"Go out and study the land" (Judges 18:2): archaeological, historical and textual studies in honor of Hanan Eshel
Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and TextJosephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts; An Elusive Sadducean Dispute; On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E.; Re-Imagining the...
| Summary: | Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and TextJosephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts; An Elusive Sadducean Dispute; On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E.; Re-Imagining the Eschatological War-4Q285/11Q14; Mattathias' Final Speech (1 Maccabees 2): From Religious Zeal to Simonide Propaganda; Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah; The Names of the Rivers Preface; Prof. Hanan Eshel: In Memoriam; Hanan Eshel-List of Publications; List of Contributors; Alexander Jannaeus-Priest and King; Herod's Eagle; The Classification of 4Q505: Daily or Festival Prayers?; The Artaxerxes Correspondence of Ezra 4, Nehemiah's Wall, and Persian Provincial Administration; Protection from Birds in the Book of Jubilees; Ancient Material in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eli'ezer: Basilides, Qumran, the Book of Jubilees; The Covenant with the Levites (Jer 33:21) in the Proto-Masoretic Text of Jeremiah in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls The Book of Enoch and the Ethiopian Manuscript Tradition: New DataBuried Manuscripts and Empty Tombs: The Qumran Genizah Theory Revisited; Gleanings from the Plates of Unidentified Fragments: Two PAM 43.674 Identifications (4Q365 and 4Q416); Eclectic Text Editions of Hebrew Scripture; 4Q252: Listenwissenschaft and Covenantal Patriarchal Blessings; The Common Ownership of Property in Essene Communities; The Identification of Biblical Achzib at Khirbet 'Ēn el-Kizbe in the Judean Shephelah, and the Origins of Shimon Bar Kokhba; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors The volume contains the 22 papers presented to Hanan Eshel 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004214135 |