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Book SynopsisEver since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the Community Rule has been at the forefront of the scholarly imagination and is often considered a direct channel to life on the ground at Khirbet Qumran - an ancient version of 'reality television'. After the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls one might legitimately have expected that the complete spread of evidence would present us with most of the answers that we have been looking for. Instead, scholars increasingly recognize the significance of the Scrolls as a rich text world from a period when texts, traditions, interpretation, and scholarship laid the foundations of Western civilisation. While the literary, scribal, and textual aspects reflected in the Rule texts are becoming clearer, the social and community realities are becoming ever fuzzier. Ultimately the Scrolls present us with a complex and sophisticated collection of literature rather than a window into the inner workings of a group, let alone particular individuals. Such a scholarly trajectory mirrors the history of biblical scholarship and invites further dialogue between both fields. The studies by Charlotte Hempel gathered in this volume deal with several core Rule texts from Qumran, especially the Community Rule (S), the Rule of the Congregation (1QSa), the Damascus Document (D), and 4Q265 (Miscellaneous Rules) and uncover a complex network of literary and more murkily preserved social relationships. The author further investigates the Rule literature within the context of wisdom, law, and the scribal milieu behind the emerging scriptures. The volume ends with an exploration of the distinctive character of Qumran Cave 4, the home of the majority of Rule texts, as an eclectic collection of ancient Jewish higher learning."These essays are essential reading for anyone interested in the Rulebooks found at Qumran."John J. Collins in Revue de Qumran 26 (2014), S. 483-485"In truth, Hempel's volume is as much a commentary on the development, similarities, and differences between the Rule texts as it is an observation on the state and direction of Qumran Studies."Ian Werrett in Journal for the Study of Judaism 46 (2015), S. 443-445

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Book SynopsisLeading international contributors on biblical texts, including the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, intersect with the work of James H. Charlesworth and examine Charlesworth's vast contribution to the field of biblical studies, honoring the work of one of the most significant biblical scholars of his generation. Divided into five sections, this volume begins with a section on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament texts, with particular focus on the Gospel of John and Jesus studies. The contexts of these texts are considered, with a focus on the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds, and the varying intersections between texts and the worlds that created them. The contributors then focus on the most significant body of Charlesworth's work, the apocrypha/pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the journey concludes with an assessment of the history of scholarship on the core areas addressed across the book.Trade ReviewThe essays [the contributors] have produced to honor their teacher and colleague are a smorgasbord of scholarly delights. This book belongs in every theological library. Its essays will be valued by both beginning and experienced biblical scholars, and it is a fitting tribute to someone who exemplifies the best in biblical scholarship. * The Bible Today *Framed as a letter from the editors to the honoree, Fountains of Wisdom exhibits the kind of academic exchange and dialogue that characterizes Professor Charlesworth’s career. Each essay engages some aspect of his monumental and wide-ranging contributions to the fields of Hebrew Bible and New Testament, Greco-Roman and Jewish world, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and more. As a Festscrhift this is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose four decades of work have shaped much of the conversation within these disciplines. As a collection of essays it contains important contributions by an international group of thirty-four talented women and men speaking to essential topics with a wide breadth of scholarly inquiry. * Daniel M. Gurtner, Centre for the Study of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, St Mary's University, UK *It is a pleasure to commend this volume in which a formidable line up of writers have produced essays on various aspects of Second Temple Judaism, in conversation with and in honor of James Charlesworth, who has made such major, fundamental contributions to the field. * James Claire VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, USA *Table of ContentsPreface A Selection of Major Works by James H. Charlesworth Contributors I. Hebrew Bible and New Testament 1. The Interpretation of Genesis 4:10 in Early Jewish Literature - John R. Levinson, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA 2. Abraham et l’abrahamisme: Mythe ou réalité? - Simon C. Mimouni, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France 3. Hebrews, the Aqedah, and Early Scriptural Interpretation - C.D. Elledge, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA 4. The Etymology of Belial Once Again: A Case of Tabooistic Deformation? - Brent A. Strawn, Duke Divinity School, USA 5. Just What We Need: Another Allusion in Luke 1? - John B.F. Miller, McMurry University, USA 6. Repentance and Turning as a Unified Motif in Luke-Acts - Kindalee Pfremmer De Long, Pepperdine University, USA 7. Do Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 Belong in Our Bibles? A Case Study in the Intersection of Textual Criticism and Canonical Considerations - Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA 8. Reconsidering the Poor: A Fresh Translation of Matthew 5:3 - Johan Ferreira, Melbourne School of Theology, Australia 9. Christology in John’s Crucifixion Quotations - Michael A. Daise, College of William & Mary, USA 10. Touching the Risen Jesus: Did Jesus Allow Thomas to Do What He Refused to Mary? - Lidija Novakovic, Baylor University, USA 11. Who Is My Brother? Study of the Term adelfós in the Acts of the Apostles - Claire Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 12. How Much of Israel will be saved—a Remnant or all of Israel? A fresh look at Romans 9-11 - Stephen J. Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 13. Jesus Tradition, Christian Creeds, and the New Testament Canon - Lee Martin McDonald, Acadia Divinity College, Canada II. Greco-Roman and Jewish World 14. When Ontology Meets Eschatology: A Platonized Reading of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School, USA 15. On John the Baptist at the Jordan River: Geohistorical and Archaeological Considerations - Shimon Gibson, UNC Charlotte, USA 16. Greco-Roman and Jewish Historiography as Backdrop for the Gospels - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA 17. From, To, In, and Through Caesarea: Herod’s Imperial City as Significant Narrative Setting and Literary Linking Device in the Acts of the Apostles - Jonathan E. Soyars, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK 18. Metatron and Naar: Combining Titles and Rev 3:21 as a Probable Riddle-Solver - Konstantinos Th. Zarras, University of Macedonia, Macedonia 19. Some Considerations on Ethics in Early Jewish Theologies and the New Testament - Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada III. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 20. The Pseudepigrapha and Second Temple Judaism - John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA 21. Enoch’s Prayer for Rescue from the Flood: 1 Enoch 83-84, with a New Translation and Notes - Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 22. Cain and the Example of the Birds - Christfried Böttrich, University of Greifswald, Germany 23. Die Bedeutung der Assumptio Mosis für die Erforschung des frühen Christentums - Jan Dochhorn, University of Durham, UK 24. Neither Deuteronomic nor Priestly: The Psalms of Solomon as the Original Answer of Learned Scribes to the Wickedness of High Priest - Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sèvres, Paris, France IV. Dead Sea Scrolls 25 Contextual Textual Errors in 1QISa a : How the Scribe Was Impacted by His Textual Environment - Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, USA 26. Psalmenhandschriften in den Qumrantexten - Hermann Lichtenberger, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany 27. ‘Luxury Scrolls’ from the Judean Desert - Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 28. Qumran Readings in Agreement with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text. Part Four: 2 Samuel - Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Italy 29. When Prophecy Fails: Apocalyptic Schemes for Dating the ‘Appointed Time of the End’ in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus Movement - James D. Tabor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA 30. Science Fiction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Case of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Nephilim - Helen R. Jacobus, University of Manchester, UK V. History of Scholarship 31. Of Moses, Mountains, and Models: Joseph Smith’s Book of Moses in Dialogue with the Greek Life of Adam and Eve - David Calabro, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, USA 32. Paul Fiebig’s Reply to Arthur Drews on the Miracles of Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA 33. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century - Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA Indices Index of Authors Index of Passages Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisGerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies at McGill University, Canada. Henry W. Morisada Rietz is Professor of Religious Studies at Grinnell College, USA. Loren T. Stuckenbruck is Professor of New Testament at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.Trade ReviewThe essays [the contributors] have produced to honor their teacher and colleague are a smorgasbord of scholarly delights. This book belongs in every theological library. Its essays will be valued by both beginning and experienced biblical scholars, and it is a fitting tribute to someone who exemplifies the best in biblical scholarship. * The Bible Today *Framed as a letter from the editors to the honoree, Fountains of Wisdom exhibits the kind of academic exchange and dialogue that characterizes Professor Charlesworth’s career. Each essay engages some aspect of his monumental and wide-ranging contributions to the fields of Hebrew Bible and New Testament, Greco-Roman and Jewish world, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and more. As a Festscrhift this is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose four decades of work have shaped much of the conversation within these disciplines. As a collection of essays it contains important contributions by an international group of thirty-four talented women and men speaking to essential topics with a wide breadth of scholarly inquiry. * Daniel M. Gurtner, Centre for the Study of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, St Mary's University, UK *It is a pleasure to commend this volume in which a formidable line up of writers have produced essays on various aspects of Second Temple Judaism, in conversation with and in honor of James Charlesworth, who has made such major, fundamental contributions to the field. * James Claire VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, USA *Table of ContentsPreface A Selection of Major Works by James H. Charlesworth Contributors I. Hebrew Bible and New Testament 1. The Interpretation of Genesis 4:10 in Early Jewish Literature - John R. Levinson, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA 2. Abraham et l’abrahamisme: Mythe ou réalité? - Simon C. Mimouni, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France 3. Hebrews, the Aqedah, and Early Scriptural Interpretation - C.D. Elledge, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA 4. The Etymology of Belial Once Again: A Case of Tabooistic Deformation? - Brent A. Strawn, Duke Divinity School, USA 5. Just What We Need: Another Allusion in Luke 1? - John B.F. Miller, McMurry University, USA 6. Repentance and Turning as a Unified Motif in Luke-Acts - Kindalee Pfremmer De Long, Pepperdine University, USA 7. Do Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 Belong in Our Bibles? A Case Study in the Intersection of Textual Criticism and Canonical Considerations - Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA 8. Reconsidering the Poor: A Fresh Translation of Matthew 5:3 - Johan Ferreira, Melbourne School of Theology, Australia 9. Christology in John’s Crucifixion Quotations - Michael A. Daise, College of William & Mary, USA 10. Touching the Risen Jesus: Did Jesus Allow Thomas to Do What He Refused to Mary? - Lidija Novakovic, Baylor University, USA 11. Who Is My Brother? Study of the Term adelfós in the Acts of the Apostles - Claire Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 12. How Much of Israel will be saved—a Remnant or all of Israel? A fresh look at Romans 9-11 - Stephen J. Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 13. Jesus Tradition, Christian Creeds, and the New Testament Canon - Lee Martin McDonald, Acadia Divinity College, Canada II. Greco-Roman and Jewish World 14. When Ontology Meets Eschatology: A Platonized Reading of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School, USA 15. On John the Baptist at the Jordan River: Geohistorical and Archaeological Considerations - Shimon Gibson, UNC Charlotte, USA 16. Greco-Roman and Jewish Historiography as Backdrop for the Gospels - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA 17. From, To, In, and Through Caesarea: Herod’s Imperial City as Significant Narrative Setting and Literary Linking Device in the Acts of the Apostles - Jonathan E. Soyars, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK 18. Metatron and Naar: Combining Titles and Rev 3:21 as a Probable Riddle-Solver - Konstantinos Th. Zarras, University of Macedonia, Macedonia 19. Some Considerations on Ethics in Early Jewish Theologies and the New Testament - Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada III. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 20. The Pseudepigrapha and Second Temple Judaism - John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA 21. Enoch’s Prayer for Rescue from the Flood: 1 Enoch 83-84, with a New Translation and Notes - Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 22. Cain and the Example of the Birds - Christfried Böttrich, University of Greifswald, Germany 23. Die Bedeutung der Assumptio Mosis für die Erforschung des frühen Christentums - Jan Dochhorn, University of Durham, UK 24. Neither Deuteronomic nor Priestly: The Psalms of Solomon as the Original Answer of Learned Scribes to the Wickedness of High Priest - Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sèvres, Paris, France IV. Dead Sea Scrolls 25 Contextual Textual Errors in 1QISa a : How the Scribe Was Impacted by His Textual Environment - Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, USA 26. Psalmenhandschriften in den Qumrantexten - Hermann Lichtenberger, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany 27. ‘Luxury Scrolls’ from the Judean Desert - Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 28. Qumran Readings in Agreement with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text. Part Four: 2 Samuel - Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Italy 29. When Prophecy Fails: Apocalyptic Schemes for Dating the ‘Appointed Time of the End’ in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus Movement - James D. Tabor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA 30. Science Fiction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Case of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Nephilim - Helen R. Jacobus, University of Manchester, UK V. History of Scholarship 31. Of Moses, Mountains, and Models: Joseph Smith’s Book of Moses in Dialogue with the Greek Life of Adam and Eve - David Calabro, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, USA 32. Paul Fiebig’s Reply to Arthur Drews on the Miracles of Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA 33. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century - Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA Indices Index of Authors Index of Passages Index of Subjects

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