Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Bibliography of Benjamin G. Wright III (1984–2017) XI
5. Part 1: Figures
6. Moses in the Septuagint 3
7. Adding Profile to Moses and Joshua 21
8. No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13 30
9. David in the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 56
10. The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art 71
11. A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers 91
12. Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple 105
13. Part 2: Scriptures
14. The Book of Ruth as Social Commentary in Early Judaism 127
15. Glimpses into Ben Sira’s Society 140
16. Exemplars of Humility and the Discourse of Authority in Second Temple Judaism 151
17. Gibberish? 164
18. Die Idee von „Geschichte“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 178
19. Where’s Rome? 197
20. King and God 211
21. List of contributors 231
22. Index 233