Some Common Themes in the Early Jewish Prophetic Biographies of Vitae Prophetarum

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Preface and Acknowledgements VII
4. Foreword IX
5. List of Illustrations XI
6. List of Original Publications XIII
7. Part I. Dead Sea Scrolls
8. Some Remarks on the Early History of Qumran’s Messianic Expectations 3
9. Wisdom Traits in the Qumranic Presentation of the Eschatological Prophet 17
10. From the Forefathers to the “Angry Lion” 29
11. Notes on 11QPs^a Creat 7–9 43
12. Part II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
13. The Figure of David in the Book of Ben Sira 49
14. “Stranger in a Strange Land” 63
15. The Angel’s Self-Revelation in Tobit 12 71
16. The Praise of the Widow? 91
17. The Supplication of Judith (Judith 9:2–14) 101
18. Some Common Themes in the Early Jewish Prophetic Biographies of Vitae Prophetarum 119
19. Some Remarks on the Figure of Elijah in Lives of the Prophets 21:1‒3 131
20. Τhe Wonders of Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets 141
21. The Crossing of the Sea in Pseudo-Philo 149
22. Conflicting Ideas about the Temple in 2 Baruch 4 and 6 159
23. Part III. Late Antique Synagogues
24. Temple and Synagogue in Late Antiquity 175
25. The Message of the West Wall of the Dura Synagogue 199
26. The Figure of Moses in Ancient Synagogue Art 215
27. The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art 233
28. The Figure of Daniel in Late Antique Synagogue Art* The Figure of Daniel in Late 253
29. A Possible Greek Bible Source for Late Antique Synagogue Art 269
30. Indices 283