This Festschrift in honor of Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman, a leading authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Judaism, includes contributions by twenty of his disciples, each of whom is a scholar in their own right. The many subjects covered display a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
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| A Word about Abbreviations and Matters of Style |
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| The Publications of Lawrence H. Schifrman |
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PART 1 Biblical and Second Temple Period |
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1 Probing the Jewish Setting of Matthew 11:25-30 |
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2 Demons and Dominion: Forcing Demons into the Divine Order in Jubilees and the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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3 Resistance and Appropriation: The Zoroastrian Context of the Book of Tobit |
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4 The Scholasticization of Religion: From Qumran to Ctesiphon |
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5 The Power of Pain: A Literary Reading of the Wicked Priest's Death(s) in 1QpHab |
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6 Concerning tsedaqah: Reexamining the Gospels' Teaching on Charity within the Larger World of Ancient Jewish Halakah |
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7 The Unfinished Scroll Reconsidered: 11Q19 Column 67 |
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8 The Early Study of Jewish Law in the Damascus Document: Solomon Schechter and Louis Ginzberg in Conversation and Conflict |
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164 | (55) |
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9 The Legacy of the Flood in the Book of Jubilees |
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PART 2 Rabbis, Other Jews, and Neighboring Cultures |
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10 An Aramaic Power of Attorney from Ramla (1056) [ T-S13 JI14]: A Translation and Genizah Study |
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245 | (9) |
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11 The Treason of Yosa Meshita (Genesis Rabba 65:27): A Rabbinic Reflection on the Fate of the Temple Lampstand |
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12 Radak's Engagement with Rabbinic Literature in His Sefer ha-Shorashim: Innovations in Light of His Predecessors' Approaches |
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276 | (20) |
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13 A Tale of Two or Three Witnesses: Witness Testimony in Greco-Roman, Qumranic, and Rabbinic Court Procedure |
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296 | (29) |
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14 A Creation Sui Generis: The Evolution of a Concept |
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325 | (25) |
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15 "All Law Begins with Custom:" Rabbinic Awareness of Popular Practice and Its Implications for the Study of the Jews of Roman Palestine |
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16 The `Eiruv and the Outsider: A Study in Urban Conditions in Roman Palestine' |
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17 Telling Retellings: Honi the Circle Maker and the Development of Tannaitic Rabbinic Narrative Discourse |
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18 A New Edition of Az nefesh kol hai, Yannai's Qedushta for Leviticus 4:1-35 |
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19 Jacob's Image: The History of a Late Antique Motif |
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464 | (23) |
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20 Civil and Uncivil Magic: Individual, Community, and Identity in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Curse Texts |
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| General Index |
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Stuart S. Miller, Professor of Hebrew, History, and Judaic Studies and Academic Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut at Storrs
Michael D. Swartz, Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University
Steven Fine, Churgin Professor of Jewish History and Director, Center for Israel Studies, Yeshiva University
Naomi Grunhaus, Associate Professor, Stern College for Women and Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University
Alex P. Jassen, Ethel and Irvin Edelman Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
