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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pomykala, Kenneth.

Series:

Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 10.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moses (Biblical leader)--Congresses.

Moses.

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

Bible.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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:

Preliminary Material / K.E. Pomykala

The concept of the wilderness in the Pentateuch / Won W. Lee

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

The wilderness motif in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Alison Schofield

Philo’s interpretation of Korah / Louis H. Feldman

Is it the serpent that heals? An ancient jewish Theologoumenon and the developing faith in Jesus / Marc Turnage

Josephus’ view of the Amalekites / Louis H. Feldman

Pseudo-Philo, Paul and Israel’s rolling stone: Early points along an exegetical trajectory / Bruce N. Fisk

The staff of Moses and the mercy of God: Moses’ final intercession in Pseudo-Philo 19 / Judith H. Newman

The wilderness narrative in the apostolic fathers / Clayton N. Jefford

Eschatological Aspects of the Sinai experience in patristic interpretation / Nicholas Perrin

The next generation: Irenaeus on the rebellion in the desert of Paran / Susan L. Graham

Hidden bread and revealed word: Manna traditions in Targums Neophyti1 and Ps-Jonathan / Alena Nye-Knutson

Index of ancient texts / K.E. Pomykala.

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.

ISBN:

1-282-39792-3

9786612397929

90-474-3249-5

OCLC:

592756296

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004164246.I-247 DOI