Fountains of Wisdom

Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies at McGill University, Canada.Henry W. Morisada Rietz is Professor of Religious Studies at Grinnell College, USA.Loren T. Stuckenbruck is Professor of New Testament at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

• PrefaceA Selection of Major Works by James H. CharlesworthContributorsI. Hebrew Bible and New Testament1. The Interpretation of Genesis 4:10 in Early Jewish Literature - John R. Levinson, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA2. Abraham et l’abrahamisme: Mythe ou réalité? - Simon C. Mimouni, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France3. Hebrews, the Aqedah, and Early Scriptural Interpretation - C.D. Elledge, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA4. The Etymology of Belial Once Again: A Case of Tabooistic Deformation? - Brent A. Strawn, Duke Divinity School, USA5. Just What We Need: Another Allusion in Luke 1? - John B.F. Miller, McMurry University, USA6. Repentance and Turning as a Unified Motif in Luke-Acts - Kindalee Pfremmer De Long, Pepperdine University, USA7. Do Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 Belong in Our Bibles? A Case Study in the Intersection of Textual Criticism and Canonical Considerations - Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA8. Reconsidering the Poor: A Fresh Translation of Matthew 5:3 - Johan Ferreira, Melbourne School of Theology, Australia 9. Christology in John’s Crucifixion Quotations - Michael A. Daise, College of William & Mary, USA10. Touching the Risen Jesus: Did Jesus Allow Thomas to Do What He Refused to Mary? - Lidija Novakovic, Baylor University, USA11. Who Is My Brother? Study of the Term adelfós in the Acts of the Apostles - Claire Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel12. How Much of Israel will be saved—a Remnant or all of Israel? A fresh look at Romans 9-11 - Stephen J. Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel13. Jesus Tradition, Christian Creeds, and the New Testament Canon - Lee Martin McDonald, Acadia Divinity College, CanadaII. Greco-Roman and Jewish World14. When Ontology Meets Eschatology: A Platonized Reading of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School, USA15. On John the Baptist at the Jordan River: Geohistorical and Archaeological Considerations - Shimon Gibson, UNC Charlotte, USA16. Greco-Roman and Jewish Historiography as Backdrop for the Gospels - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA17. From, To, In, and Through Caesarea: Herod’s Imperial City as Significant Narrative Setting and Literary Linking Device in the Acts of the Apostles - Jonathan E. Soyars, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK18. Metatron and Naar: Combining Titles and Rev 3:21 as a Probable Riddle-Solver - Konstantinos Th. Zarras, University of Macedonia, Macedonia19. Some Considerations on Ethics in Early Jewish Theologies and the New Testament - Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, CanadaIII. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha20. The Pseudepigrapha and Second Temple Judaism - John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA21. Enoch’s Prayer for Rescue from the Flood: 1 Enoch 83-84, with a New Translation and Notes - Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany22. Cain and the Example of the Birds - Christfried Böttrich, University of Greifswald, Germany23. Die Bedeutung der Assumptio Mosis für die Erforschung des frühen Christentums - Jan Dochhorn, University of Durham, UK24. Neither Deuteronomic nor Priestly: The Psalms of Solomon as the Original Answer of Learned Scribes to the Wickedness of High Priest - Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sèvres, Paris, FranceIV. Dead Sea Scrolls25 Contextual Textual Errors in 1QISa a : How the Scribe Was Impacted by His Textual Environment - Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, USA26. Psalmenhandschriften in den Qumrantexten - Hermann Lichtenberger, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany27. ‘Luxury Scrolls’ from the Judean Desert - Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel28. Qumran Readings in Agreement with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text. Part Four: 2 Samuel - Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Italy29. When Prophecy Fails: Apocalyptic Schemes for Dating the ‘Appointed Time of the End’ in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus Movement - James D. Tabor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA30. Science Fiction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Case of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Nephilim - Helen R. Jacobus, University of Manchester, UKV. History of Scholarship 31. Of Moses, Mountains, and Models: Joseph Smith’s Book of Moses in Dialogue with the Greek Life of Adam and Eve - David Calabro, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, USA32. Paul Fiebig’s Reply to Arthur Drews on the Miracles of Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA33. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century - Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USAIndicesIndex of AuthorsIndex of PassagesIndex of Subjects

The essays [the contributors] have produced to honor their teacher and colleague are a smorgasbord of scholarly delights. This book belongs in every theological library. Its essays will be valued by both beginning and experienced biblical scholars, and it is a fitting tribute to someone who exemplifies the best in biblical scholarship.