Studies in ancient Judaism and early Christianity /

Studies in ancient Judaism and early Christianity /

Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and C...

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Main Author: Horst, Pieter Willem van der.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill. c2014.

Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 87.
Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity Online, ISBN: 9789004365223.

Subjects:

Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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Call Number: BM176 .H578 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 The Site of Adam's Tomb
  • 2 Bitenosh's Orgasm (1QapGen 2:9-15)
  • 3 At Abraham's Table: Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis 18:8
  • 4 Moses' Father Speaks Out
  • 5 Philo and the Problem of God's Emotions
  • 6 Two Short Notes on Philo
  • 7 Philosophia epeisaktos: Some Notes on Josephus, Ant. 18.9
  • 8 Biblical Quotations in Judaeo-Greek Inscriptions
  • 9 Did the Gentiles Know Who Abraham Was?
  • 10 The Provenance of 2 Enoch 69-73: Jewish or Christian?
  • 11 Greek Philosophical Elements in Some Judaeo-Christian Prayers
  • 12 Mystical Motifs in a Greek Synagogal Prayer?
  • 13 A Qedushat ha-Yom in Greek
  • 14 The Jews of Ancient Phrygia
  • 15 Judaism in Asia Minor
  • 16 Samaritan Origins according to the Paralipomena Jeremiae
  • 17 The Myth of Jewish Cannibalism: A Chapter in the History of Antisemitism
  • 18 Porphyry on Judaism: Some Observations
  • 19 A Short Note on the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati
  • 20 Consolation from Prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius
  • 21 Cyrus: A Forgotten Christian Poet
  • 22 'Without God': Some Notes on a Greek Expression
  • 23 The Omen of Sneezing in Pagan Antiquity
  • 24 Pious Long-Sleepers in Pagan, Jewish and Christian Antiquity
  • Bibliography of Pieter W. van der Horst, 2006-2013
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Names and Subjects.