The Embroidered Bible: Studies in Biblical Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Honour of Michael E. Stone

1099 Pages·2017·24.88 MB·English

by  Lorenzo DiTommaso

TheEmbroideredBible
Studia in Veteris
Testamenti Pseudepigrapha
SeriesEditors
Jean-ClaudeHaelewyck
JohannesMagliano-Tromp
PierluigiPiovanelli
LautaroRoigLanzillotta
volume26
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MichaelE.Stone
The Embroidered Bible
StudiesinBiblicalApocryphaandPseudepigrapha
inHonourof MichaelE.Stone
Editedby
LorenzoDiTommaso
MatthiasHenze
WilliamAdler
leiden | boston
TheLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Names:Stone,MichaelE.,1938-honouree.|DiTommaso,Lorenzo,editor.|Henze,
Matthias,editor.|Adler,William,1951-editor.
Title:TheembroideredBible:studiesinbiblicalapocryphaandpseudepigraphain
honourofMichaelE.Stone/editedbyLorenzoDiTommaso,MatthiasHenze,
WilliamAdler.
Description:Boston:Brill,2018.|Series:StudiainVeterisTestamenti
pseudepigrapha,issn0169-8125;volume26|Includesbibliographical
referencesandindex.
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Contents
ListofContributors xiii
BibliographyoftheWorksofMichaelE.Stone xix
VeredHillel
Introduction 1
LorenzoDiTommaso,MatthiasHenze,andWilliamAdler
Appreciations/ShortPapers
1 WithGratitudeandAffection 17
HaroldW.Attridge
2 AnIntroductiononaFestiveOccasion 19
GeorgeW.E.Nickelsburg
3 FromTexttoReligiousExperienceandPractice:InHonorofMichael
E.Stone 24
EstherG.Chazon
4 MES 31
DavidSatran
5 TributetoMichaelE.Stone 33
EstherEshel
6 FromParchmenttoStone:SynopsisofMichaelE.Stone’s
ContributionstoArmenianStudies 40
AbrahamTerian
Papers
7 TheStoryofAbrahamandMelchizedekinthePalaeaHistorica 47
WilliamAdler
viii contents
8 TheTrilingualtituluscrucisTraditioninOxford,BodleianLibrary,
Hatton20 64
DanielAnlezark
9 ArmenianbeforeGrabar:TheEmergenceoftheHistoricallyAttested
LanguageintheShadowoftheContactwithNon-Indo-European
Languages 79
CyrilAslanov
10 SlavonicRedactionsoftheApocryphalHomilyofJohnChrysostomon
HowArchangelMichaelDefeatedSatanail:SomeConsiderations 96
FlorentinaBadalanovaGeller
11 RevisitingSethintheLegendoftheWoodoftheCross:
InterdisciplinaryPerspectivesbetweenTextandImage 132
BarbaraBaert
12 GreekManuscriptsoftheTestamentofSolomonintheBiblioteca
ApostolicaVaticana 170
RyanBailey
13 ApocryphonofEzekielFragment3:MeaningandReception 213
RichardBauckham
14 ThePatriarchandHisManifoldDescendants:JacobasVisionary
betweenJewsandChristiansintheApocryphalLadderofJacob 237
ChristfriedBöttrich
15 TheSmall/YoungDanielRe-Edited 250
SebastianBrock
16 JudgesoftheMoonandStars:MoreMaterialSharedbetween
Zostrianos(NHCVIII,1)andTheUntitledWorkintheBruce
Codex 285
DylanM.Burns
17 NotessurleMartyredeBarthélemyarménieninéditconservédansle
ms.7853duMatenadaran 301
ValentinaCalzolari
contents ix
18 TheEver-newTongue:TheShortRecension 321
JohnCarey
19 ProlegomenatoaNewEditionoftheArmenianVersionof
ParaleipomenaJeremiou 352
S.PeterCowe
20 ThePenitenceofSolomon(DePenitentiaSalomonis) 371
LorenzoDiTommaso
21 TheChristianConversionofPaganFiguresinLateAntique
Oracles 453
VicenteDobroruka
22 CalendarDatesintheBookofJubilees 473
BetsyHalpernAmaru
23 TheArchitextualizationoftheQumranCommunity 494
DavidHamidović
24 “Omnispigerprophetaest”:AnApocryphalMedievalProverb 510
BrandonW.Hawk
25 NewSourcesfortheArmenianCommentaryonGenesisAttributedto
Ephrem 522
KristianS.HealandJohnR.Manis
26 The“RestoftheWordsofBaruch”intheEthiopicTradition:
Introduction,Collation,andTranslationofParalipomenaJeremiae
1–2 533
MartinHeide
27 SeeingtheEnd:TheVocabularyoftheEndTimeinSyriacApocalypse
ofDaniel13 554
MatthiasHenze
28 TheHazyEdgesoftheBiblicalCanon:ACaseStudyoftheWisdomof
SolomoninArabic 569
MiriamLindgrenHjälm
x contents
29 OiAlloiorLostAnonymousLiteraryEditionsofSirachPreservedin
theGeorgianandArmenianTranslations 588
AnnaKharanauliandNatiaChantladze
30 MosesandEthiopia:OldScripturesqueTraditionsbehindJosephus,
Ant.2.238–253 602
RobertA.Kraft
31 “MayYouBeWrittenandSealed…”:OntheCelestialAnointmentand
the“Seal”ofYomKippur 617
AlexanderKulik
32 LooktotheEast:NewandForgottenSourcesof4Ezra 639
LivIngeborgLiedandMatthewP.Monger
33 TheAdamTraditionsandtheDestructionofYmirintheEddas 653
GrantMacaskill
34 Mundusorigo:ANewEditionofSibyllamaga
(5th–9thCentury) 670
JohannesMagliano-Tromp
35 ApocalypsisJohannisapocryphaquarta(4Ap.Apoc.John)inthe
SlavonicTradition 686
AnissavaMiltenova
36 BarSarōšwayonMelchizedek:ReceptionofExtra-BiblicalMaterialin
theEast-SyrianTraditionofScripturalExegesis 718
SergeyMinov
37 TheTestamentofAdaminArabicDress:TwoCoptic-ArabicWitnesses
oftheNarrativeType‘b’ 736
JuanPedroMonferrer-Sala
38 MedievalBiblicalHermeneuticsandtheReceptionofthePenanceof
AdamandEveinWesternEuropeanVernaculars 758
BrianMurdoch
39 UnveilingtheFace:TheHeavenlyCounterpartTraditionsin Joseph
andAseneth 771
AndreiA.Orlov
contents xi
40 NarratioIoseph:ARarelyAcknowledgedCopticJoseph
Apocryphon 809
AndersKlostergaardPetersen
41 ApocalypticTexts,TransmissionofTopoi,andTheirMulti-Lingual
Background:ThePropheciesofAgat‘onandAgat‘angelontheEndof
theWorld 824
ZarouiPogossianandSergioLaPorta
42 TheBookof JubileesintheMaṣḥafaMilādandtheMaṣḥafa
Bərhān 852
JacquesT.A.G.M.vanRuiten
43 FromParthiatoRobinHood:TheEpicoftheBlindMan’sSon 877
JamesR.Russell
44 L’introductionduCantiquedesCantiquesdanslaBiblehistoriale:de
l’écrituredel’histoireàlapenséelittérairedanslatraduction
biblique 899
Xavier-LaurentSalvadorandCélineGuillemet-Bruno
45 AnEncryptedAdamicChristologyintheQurʾān?:NewInsightson
Q15:29,21:91,38:72,and66:12 913
CarlosA.Segovia
46 HumanandDivineJusticeintheTestamentofAbraham 928
MeredithJ.C.Warren
47 DeplasmationeAdam 941
CharlesD.Wright
IndexofModernAuthors 1005
ListofMediaevalManuscripts 1021
IndexofAncientandMediaevalSources 1029