Studies in the Book of Tobit: A Multidisciplinary Approach PDF
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LIBRARY OF SECOND TEMPLE STUDIES 55 formerly the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series Editor Lester L. Grabbe Editorial Board Randall D. Chesnutt, Philip R. Davies, Jan Willem van Henten, Judith M. Lieu, Steven Mason, James R. Mueller, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, James C. VanderKam Founding Editor James H. Charlesworth This page intentionally left blank STUDIES IN THE BOOK OF TOBIT A Multidisciplinary Approach edited by MARK BREDIN Copyright © Mark Bredin and contributors, 2006 Published by T&T Clark A Continuum imprint The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX 15 East 26th Street, Suite 1703, New York, NY 10010 www.tandtclark.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-567-08229-6 (hardback) Typeset by CA Typesetting, www.sheffieldtypesetting.com Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by MPG Ltd, Bodmin For Frank and Doreen Evans This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of Abbreviations ix List of Contributors xi INTRODUCTION Mark Bredin 1 1. TOBIT IN SPAIN: SOME PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OLD LATIN WITNESSES Simon Gathercole 5 2. SOME NEGLECTED TEXTS OF TOBIT: THE THIRD GREEK VERSION Stuart Weeks 12 3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JONAH IN VATICANUS (B) TOBIT 14. 4 AND 8 Mark Bredin 43 4. ‘SARAH IS THE HERO’: KIERKEGAARD’S READING OF TOBIT IN FEAR AND TREMBLING Hugh Pyper 59 5. TOBIT IN THE ART OF THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE Trevor Hart 72 6. TOBIT AND THE JEWISH LITERARY TRADITION Shalom Goldman 90 7. ‘BREAD ON THE GRAVE OF THE RIGHTEOUS’ (TOB. 4.17) Nathan MacDonald 99 8. FAMILY LIFE AND ETHNICITY IN EARLY ISRAEL AND IN TOBIT Pekka Pitkänen 104 9. THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL IN THE BOOK OF TOBIT Margaret Barker 118 10. FAMILY, FERTILITY AND FOUL SMELL: TOBIT AND JUDITH Hans J. Lundager Jensen 129 viii Studies in the Book of Tobit 11. TOBIT AS A PARABLE FOR THE EXILES OF NORTHERN ISRAEL Richard Bauckham 140 12. FOOD AND DRINK IN TOBIT AND OTHER ‘DIASPORA NOVELLAS’ Nathan MacDonald 165 Index of References 179 Index of Names and Subjects 187 Index of Modern Authors 191 ABBREVIATIONS A Alexandrinus AB Anchor Bible Asc. Isa. Ascension of Isaiah AJT American Journal of Theology Ant. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament APOT The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament ) Sinaiticus B Vaticanus 2 Bar. 2 (Syriac) Baruch [= Apocalypse of Baruch] BAR Biblical Archaeological Report BDB A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs. BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft C Ephraemi Rescriptus CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CEJL Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature CQ Classical Quarterly D Bezae DJD Discoveries in the Judean Desert 1 En. 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch 2 En. 2 (Slavonic) Enoch FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament GI or GI Greek recension based on LXXABN and many minuscles GII or GII Greek recension based on LXXs,, includes manuscripts 319 (Tob. 3.6-6.16) and 910 (Tob. 2.2-5) GIII or GIII A partially preserved (Tob. 6.8-13.8) Greek recension based on manuscripts 44, 106, 107, and Syr-0 HSS Harvard Semitic Studies j. Yerushalmi (Palestinian Talmud) JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament supplements JSOT Journal for the Study of Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of Old Testament supplements JSS Journal of Semitic Studies JTS Journal of Theological Studies Jub. Jubilees Liv. Proph. Lives of the Prophets LXX Septuagint MT Massoretic Text OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis Odes Odes of Solomon
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