‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2): Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel PDF
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‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2) Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Editor Benjamin G. Wright, III Department of Religion Studies, Lehigh University Associate Editors Florentino García Martínez Qumran Institute, University of Groningen Hindy Najman Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto Advisory Board g. bohak – j.j. collins – j. duhaime – p.w. van der horst – a.k. petersen – m. popoviĆ – j.t.a.g.m. van ruiten – j. sievers – g. stemberger – e.j.c. tigchelaar – j. magliano-tromp VOLUME 148 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/jsjs Aren M. Maeir 1958–2010 ‘Go Out and Study the Land’ (Judges 18:2) Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel Edited by Aren M. Maeir, Jodi Magness, and Lawrence H. Schiffman LEIDEN • BOSTON 2012 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data “Go out and study the land” (Judges 18:2) : archaeological, historical, and textual studies in honor of Hanan Eshel / edited by Aren M. Maeir, Jodi Magness, and Lawrence H. Schiffman. p. cm. — (Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 148) Includes index. ISBN 978-90-04-20268-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Bible—Antiquities. 2. Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Jews—History— 586 B.C.–70 A.D. 4. Judaism—History—Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.–210 A.D. 5. Qumran community. 6. Dead Sea scrolls. 7. Excavations (Archaeology)—Israel. 8. Excavations (Archaeology)—Judaea, Wilderness of. 9. Israel—Antiquities. 10. Qumran Site (West Bank)—Antiquities. I. Eshel, Hanan. II. Maeir, Aren M. III. Magness, Jodi. IV. Schiffman, Lawrence H. BS621.G64 2011 220.9—dc23 2011034740 ISSN 1384-2161 ISBN 978 90 04 20268 9 Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. 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CONTENTS Preface ............................................................................................ ix Prof. Hanan Eshel: In Memoriam ............................................. xi Hanan Eshel—List of Publications ............................................ xv List of Contributors ...................................................................... xxxvii Alexander Jannaeus—Priest and King ...................................... 1 Dan B. Barag Herod’s Eagle ................................................................................. 7 Albert I. Baumgarten The Classification of 4Q505: Daily or Festival Prayers? ........ 23 Esther G. Chazon The Artaxerxes Correspondence of Ezra 4, Nehemiah’s Wall, and Persian Provincial Administration ................................ 35 Lisbeth S. Fried Protection from Birds in the Book of Jubilees ......................... 59 Betsy Halpern-Amaru Ancient Material in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliʿezer: Basilides, Qumran, the Book of Jubilees ................................................. 69 Menahem Kister The Covenant with the Levites (Jer 33:21) in the Proto-Masoretic Text of Jeremiah in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls .................................................................................. 95 Armin Lange Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and Text ......................................................... 117 Jodi Magness vi contents Josephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts ....................................................... 133 Vered Noam An Elusive Sadducean Dispute ........................................................ 147 Ze’ev Safrai On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E. .................................................. 175 Lawrence H. Schiffman Re-Imagining the Eschatological War—4Q285/11Q14 ............... 197 Brian Schultz Mattathias’ Final Speech (1 Maccabees 2): From Religious Zeal to Simonide Propaganda ..................................................... 213 Daniel R. Schwartz Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah ......................................................................... 225 Itzick Shai, David Ben-Shlomo and Aren M. Maeir The Names of the Rivers .................................................................. 245 Michael E. Stone The Book of Enoch and the Ethiopian Manuscript Tradition: New Data ........................................................................................ 257 Loren T. Stuckenbruck with Ted M. Erho Buried Manuscripts and Empty Tombs: The Qumran Genizah Theory Revisited ............................................................................ 269 Joan E. Taylor Gleanings from the Plates of Unidentified Fragments: Two PAM 43.674 Identifications (4Q365 and 4Q416) ........... 317 Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar contents vii Eclectic Text Editions of Hebrew Scripture .................................. 323 Emanuel Tov 4Q252: Listenwissenschaft and Covenantal Patriarchal Blessings .......................................................................................... 335 Shani Tzoref The Common Ownership of Property in Essene Communities .................................................................................. 359 James C. VanderKam The Identification of Biblical Achzib at Khirbet ʿĒn el-Kizbe in the Judean Shephelah, and the Origins of Shimon Bar Kokhba ............................................................................................ 377 Boaz Zissu and Erasmus Gass Index of Ancient Sources ................................................................. 427 Index of Modern Authors ................................................................ 448
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