Description
Book SynopsisHanan Eshel (z"l) was a prolific scholar in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls, Classical Archaeology of the Near East and many other topics. During his terminal illness, friends and colleagues got together to present him with a collection of studies on topics that were close to his fields of interest, as an expression of deep friendship and admiration. The volume contains the 22 papers presented to Hanan before his death, covering topics in archaeology, history, and textual studies, with a particular emphasis on aspects relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls, spanning the late Iron Age through late Antiquity.
Table of ContentsDan B. Barag, Alexander Jannaeus – Priest and King Albert I. Baumgarten, Herod's Eagle Esther G. Chazon, The Classification of 4Q505: Daily or Festival Prayers? Lisbeth S. Fried, The Artaxerxes Correspondence of Ezra 4, Nehemiah’s Wall, and Persian Provincial Administration Betsy Halpern-Amaru, Protection from Birds in the Book of Jubilees Menahem Kister, Ancient Material in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer: Basilides, Qumran, the Book of Jubilees Armin Lange, The Covenant with the Levites (Jer 33:21) in the Proto-Masoretic Text of Jeremiah in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Jodi Magness, Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and Text Vered Noam, Josephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts Ze'ev Safrai, An Elusive Sadducean Dispute, with an appendix by Cecilia Meir Lawrence H. Schiffman, On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E. Brian Schultz, Re-Imagining the Eschatological War - 4Q285/11Q14 Daniel R. Schwartz, Mattathias’ Final Speech (1 Maccabees 2): From Religious Zeal to Simonide Propaganda Itzick Shai, David-Ben-Shlomo and Aren M. Maeir, Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah Michael E. Stone, The Names of the Rivers Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Ted M. Erho, The Book of Enoch and the Ethiopian Manuscript Tradition: New Data Joan E. Taylor, Buried Manuscripts and Empty Tombs: The Qumran Genizah Theory Revisited Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Gleanings from the Plates of Unidentified Fragments: Two PAM 43.674 Identifications (4Q365 and 4Q416) Emanuel Tov, Eclectic Text Editions of Hebrew Scripture Shani Tzoref, 4Q252: Listenwissenschaft and Covenantal Patriarchal Blessings James C. VanderKam, The Common Ownership of Property in Essene Communities Boaz Zissu and Emanuel Gass, The Identification of Biblical Achzib at Khirbet ʿĒn el-Kizbe in the Judean Shephelah, and the Origins of Shimon Bar Kokhba
