Titled Loving Kindness and Truth, the collection of 31 essays pivots on the interests of the Biblical scholar long established at Brown University: the Hebrew Bible, ancient Judaism, the ancient near east, archaeology, and Jewish history and thought. A sampling of topics turns up a liturgical reading of Psalm 145, on murdering or injuring a proselyte, the retelling of the flood story in the Gilgamesh epic, an archaeological perspective on the Philistines in the prophetic texts, and the foundation legend of Ashenazic Judaism. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface xi HEBREW BIBLE 3(92)
1. Adam: Single Man, or All Humanity? 3(10) JAMES BARR Vanderbilt University
2. Psalm 145: A Liturgical Reading 13(24) DAVID BLUMENTHAL Emory University
3. The Philistines in the Prophetic Texts 37(16) ROBERT D. HAAK Augustana College
4. Commensality in the Biblical World 53(10) PHILIP J. KING Boston College
5. To Uproot and to Pull Down, to Build and to Plant: Jer 1:10 and Its Earliest Interpreters 63(10) SAUL M. OLYAN Brown University
6. Pushing the Limits: Issues in Jewish Bible Translation 73(8) SIMON B. PARKER Boston University School of Theology
7. Coming before the LORD: XXX and the Exclusion of Women from the Divine Presence 81(14) JUDITH ROMNEY WEGNER Connecticut College ANCIENT JUDAISM 95(102)
8. On Murdering or Injuring a Proselyte 95(14) SHAYE J.D. COHEN Brown University
9. Scripture, Targum, and Talmud as Instruction: A Complex Textual Story from the Sifra 109(14) STEVEN D. FRAADE Yale University
10. Enochic Wisdom: An Alternative to the Mosaic Torah? 123(10) GEORGE W. E. NICKELSBURG University of lowa
11. Interpreting Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation: The Problem of Midrash, Again 133(22) RICHARD S. SARASON Hebrew Union College -- Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati
12. The Prohibition of Judicial Corruption in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Talmudic Law 155(24) LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN New York University
13. On the Comparison of Blood in Greek and Israelite Ritual 179(18) STANLEY K. STOWERS Brown University ANCIENT NEAR EAST 197(36)
14. The Retelling of the Flood Story in the Gilgamesh Epic 197(8) EDWARD L. GREENSTEIN Tel Aviv University
15. Sharecropping in the Edict of Ammi-saduqa 205(12) WILLIAM W. HALLO Yale University
16. Women and Priests in Two Egyptian Stories 217(8) LEONARD H. LESKO Brown University
17. Episodes Involving Samuel and Saul and the Prophetic Texts from Mari 225(8) ABRAHAM MALAMAT Hebrew University of Jerusalem ARCHAEOLOGY 233(158)
18. Two Iron Age Seals: Hebrew and Aramaic 233(8) WALTER E. AUFRECHT The University of Lethbridge
19. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It? 241(18) WILLIAM G. DEVER University of Arizona
20. An Early Phoenician Cache from Ekron 259(14) TRUDE DOTHAN Hebrew University of Jerusalem
21. The Philistines in the Prophetic Texts: An Archaeological Perspective 273(18) SEYMOUR GITIN W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem
22. The Petra Great Temple Project, 1993-1995: A Three Year Assessment 291(22) MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY Brown University
23. The Mausolea of Augustus, Alexander, and Herod the Great 313(18) JODI MAGNESS Tufts University
24. Sepphoris and `Ein Zippori: Earliest Times through the Persian Period 331(12) CAROL MEYERS Duke University
25. The Early Roman Period at Sepphoris: Chronological, Archaeological, Literary, and Social Considerations 343(14) ERIC M. MEYERS Duke University
26. Stone Scale Weights of the Judean Standard from Tell Halif 357(18) JOE D. SEGER Cobb Institute of Archaeology Mississippi State University
27. New Phoenician Elements in the Architecture of Tel Dor, Israel 375(16) EPHRAIM STERN Hebrew University of Jerusalem JEWISH HISTORY AND THOUGHT 391
28. The Two Meanings of Hasidic Messianism 391(18) JOSEPH DAN Hebrew University of Jerusalem
29. The Foundation Legend of Ashkenazic Judaism 409(10) IVAN G. MARCUS Yale University
30. Political Zionism in the Portuguese Renaissance (Damiao de Gois) 419(14) ANITA NOVINSKY University of S. Paulo, Brazil
31. A Forgotten 19th-Century Prayer for the United States Government: Its Meaning, Significance, and Surprising Author 433 JONATHAN D. SARNA Brandeis University
