A Tribute to Géza Vermès : essays on Jewish and Christian literature and history /

This Festschrift honours one of today''s leading scholars of early Judaism and Christian origins. Twenty-two essays by internationally renowned scholars reflect the pioneering contribution of Geza Vermes in the fields of Dead Sea Scrolls, Targums and Rabbinics and New Testament.

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Other Authors: Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013, Davies, Philip R., White, Richard T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield : JSOT Press, 1990
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 100.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Editors'' Preface; Abbreviations; I. SEMITICA; The Lion of the Tribe of Judah Hath Prevailed; II. DEAD SEA SCROLLS; Two Biblical Hebrew Adverbs in the Dialect of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Halakhah at Qumran; The Teacher of Righteousness-a Messianic Title?; The House of Peleg in the Dead Sea Scrolls; III. TARGUMS AND RABBINICA; Quid Athenis et Hierosolymis?: Rabbinic Midrash and Hermeneutics in the Graeco-Roman World; Introducing the Akedah: A Comparison of Two Midrashic Presentations; The Two Ways and the Palestinian Targum; The Rabbinic View of Scripture.
  • Ben Sira 42.9-10 and its Talmudic ParaphraseJacob''s Second Visit to Bethel in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan; The Story of R. Phinehas ben Yair and his Donkey in b. Hullin 7a-b; Tannaitic Exegesis of the Golden Calf Episode; IV. JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY; Kosher Olive Oil in Antiquity; Judaism and Christianity in the First Century: How Shall We Perceive their Relationship?; The Hasmoneans and the Uses of Hellenism; Hadrian''s Policy in Judaea and the Bar Kokhba Revolt: A Reassessment; V. NEW TESTAMENT; The Hebrew/Aramaic Background of ''Hypocrisy'' in the Gospels.
  • The Doxology to the Pater Noster with a Note on Matthew 6.13bThe Testament of Simeon Peter; Reflections on the Trial of Jesus; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEZA VERMES; Index of Ancient References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.