Crossing Boundaries in Early Judaism and Christianity : Essays in Honor of Alan F. Segal.

Crossing Boundaries in Early Judaism and Christianity : Essays in Honor of Alan F. Segal.

This volume celebrates the scholarship of Alan Segal. During his prolific career, Alan published ground-breaking studies that shifted scholarly conversations about Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Hellenism and Gnosticism. Like the subjects of his research, Alan crossed many boundaries. He understood...

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Main Author: Stratton, Kimberley.

Other Authors: Lieber, Andrea.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : BRILL, 2016.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 177.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

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Call Number: BM535.C767 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Alan F. Segal: A Life in Perspective /
  • Kimberly B. Stratton
  • Introduction to the Volume /
  • Andrea Lieber
  • 1 The Self-Glorification Hymn from Qumran /
  • John J. Collins
  • 2 Theosis through Works of the Law: Deification of the Earthly Righteous in Classical Rabbinic Thought /
  • Jonah Chanan Steinberg
  • 3 From the Covenant of the Rainbow to the Covenant at Sinai, from the Pilgrimage to the Temple to the Vision of the Chariot, from the Blessing of the First Fruits to the Priestly Blessing, and from the Tiqqun leil Shavuʿot to the Revelation of the Shekhinah /
  • Rachel Elior
  • 4 Some Particulars about Universalism /
  • Ellen Birnbaum
  • 5 Imagining Jesus, with Food /
  • Michel Desjardins
  • 6 Antiquity's Children: History and Theology in Three Surveys /
  • Tzvee Zahavy
  • 7 Giving Up the Godfearers /
  • Ross S. Kraemer
  • 8 Marcion and Boundaries /
  • Stephen G. Wilson
  • 9 The Interpreter as Intertext: Origen's First Homily on the Canticle of Canticles /
  • Celia Deutsch
  • 10 Translation and Transformation: The Coptic Soundscapes of The Thunder: Perfect Mind /
  • Jared C. Calaway
  • 11 Maccabees, Martyrs, Murders, and Masada: Noble Deaths and Suicides in 1 and 2 Maccabees and Josephus /
  • Jonathan Klawans
  • 12 The Lament of the Martyrs and the Literature of Destruction (Rev 6:10) /
  • William Morrow
  • 13 A Rabbinic Translation of Relics /
  • Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
  • 14 The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism /
  • Jacob Neusner
  • 15 From Theodicy to Anti-theodicy: Midrashic Accusations of God's Disobedience to Biblical Law /
  • Adam Gregerman
  • Appendix: Complete List of Publications
  • Bibliography
  • Index.