Israel in the wilderness : interpretations of the biblical narratives in Jewish and Christian traditions / edited by Kenneth E. Pomykala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pomykala, Kenneth.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Themes in biblical narrative 1388-3909 ; v. 10.

Themes in biblical narrative, 1388-3909 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moses (Biblical leader).

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Moses (Biblical leader)--Congresses.

Moses.

Bible. Pentateuch.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Summary:

This collection of essays examines how stories from the biblical narrative of Israel in the Wilderness (Exodus 16-Deuteronomy 34) were interpreted by later Jewish and Christian writers (ca. 400 BCE-500 CE). Stories such as those about manna and water from a rock, the Golden Calf incident, Korah's rebellion, and the death of Moses provided later Jewish and Christian writers with a treasure trove of material for reflection and interpretation. Whereas individual essays investigate how particular literary works, such as Ben Sira, Qumran documents, New Testament writings, the Apostolic Fathers, and Targums, appropriated the biblical text, taken together the essays form an exercise in uncovering the hermeneutical imagination of interpreters during formative periods of Jewish and Christian thought. This volume will be valuable to those interested in ancient Judaism and early Christianity, the history of interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and the hermeneutical appropriation of sacred texts.

Contents:

The Concept of the Wilderness in the Pentateuch / Won W. Lee 1

The Covenant with Phinehas in Ben Sira (Sirach 45:23-26; 50:22-24) / Kenneth E. Pomykala 17

The Wilderness Motif in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Alison Schofield 37

Philo's Interpretation of Korah / Louis H. Feldman 55

Is it the Serpent that Heals? An Ancient Jewish Theologoumenon and the Developing Faith in Jesus / Marc Turnage 71

Josephus' View of the Amalekites / Louis H. Feldman 89

Pseudo-Philo, Paul and Israel's Rolling Stone: Early Points along an Exegetical Trajectory / Bruce N. Fisk 117

The Staff of Moses and the Mercy of God: Moses' Final Intercession in Pseudo-Philo 19 / Judith H. Newman 137

The Wilderness Narrative in the Apostolic Fathers / Clayton N. Jefford 157

Eschatological Aspects of the Sinai Experience in Patristic Interpretation / Nicholas Perrin 173

The Next Generation: Irenaeus on the Rebellion in the Desert of Paran / Susan L. Graham 183

Hidden Bread and Revealed Word: Manna Traditions in Targums Neophyti 1 and Ps-Jonathan / Alena Nye-Knutson 201.

Notes:

"All of the essays were written in conjunction with the Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Section of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9789004164246

9004164243

OCLC:

183266508