school-children / Babylonian Talmud Gittin 57b 295

#104 The prophets and apostles / Luke 11:47-51 298

#105 The faithful and the prophets / Hebrews 11:32-40 299

#106 The just, Daniel and the three in the fire / 1 Clement 45.3b-8 300

15. Martyrdom and Vindication Stories of Maccabean and Hasmonean Period Figures 304

#107 Two circumcizing mothers and worshipers in a cave / 2 Maccabees 6:8-10 304

#108 Seven brothers and their mother / 2 Maccabees 7:1-10, 24-30, 37-41 305

#109 Eleazar / 4 Maccabees 6:24-30 309

#110 The mother of seven / 4 Maccabees 16:12-13, 16:15b-17:1 311

#111 The mother of seven / 4 Maccabees 18:6-19 313

#112 Four hundred girls and boys / Babylonian Talmud Gittin 57b 316

#113 The woman and her seven sons / Babylonian Talmud Gittin 57b 319

#114 The Teacher of

Righteousness / Qumran Habakkuk Commentary XI.2-12, 14-15 323

#115 Onias / Josephus, Antiquities 14.22-25, 28 325

#116 Eighty women of Ashkelon / Jerusalem Talmud Hagiga 2,2 (77b) 327

16. Martyrdom and Vindication Stories of First Century C.E. Figures 330

#117 John the Baptizer / Mark 6:14-29 330

#118 Jesus of Nazareth according to Mark / Mark 15:20b-16:8 333

#119 Jesus of Nazareth according to Matthew / Matthew 27:50-54; 28:1-10, 16 337

#120 Jesus of Nazareth according to Luke / Luke 23:27-43; 24:1-11 341

#121 Jesus of Nazareth according to John / John 19:16b-30; 20:1-18 344

#122 Stephen according to Luke / Acts 6:8-7:2; 7:9, 35, 39, 45-60 349

#123 Peter and Paul / 1 Clement 5 352

#73 Jesus ben Ananias 354

#124 Jesus with five disciples / Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 43a 354

17. Martyrdom and Vindication Stories of Early Second Century C.E. Figures 360

#125 Rabbi Akiba / Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 9,7/8 (14b) 360

#126 Rabbi Akiba / Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 61b 361

#127 Rabbi Hanina ben Taradion / Babylonian Talmud Abodah Zerah 18a 366

#128 Rabbi Yehudah ben Baba / Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 14a 369

#129 Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair / Jerusalem Talmud, Demai 1,3/8 (22a) 371

18. Telling Early Jewish Martyrdom and Vindication Stories 374

Conclusion: Holiness Enacted in Early Jewish Storytelling 381

The Stories 381

The Function of Early Jewish Legends 381

The Tellers of Early Jewish Stories 384

Early Jewish Women as Story Tellers 385

Early Jewish Stories and Gospel Formation 389

The Cultural Legacy of Holy Lives and Deaths 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1589830229

OCLC:

47892600