From Judaism to Christianity: Tradition and Transition Supplements to Novum Testamentum ExecutiveEditors M.M. Mitchell Chicago D.P. Moessner Dubuque EditorialBoard L.Alexander,Sheffield–F.Bovon,CambridgeMA C.Breytenbach,Berlin J.K.Elliott,Leeds–C.R.Holladay,Atlanta M.J.J.Menken,Tilburg–J.SmitSibinga,Amsterdam J.C.Thom,Stellenbosch–P.Trebilco,Dunedin VOLUME136 ThomasH.Tobin,S.J. From Judaism to Christianity: Tradition and Transition A Festschrift for Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday Editedby Patricia Walters LEIDEN•BOSTON 2010 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData FromJudaismtoChristianity:traditionandtransition:afestschriftforThomasH.Tobin, S.J.,ontheoccasionofhissixty-fifthbirthday/editedbyPatriciaWalters. p.cm.--(SupplementstoNovumtestamentum,0167-9732;v.136) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. ISBN978-90-04-18769-6(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Churchhistory--Primitiveandearlychurch,ca.30-600.2.Religions--Relations.3. Rome--Religion.I.Walters,Patricia,1947-II.Tobin,ThomasH.,1945-III.Title.IV.Series. BR166.F762010 270.1–dc22 2010024381 ISSN 0167-9732 ISBN 9789004187696 Copyright2010byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Tributetoascholarofthehighestcaliber ThomasH.Tobin,S.J.,Ph.D. Scholar,Colleague,Mentor,andFriend intheenduringtradition ofIgnatianScholarship,Loyalty,andService CONTENTS Contributors ......................................................... ix Abbreviations ........................................................ xiii HonoringThomasH.Tobin,S.J.,Ph.D.............................. xvii PatriciaWalters Acknowledgements.................................................. xxv Bibliography .........................................................xxvii aparadigmforbiblicalinterpretation InterpretiveDisagreementsandtheOntologyofaText:Scandal orPossibility? ..................................................... 3 RobertA.DiVito partone traditionandtransition: jewishresponses toahellenistic world Qa¯ra¯"and#a¯nâintheHebrewScriptures ........................... 33 PaulineA.Viviano TheDeadSeaScrollsandJewish-ChristianDialogue .............. 43 EileenSchuller ArtapanusRevisited ................................................. 59 JohnJ.Collins ExegeticalBuildingBlocksinPhilo’sInterpretationofthe Patriarchs.......................................................... 69 EllenBirnbaum ExegeticalTraditionsinAlexandria:Philo’sReworkingofthe LetterofAristeas–asaCaseStudy....................... 93 HansSvebakken
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