On Prophets, Warriors, and Kings: Former Prophets through the Eyes of Their Interpreters

275 Pages·2016·2.74 MB·English

by  George J. Brooke

On Prophets, Warriors, and Kings
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift
für die alttestamentliche
Wissenschaft
Edited by
John Barton, Ronald Hendel, Reinhard G. Kratz and
Markus Witte
Volume 470
On Prophets,
Warriors, and Kings
Former Prophets through the Eyes of Their Interpreters
Edited by
George J. Brooke and Ariel Feldman
ISBN 978-3-11-037596-1
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ISSN 0934-2575
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations 1
Preface 5
Introduction 7
Timothy J. Sandoval
Reconfiguring Solomon in the Royal Fiction of Ecclesiastes 13
Serge Frolov
The Comeback of Comebacks: David, Bathsheba, and the Prophets in the
Song of Songs 41
Claudia V. Camp
Killing the Father: Gender and the Figure of Solomon in Ben Sira’s Hymn to
the Fathers 65
Ariel Feldman
The Book of Judges in Early Jewish Interpretation: The Contribution of the
Dead Sea Scrolls 77
George J. Brooke
Zedekiah, Covenant, and the Scrolls from Qumran 95
George J. Brooke and Hindy Najman
Dethroning David and Enthroning Messiah: Jewish and Christian
Perspectives 111
Ariel Feldman, Faina Feldman, Joseph McDonald, and Ron Serino
Probing the Former Prophets with a New Online Tool for the Study of Biblical
Quotations and Allusions in the Dead Sea Scrolls 129
Warren Carter
Septuagint Joshua and Matthew’s Jesus: Salvation and Land Wars? 141
VI TableofContents
Shelly Matthews
Elijah, Ezekiel, and Romulus: Luke’s Flesh and Bones (Luke 24:39) in Light of
Ancient Narratives of Ascent, Resurrection, and Apotheosis 161
Matthias Henze
King Manasseh of Judah in Early Judaism and Christianity 183
Scott M. Langston
“A Running Thread of Ideals”: Joshua and the Israelite Conquest in American
History 229
Index of Names and Subjects 265
Abbreviations
AB The Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D.N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York:
Doubleday,1992.
AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristen-
tums
AnBib Analecta biblica
ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Edited by A. Roberts and J. Donaldson.
1885–1887.10 vols. Repr., Peabody: Hendrickson,1994.
ATDan Acta Theologica Danica
BDF FriedrichBlass,AlbertDebrunner,andRobertW.Funk,AGreekGram-
marof the New Testamentand OtherEarlyChristianLiterature.Chica-
go:Universityof Chicago Press,1961.
BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des antiken Ju-
dentum
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BibInt Biblical Interpretation
BIOSCS Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate
Studies
BKAT Biblischer Kommentar, Altes Testament
BN Biblische Notizen
BTS Bible et terre sainte
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
CEJL Commentary on Early Jewish Literature
COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W.W. Hallo. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill,
1997–2002.
CSCO Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
DSSE Florentino García Martínez and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, The Dead Sea
Scrolls Study Edition. Leiden: Brill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
EstBib Estudios bíblicos
FC Fathers of the Church Series
GCS DiegriechischechristlicheSchriftstellerderersten[drei]Jahrhunderte
2 Abbreviations
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HTS Harvard Theological Studies
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
ICC International Critical Commentary
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
IOS Israel Oriental Studies
JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion
JAJ Journal of Ancient Judaism
JAJSup Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplement Series
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism
JSJSup Journal for the Studyof Judaism Supplement Series
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Studyof the Old Testament Supplement Series
JSP Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
JSPSup Journal for the Studyof the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series
JSQ Jewish Studies Quarterly
LCL Loeb Classical Library
LHBOTS Libraryof Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
NAC New American Commentary
NCBC New Cambridge Bible Commentary
Neot Neotestamentica
NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament
NovTSup Supplements to Novum Testamentum
NPNF2 The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2. Edited by P. Schaff and
H.Wace.1890–1900.14 vols. Repr., Peabody: Hendrickson,1994.
OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology
OLP Orientalia lovaniensia periodica
OTL Old Testament Library
OTS Old Testament Studies
OtSt Oudtestamentische Studiën
PG Patrologia graeca. Edited by J.-P. Migne. 162 vols. Paris, 1857–1886.
PIBA Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association
PTSDSSP Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project
REJ Revue des études juives
RB Revue biblique
Abbreviations 3
RevQ Revue de Qumrân
RHPR Revue d’histoire et de philosophie religieuses
RHR Revue de l’histoire des religions
SBLEJL Societyof Biblical Literature Early Judaism and Its Literature
SBLDS Societyof Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
SBLMS Societyof Biblical Literature Monograph Series
SBLSCS Societyof Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies
SBLSP Societyof Biblical Literature Seminar Papers
SC Sources chrétiennes
Sem Semitica
SHR Studies in the Historyof Religions (supplement to Numen)
SJOT Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
STDJ Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
SubBi Subsidia biblica
SVTG Septuaginta Vetus Testamentum Graecum
SVTP Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigraphica
TLZ Theologische Literaturzeitung
TSAJ Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum
VT Vetus Testamentum
VTSup Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft