With Wisdom as a Robe: Qumran and Other Jewish Studies in Honour of Ida Fröhlich

Part I HEBREW BIBLE / OLD TESTAMENT Philip R. Davies, Biblical Texts and the Past Magen Broshi, Eight Critical Junctures in Ancient Jewish History Rainer Albertz, Muss die exklusive Gottesverehrung gewalttätig sein? Israels steiniger Weg zum Monotheismus Georg Hentschel, Abimelech—Two Sides of the Story (Judges 9) Dolores G. Kamrada, The Sacrifice of Jephthah’s Daughter and the Notion of Herem Jutta Hausmann, Heilige Texte und Gewalt—Annäherungen an das Thema am Beispiel von Psalm 137 Miklós Köszeghy, Die Sprache der Armee von Juda: Eine Spurensuche István Karasszon, Ezra’s Elusive Presence Matthias Henze, Babylon Remembered: Nebuchadnezzar in the Collective Memory of Ancient Israel Part II APOCRYPHA / PSEUDEPIGRAPHA AND QUMRAN James R. Davila, Ritual in the Old Testament Apocrypha Matthew Goff, Subterranean Giants and Septuagint Proverbs: The ‘Earth-Born’ of LXX Proverbs Devora Dimant, The Family of Tobit Siam Bhayro, A Leaf from a Medieval Book of Tobit Darrell Hannah, The Virgin Heifer and a Lost Christian Version of the Animal Apocalypse Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Putting Angels in their Place: Developments in Second Temple Angelology Loren T. Stuckenbruck, The Eschatological Worship of God by the Nations: The Early Enoch Tradition James C. VanderKam, The Aramaic Astronomical Book and the Ethiopic Book of the Luminaries Jamal-Dominique Hopkins, Hebrew Patriarchs in the Book of Jubilees John C. Endres, SJ, Rebekah’s Prayer (Jubilees 25.11-23) Eugene Ulrich, Qumran Witness to the Developmental Growth of the Prophetic Books Armin Lange, ‘Which is Written in the Words of Isaiah, Son of Amoz, the Prophet’ (CD 7:10): Quotations of and Allusions to the Book of Isaiah in Qumran Literature Bilhah Nitzan, Ancient Jewish Traditions of Biblical Commentary in Qumran Literature Dorothy M. Peters, The Primacy and the Shunning of a Priestly Noah in the Commentary on Genesis A-D and the Damascus Document at Qumran Balázs Tamási, Prophesized History of the Postexilic Period and Polemics against Priests in 4Q390 from Qumran: Levite Authorship behind the Fragments? Michael A. Daise, The Temple Scroll Calendar: Revisiting the Date of the Feast of Oil in the Calendrical Documents / Mishmarot Nora David, The Terminology of Death at Qumran Geza Vermes, Jewish Attitudes to Afterlife in the Age of Jesus Géza G. Xeravits, Remarks on the Miracles of Elisha in the Lives of the Prophets 22.5-20 Part III JEWISH STUDIES / CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATION Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Reconstructing Past (Jewish) Cultures Péter Vargyas, Weight Standards and Fineness of Silver in Aramaic Documents from Elephantine György Benyik, The OT Quoted in the NT: The Interpretation of the Torah in the Early Christian Tradition Phillip Muñoa, John, Jesus, and Metatron: Mediators, Knowledge and the Importance of a Neglected Interpretation Gábor Buzási, An Ancient Debate on Canonicity: Julius Africanus and Origen on Susanna Günter Stemberger, Support for the Poor: Leviticus 19 in Qumran and in Early Rabbinic Literature János Jany, The Legal Status of Slaves in Sasanian and Talmudic Law Shaul Shaked, A Jewish Aramaic Amulet from Afghanistan Károly Dániel Dobos, ‘In thy light shall we see the light’ (Psalm 36.10): Maimonides on Human Intellect