List of Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Encountering Intertextuality in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature 1
4. 1. Looking to the Past
5. Deuterocanonical References to Abraham, Moses, and David 33
6. Structural Use of Scripture in the Book of Ben Sira 57
7. Divine Retribution and Reward Revisited: The Rereading and Reapplication of Isaiah 59 in Wisdom 5 79
8. The Prayer of Manasseh: A Pithy Penitential Text Recasting Scripture Through a Vast Intertextual Repertoire 99
9. The Ultimate Femme Fatale: An Intertextual Comparison of Judith and Inanna 127
10. 2. Looking at the Present
11. Reading Judith, Tobit and Second Maccabees as Responses to Hegemony 157
12. Hanukkah in 1 and 2 Maccabees: An Intertextual Reading 175
13. Mother Zion and Mother Earth in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra 203
14. 3. Looking to the Future
15. The Book of Tobit in the Story of Cornelius in Acts 10 227
16. The Medieval Hebrew (H5) of Tobit: Use of Scripture and Influence of Rabbinic and Medieval Jewish Traditions 247
17. Interpreting Tobit Two Ways: Inner-biblical Exegesis and Intertextuality 293
18. Conclusion
19. Methodological Reflections for Future Intertextual Studies 319
20. List of Contributors 345
21. Index of References 347
22. Index of Subjects 369
23. Index of Modern Authors 373