From Revelation to Canon : Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature / James C. VanderKam.
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- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (616 pages)
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- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2000]
- Summary:
- The essays collected in From Revelation to Canon include several studies of passages in the Hebrew Bible, the history of the high priesthood, calendars and festivals, 1 Enoch, and the Book of Jubilees. A previously unpublished paper examines the evidence for the development of a canon of scripture in Judaism. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Locations of the Original Publications
- Revealed Literature in the Second Temple Period
- Introduction
- Hebrew Bible
- Davidic Complicity in the Deaths of Abner and Eshbaal: A Historical and Redactional Study
- Bhl in Ps 2:5 and Its Etymology
- Ezra-Nehemiah or Ezra and Nehemiah?
- Calendar and Festivals
- The Origin, Character, and Early History of the 364-Day Calendar: A Reassessment of Jaubert's Hypotheses
- 2 Maccabees 6, 7a and Calendrical Change in Jerusalem
- Hanukkah: Its Timing and Significance According to 1 and 2 Maccabees
- John 10 and the Feast of the Dedication
- High Priesthood
- Joshua the High Priest and the Interpretation of Zechariah 3
- Jewish High Priests of the Persian Period: Is the List Complete?
- People and High Priesthood in Early Maccabean Times
- Simon the Just: Simon I or Simon II?
- Apocalyptic Studies
- The Prophetic-Sapiential Origins of Apocalyptic Thought
- Prophecy and Apocalyptics in the Ancient Near East
- Studies in 1 Enoch and Jubilees
- a. General
- Biblical Interpretation in 1 Enoch and Jubilees
- Enoch Traditions in Jubilees and Other Second-Century Sources
- b. 1 Enoch
- The Theophany of Enoch I 3b-7, 9
- Some Major Issues in the Contemporary Study of 1 Enoch: Reflections on J. T. Milik's The Books of Enoch: Aramaic Fragments of Qumrân Cave 4
- Studies in the Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93:1-10
- 91:11-17)
- The Textual Base for the Ethiopic Translation of 1 Enoch
- The Birth of Noah
- Righteous One, Messiah, Chosen One, and Son of Man in 1 Enoch 37-71
- c. Jubilees
- The Putative Author of the Book of Jubilees
- Jubilees and the Hebrew Texts of Genesis-Exodus
- Jubilees and the Priestly Messiah of Qumran
- Putting Them in Their Place: Geography as an Evaluative Tool
- Genesis 1 in Jubilees 2.
- Studies in the Chronology of the Book of Jubilees
- Jubilees' Exegetical Creation of Levi the Priest
- Index
- Author Index
- Reference Index.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Print version: VanderKam, James C. From Revelation to Canon
- ISBN:
- 9789004496927
- OCLC:
- 1292360075
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