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Book SynopsisThe essays in this Festschrift honor James L. Kugel for his contribution to the field of biblical studies, in particular early biblical interpretation. The essays are organized in three roughly chronological categories. The first group treats some part of the Tanakh, ranging from the creation and Abraham stories of Genesis to the evolving conception of sacred writing in the prophetic literature. The second set of essays focuses chiefly on the literature of Second Temple Judaism, including Qumran and extra-biblical literature. The last group concerns the scriptural imagination at work in rabbinic literature, in Milton's Paradise Lost, in the anti-semitic work of Gerhard Kittel, up to the present in a treatment of Levinas and the Talmud.
Trade Review'…extraordinarily rich and stimulating collection of essays…the editors are to be congratulated on having assembled such a distinguished list of contributors to this fine volume.' C.T.R. Hayward, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005. 'Den beiden Herausgeberinnen, Hindy Najman und Judith H. Newman, ist für diesen überaus reichhaltigen Band, der nicht nur der Diskussion der Arbeit James Kugels, sondern auch der den Jubilar beschäftigenden lebendigen Auslegungstradition der Bibel wertvolle Impulse verleiht, sehr zu danken.' Tobias Nicklas, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
