Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: Essays in Honour of E. I. J. Rosenthal

169 Pages·1982·7.268 MB·English

by  J. A. Emerton, Stefan C. Reif

Interpreting
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EDITED BY
J.A. EMERTON AND STEFAN C. REIF
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CONTENTS
Preface GORDON JOHNSON page ix
Contributors xi
Abbreviations x111
niwrE .J.I lahtnesoR : A lacihpargonioBitaicerppA
1
STEFAN C. REIF
yhpargoilbiB fo eht snoitacilbuP fo .J.I.ElahtnesoR 16
nA ylraE noitaterpretnI ofpiisab: ‘agg2n ni eht nainitselaP mugraT
27
S.P. BROCK
hcirnieH ztearG sa lacilbiB nairotsiH dna suoigileRtsigolopA
35
R.E. CLEMENT!3
ehT noisnetxE fo aelimiS
57
DAVID DAUBE
owT hazineG stnemgarF ni werbeH dnakeerG
61
N.R.M. DE LANGE
ehT noitalsnarT dna noitaterpretnI fo haiasI .iv31
85
J.A. EMERTON
Terra Sancta and the Territorial Doctrine of the mugraT oteht
Prophets
119
ROBERT P. GORDON
ehT elbiB ni laveideM werbeHyrteoP
133
R.J. LOEWE
emoS setoN no omoleS s’ilomlA snoitubirtnoC ot ehtcitsiugniL
ecneicS fowerbeH
157
SHELOMO MORAG
esruocsiD sisylanA dna eht gnitaD foymonoretueD
171
CHAIM RABIN
A cihsardiM ygolohtnA morf ehthazineG
179
STEFAN C. REIF
Contents
PREFACE
AVIHAI SHIVTIIjL 227
taharhpA dna ehtsweJ
J.G. SNAITH 235
eilCmoh’L ud etiaraK leumaS ibirhgaM-la rus selxiD
Commandements
251
GEORGES VAJDA +I
267
ehT nigirO fo eht attihsePretlasP
M. P. WEITZMAN 277
niwrE lahtnesoR saw na evitca rebmem fo eht snoitacilbuP-moC
Indexes
eettim fo eht ytlucaF fo latneirO seidutS ni egdirbmaC morf7591
SHULAMIT REIF
Index of Sources 299 litnu sih tnemeriter ni ,1791 dna eh sah deunitnoc ot pleh eht-moC
Index of Places and Organizations 307 eettim ecnis .neht ,revoeroM eh detubirtnoc eht tsrif koob ot eht
Index of Names 309 ytisrevinU fo egdirbmaC latneirO snoitacilbuP ,seires ,dna ,retaleht
General Index 316
emulov-owt noitcelloc fo sih erom tnatropmi .srepap revO ehtsraey
the Committee have benefited from his shrewd academic -egduj
;tnem rieht sgniteem evah neeb edam tnasaelp yb sih doog ,ruomuh
and the sale of his books has contributed materially to the pub-
lication of other monographs in the series. When, therefore, the
PLATES
eettimmoC draeh taht s’lahtnesoR sdneirf dna seugaellocdednetni
ot tneserp mih htiw a noitcelloc fo syasse ot etarbelec sih -ytneves
htfif ,yadhtrib yeht erew neek ot eb detaicossa htiw eht lasoporpdna
Dr E.I.J. Rosenthal
Frontispiece yeht kootrednu ot hsilbup eht.emulov
1 atceR fo trap fo a keerG noitalsnart fo eht kooB fosetsaiselccE The Committee agreed that the essays should be organized
dnuora a elgnis rojam emeht dna ,ecneh hguohtla siht sah tnaem
62
taht eht srepap detneserp ereh ekam a noitubirtnoc ot ylno enofo
2 osreV fo trap fo a keerG noitalsnart fo eht kooB fosetsaiselccE
eht sdleif fo pihsralohcs ni hcihw lahtnesoR sah edam sih ,krameht
63 koob si detimil ot seiduts fo snoitaterpretni fo eht werbeH.elbiB
3 atceR fo trap fo a yrassolg no eht tsriF kooB fosgniK 76 The Committee hope that any disappointment occasioned by this
,noisiced tlef rehtie yb sdneirf ohw dluow evah dekil ot etubirtnocna
4 osreV fo trap fo a yrassolg no eht tsriF kooB fosgniK 77 ,yasse tub esohw ylralohcs esitrepxe seil ni a tnereffid ,dleif royb
5 atceR fo a yratnemmo cno .neG 23.vxx-32.vxx 182 esoht ohw dluow evah dekil ot ees sih tnoitcelloc fo syasse tcelfer eht
htdaerb fo s’lahtnesoR nwo ,stseretni lliw eb detasnepmoc rof yb
6 osreV fo a yratnemmoc no .neG 23.vxx-32.vxx 3XI gnivah a tnerehoc ,emulov hcihw skees ot etanimulli morftnereffid
stniop fo weiv eno ylralucitrap tnatropmi.tcejbus
ekiL lla skrow gnivlovni eht noitaroballoc fo ynam ,elpoep
Inter-
Plates 1-6 are printed by kind permission of the Syndics of the
sah neeb regnol ni eht gnikam naht ewdah
preting the Hebrew Bible
egdirbmaC ytisrevinU yrarbiL
yllanigiro depoh ro ;dednetni tub eht eettimmoC won yal tierofeb
X Preface
eht cilbup sa a nekot fo rieht drager rof lahtnesoR dna sa na-xe
CONTRIBUTORS
noisserp fo edutitarg rof sih taerg noitubirtnoc ot rieht nwo.krow
nO flaheb fo eht eettimmoC I dluow ekil ot knaht .veRyrneH
,traH esohw t nyahgpealregi lslmarcof e h;tnoitacid eddna ewera
eghntinn a rlfo p i fdrennDRoatr ermoEssef odoretPtbe dynlipeed
emulov dna rof gnignirb ti otni.gnieb
Cambridge, April 1981 nodroGnosnhoJ
Chairman of the Publications Committee
rD .P.S ,kcorB Fellow of Wolfson College and Lecturer in Aramaic and
Syriac in the University of Oxford
rD .E.R ,stnemelC Fellow of Fitzwilliam College and Lecturer in Divinity in
the University of Cambridge
rosseforP divaD ,ebuaD Director of the Robbins Hebraic and Roman Law
Collections and Professor-in-Residence at the School of Law in the
University of California, Berkeley
rD .M.R.N ed ,egnaL Lecturer in Rabbinics in the University of Cambridge
rossefo r.PA. J,notremE Fellow of St. John’s College and Regius Professor of
Hebrew in the University of Cambridge
rD treboR .P ,nodroG Lecturer in Divinity in the University of Cambridge
rosse f.oJr.PR ,eweoL Professor of Hebrew in University College, London
rosseforP omolehS ,garoM Professor of Hebrew Linguistics in the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
rosseforP miahC ,nibaR Professor of Hebrew Language in the Hebrew Uni-
versity of Jerusalem
rD nafetS .C ,fieR Director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
and Under-Librarian in the University of Cambridge
,leitv iihaSh irvDA Lecturer in Semitic Studies in the University of Leeds
ehT .veR .G.J ,htianS Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic in the University of
Cambridge
rosseforP segroeG ,adjaV Professeur emirite d’Hebreu a I’Universite de la
Sorbonne nouvelle, Paris (d. 1981)
rosseforP .J ,neergnieW Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College and Erasmus
Smith’s Professor Emeritus of Hebrew in the University of Dublin
rD .P.M ,namztieW Lecturer in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish
Studies in University College, London
ABBREVIATIONS
nI noitidda ot dradnats snoitaiverbba dna esoht yletarapes detsil ni emosfo
eht ,selcitra eht gniwollof evah neeb deyolpme :
AJR AJR Information )nodnoL( deussi yb ehtnoitaicossA
fo hsiweJ seegufeR ni taerG.niatirB
AP The Aryan Path .)yabmoB(
AV dezirohtuA .noisreV
BDB , .rn.Few Rvo,d. irsnS.rBgaADg.iCrB Hebrew and English
Lexicon of the Old Testament ,drofxO(.)7091
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library .)retsehcnaM(
BSOAS Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African
Studies .)nodnoL(
BYZ Byzantinische Zeitschrift )gizpieL(
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift .)nrobredaP(
BZAW etfehieB ruz tfirhcstieZ 3if eidehciltnematsettlA
Wissenschaft.
QBC Catholic Biblical Quarterly .)notgnihsaW(
csco suproC murotpircS muronaitsirhC muilatneirO.)niavuoL(
DNB Dictionary of National Biography .)drofxO(
EJ Encyclopaedia Judaica ,melasureJ( 791.)1
EvTh Evangelische Theologie .)hcinuM(
GK ,).d ey(elw o.CE.A Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar as edited
andenlargedby the late E. Kautzsch, dn2 nde,drofxO(
1910 = 28th Germanedn).
HTR Harvard Theological Review ,egdirbmaC(.)sttesuhcassaM
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual .)itannicniC(
HZ Historische Zeitschrif .)hcinuM-nilreB(
I Der Islam weN-nilreB(.)kroY
IA International Afluirs .)nodnoL(
IC Islamic Culture (Hyderabad-Deccan).
JA Journal Asiatique .)siraP(
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society (New ,nevaH
Connecticut).
JB melasureJ.elbiB
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature .)notsoB(
xiv Abbreviations Abbreviations
XV
JC The Jewish Chronicle .)nodnoL( CD eht sucsamaD.tnemucoD
JE The Jewish Encyclopedia (New ,nodnoL-kroY .)7-6091 1QH Hodayot, eht snmyH fo.gnivigsknahT
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies .)nodnoL( 1 ”asIQ ro b eht tsrif ro dnoce shaias Illorcs morf narmuQ evaC.1
JM Jewish Monthly (London). 1QM Milhiimii, eht r.alWlorcS
JMUEOS Journal of the Manchester University Egyptian and baHpQ1 eht kukkabaH .yratnemmoC
Oriental Society .)retsehcnaM( 1QS eht eluR fo eht.ytinummoC
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies .)ogacihC( broaSQ1 xidneppA a ro b ot eht.eluR
JQ Jewish Quarterly .)nodnoL( 4QarP ciamarA surypap.tnemgarf
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review (London-later Philadelphia). 4QFlor Florilegium.
JRAS Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society .)nodnoL( sseMQ4ra eht ciamarA cinaissem.txet
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies .)retsehcnaM( 4QPrNab eht reyarP fo.sudinobaN
JTS Journal of Theological Studies .)drofxO( 4QpNah Pesher on Nahum
LJM The Liberal Jewish Monthly .)nodnoL(
MAS Modern Asian Studies.
MISHNAIC AND RELATED TEXTS
MEJ Middle East Journal(Washington).
MG WJ Monatsschrtftfur Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Prefixed M. - Mishna; BT - Babylonian Talmud; PT - Palestinian
Judentums .)ualserB( ;dumlaT .soT - .athpesoT
MR The Maghreb Review .)nodnoL( .dobA‘.raZ adobA‘araZ
NEB weN hsilgn.EelbiB .B.taB abaBartaB
N.F. eueN.egloF Bek. Bekorot
.S.N w.esNeireS .B .seM abaB a’iseM
RB Revue Biblique .)siraP( Ber. Berakot
REG Revue des etudes grecques .)siraP( ‘Erub. ‘Erubin
REJ Revue des etudes juives .)siraP( Ket. Ketubot
RS Religious Studies .)egdirbmaC( Mak. Makkot
RSV desiveR dradnatS.noisreV .SkaM niriSkaM
RV desiveR.noisreV .geM Megilla
SR The Synagogue Review .)nodnoL( Menah. obaneM t
Stud. Sem. .J.I.E ,lahtnesoR Studia ,egdirbmaC(acitimeS 1971). Ned. Nedarim
SW stnemelppuS ot Vetus Testamentum. Nid. Nidda
Theol. Theology .)nodnoL( Ohol. Oholot
TLS The Times Literary Supplement .)nodnoL( .haseP mibaseP
VT Vetus Testamentum .)nedieL( Qidd . niSuddiQ
WJ World Jewry .)nodnoL( .SoR .SaH SoR anaSSaH
ZAW Zeitschrtftfur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft .bbaS tabbaS
nesseiG( retal-.)nilreB .hnaS Sanhedrin
ZDMG Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft .beS ti’ibeS
.)gizpieL( .ubeZ to’ubeS
ZNW Zeitschr[ft,fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft .laqeS milaqeS
nesseiG( retal- Berlin). .kkuS Sukka
Ta’an. Ta’anit
QUMRAN AND RELATED TEXTS .rahoT torahoT
Yebam. Yebamot
,QI Q2 .cte - eht rebmun srefer ot eht evac ta narmuQ ni hcihw ehttnaveler
llorcs saw.dnuof
niwrE .I .J lahtnesoR
:
A lacihpargoiB noitaicerppA
STEFAN C. REIF
niwrE kasI ,bokaJ eht tsal dlihc fo a ylimaf fo owt snos dnaruof
,srethguad saw nrob no 81 rebmetpeS 4091 ot sesoM dnaeilamA
lahtnesoR een( )siveL fo ,nnorblieH a hsiweJ elpuoc htob foesohw
srotsecna dah neeb delicimod ni ynamreG rof ynam .snoitarenegnI
spite of its long exposure to the prevailing culture, and the
predominantly German liberal middle-class life-style that it had
adopted, the Rosenthal family still adhered to traditional Jewish
.ecitcarp enO fo eht ynam gnimrahc seiromem taht niwrEsthgiled
ot erahs htiw sih esolc sdneirf si fo sih ,rehtaf depparw ni eht tallit
dna gniraew sih tejillin, gniticer sih gninrom sreyarp ta ehtwodniw
facing the garden. Moses Rosenthal would certainly not have
devorppa fo gniraer a dlihc tnarongi fo eht dnuorgkcab ot sih,htiaf
dna gnola htiw eht lareneg noitacude yramotsuc ta taht emitniwrE
deviecer na ,etauqeda fi yb on snaem ,evisnetni gnidnuorg ni eht
Bible and Jewish religion, as they were traditionally understood.
sihT rehtaf saw ,ton ,revewoh denitsed ot ssentiw ehtlautcelletni
tnempoleved fo sih regnuoy ;nos ron saw eht rettal ot yojnerehtruf
paternal guidance in his formative teenage years, since Herr
lahtnesoR deid fo setebaid ni 5191 ta eht ylrae ega fo.owt-ytfif
Though never affluent, Erwin’s father had, as a wine merchant.
dedivorp ylbanosaer llew rof sih ,ylimaf tub htiw sih ssol dnaeht
tneuqesbus llot nekat fo lla hcus seilimaf yb eht segavar fo ehttsriF
dlroW raW dna eht lufraef noitalfni taht dewollof ,ti ehts’ylimaf
economic fortunes sank low. On matriculating in 1923 Erwin,
anxious not to become a financial burden to his mother, took a
yraropmet tsop ni a nnorblieH.knab
gnuoY s’lahtnesoR cimedaca laitnetop saw ,ton ,revewoh ot eb
deined ,noitazilaer dna eh koot egatnavda fo eht s’knabsuoreneg
ycilop fo gnittimrep sti seeniart ot eriuqca a dnuos cimedacasisab
ST
2 STEFAN C. REIF Erwin I. J. Rosenthal 3
rof rieht laicremmoc sseworp yb gnillorne ni sesruoc ta eht dna eht eno ohw ylrael cdesicrexe eht tsegno retcsneulfni nosih
ytisrevinU fo grebledieH ni .4291 tI si eurt taht eht serutcedlednetta tnempol esvaewd eht nam r tehsGsiilwa etnJne,eghiucrEoowttiM
erew detcepxe ot eb esoht nevig ni scimonoce dna tahts’niwrE e s gocdn hinitwnunni oiebdsambnrtaa tirom tmnornceedkoomps
evitca tseretni ni werbeH dna ,cibarA sa llew sa hsilgnEdna werbeH derusne taht sih stneduts deyojne eht ytinutroppofo
,yrots idHetubirtnoc elttil ot sih egdelwonk fo eht dlrow fohgih gnimoceb tnetepmoc stsitimeS ni eht tsediw esnes fo eht.mret
,sse l ee.hhett c r knyednalveantesbin Nafehseitalciwpriwifefhuts degaruocnE yb ,hcowttiM niwrE deunitnoc ot ekat ehtetavirp
gnuoy s’e gtenteomrppoleved ni saera fo gninrael tahtdenrecnoc snossel htiw namlaZ voknibaR taht eh dah nugeb ni,grebledieH
ecremmoc ot ksa on ,snoitseuq dna eht ylwen deretsig etrnedutssaw gniyduts dumlaT htiw siht etanutrofnu ohw dahemoc
melammed,
r a segiynhi rsurdehc a segitnh o.msA eloi lnlnoe ottdpeul lsaucht morf aissuR ot evorpmi sih tol tub saw yltnerappa llits decrofyb
ta grebledieH erew rutrA ,resieW retal ot niw emaf sa alacilbib cimonoce secnatsmucric ot tsisbus no a teid fo .sgnirrehehT
,ralohcs dna sih ,rosseforp groeG ,reeB eno fo eht srotide foa noitanimluc fo sih larotcod-erp seiduts emac ni 9291 htiweht
no ilhfta a oicdned i nhhenteastoihi irtMfccos y lah isfmioawfeJ noissimbus fo a .rD .lihP noitatressid no nbI s’nudlahKlacitiloP
yr uhtc n ahesr ogcai tru-we.apohhnhpht titatnfgleoi Aeretohetnin .thguohT ehT enot dah won neeb tes rof sih retal krow sa natsibarA
namreG elbiB ,citirc dna erofereht gnihtemos fo a noitaleverrof and Islamicist particularly interested in Islam as a political
,niwrE yeht yltnerappa llits deveileb taht yreve weJ tsumevah ,yhposolihp dna eht tsrif laitnatsbus noitacidni taht eht emanfo
ecn i,segdelwo nhksiw eftJonu otfs ae vhmto rgfnihtem odsebibmi lahtnes osRaw ot erugif s nnoiitaci lnbiup eht aera fo scitimeS rof
yeht netfo detivni rieht owt hsiweJ stneduts ot reffo snoitulosrof eht txen yrutnec-flah emac htiw eht ecnaraeppa fo sih noitatressidsa
tluciffid lacilbib .segassap sihT noitcudortni ot alttestamentliche fo 52 tfehieB Historische Zeitschriftesnepxe eht ta detnirp ,2391 ni
Wissenschaft ,saw ,revewoh balanced by a sound training in fo eht naissurP.muiretsinimsutluK
scitimeS taht ,sah no sih , yen nlwdoboemaviuotlr sapoevttnimih rehtruF noitingocer fo eht gnuoy s’rotcod cimedacaytiliba
tuohgu osrihht .efil ehT rotne mereh saw on ssel naht ethntaillirb koot eht mrof fo a larotcod-tsop hcraeser drawa edam ybeht
e s doyehbttnemelp me orscetwro fsd,finrehaessartsg rfelBehttoG tfahcsniemegsgnuredroF red nehc sttfuaehDcsnessi Whcihwdelbane
snoit ct is.v ien tnzoehut chcme,TemotroGsbcilgAo lfoo ierhytssA niwrE ot etoved eerht sraey ot eht cipot ’seorr eyvrAa‘tnemmoCno
fo ,ezte ohGcihw noos decrof mih ot ee l,fynamr eeGrew toneht Plato’s “ cilbu peR ” .‘ sihT krow saw dednetni ot evres sasih
ylno tcepsa fo lacitil oypgoloed idenitsed ot hcuot eht efil foeht tfir htcns essznaoodit tatavatiirlP i ybetahiHtsrev ifnoU nilreBtub
tgsni itrdiedmvueob Seht txen we.fsraey slfaova e;dehnnhpoatuitn e stdinehittr a rw e ehssowt’itorrpeltiH
e heTer gedre ceedfnds oelsrue aeliyrvfwbto nsstiginrheedButssi eht txen ytnew t,sraey htob ni sih lanos rreeperac dna ninretseW
ot devom ralohcs gnidnatstuo siht nehw taht tcaf eht morf tnerappa eporuE sa a ,elohw erew gnoma eht srotcaf taht deyaledsti
a fo snoitatcepxe lla denodnaba eeniart-knab elihwtsre eht ,hcinuM noitacilbu plitnu .6591 ekilnU esoht fo ,yadot gnuoy sralohcs fotaht
efil fo laic nyatniirfuces dna dewollof mih ereht ot eusrup aemit-lluf noi tdaird e tntoecngep xonet iya tt tibt usosaoreohemptvoiiswnu
gnimoceb erew stseretni laiceps s’niwrE hguohtlA .reerac cimedaca yaled dna netfo thguat ta loohcs gnirud eht etaidemretni.doirep
reraelc dna sih yramirp stcejbus erew won ni eht cibarA dnacimalsI niwrE suht dewollof sih lanigiro nalp fo gniniatbo as’retsamloohcs
,saera o nytinutrop ptoey detnes efrlpesti rof gnilttes nwod nieno amolp i,ddna ecnis sih neso hdcleif sa w,wer btenHeps ehtretniw
d e dtne aotytipri toas.adrsela oemsapco imehrgeneetflnsonCartfo retsemes fo 3-2391 ta taht gnidnatstuo noitutitsni fo
Wissenschuft
sih seiduts ot ,nilreB ecnis eht noitisiuqca fo as’retsamloohcs des Judentums, eht nilreB Hochschule, erehw eht srehcaetneht
amolpid gnilbane mih ot esitcarp anywhere in Germany was dedulcni Ismar ,negoblE oeL ,kceaB suiluJ ,nnamttuGhkonaH
elbissop ylno ni eht .latipac ehT evom saw ton tuohtiw sti,cimedaca kceblA mfsooco re ctaiumtits nto acshet m,arnenyzc ryorT r danHa
deaus rnuip wsrrE aeeey r rh.otsFegatna vldaai c dolnsaautcelletni nredom hsiweJ pihsralohcs dna.tnemtimmoc
esruoc ni nredoM dna laveideM ,yrotsiH htiw cibarA dnaciamarA , r e ,e d s ow dtrltoth oeehouIhswtnhngnotuok tiiwmneglbami
as subsidiaries and, of course, the History of Philosophy as an neve ,laivoj edis fo si hretcara hrceve eb deraperp ot ,eveilebtaht
yrotagilbo .tcejbus ehT tsom dehsiugnitsid fo sih srehcaet focibarA sn osi’tnaipwurcE ctoaerp siht emit erew y ldleutfatsnderiarwoot
,
4 STEFAN C. REIF Erwin I. J. Rosenthal 5
citim e.Spihsralohcs sA llew sa lla eht lausu larutluc ,stiusrupeh Semitic Epigraphy and Head of the Hebrew Department at
fo dnof ylralucitrap gnieb ,scitamard ruetama ni trap gnikat deyojne ytisrevinU ,egelloC .nodnoL ehT tsop saw ton emit-lluf dnaeht
,g nddineya satili vps oasr wipe hmvttioa lhd,htercl eiohhttwona em ofconi 00lE rep munna dah ot det neebm eylbppu sehttnuoma
t adhetru synlebab ote r u frpsbfieioldhnia medehertp ay hltsnoon fo 52lc yb eht c iemcenda atlcsiAicsnsuAoC ro f,seegufe Rtubta
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had the experience of half-a-century’s involvement with Jewish fo lacitamehtam ytiunegni dluow eb deriuqer ot trevnoc nalaunna
scholars and scholarship, and Herbert ,eweoL who enjoyed ecruoser fo &225 otni a noitpircserp rof laicnanif .ytidiuqil tI sawton
elbaredisnoc egitserp ni eht seitisrevinU fo ,drofxO egdirbmaCdna enough to avoid indulging in luxuries. When, after a year, the
London, he was appointed as Lecturer in Hebrew and North Rosenthals exchanged mahsiweL rof nywleW nedraG ,ytiCniwrE