List of Contributors

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface: In memoriam Géza G. Xeravits (1971–2019) VII
3. Contents IX
4. Part 1: Old Testament and Early Judaism
5. “From the Heavens, From the Earth” 1
6. Different Texts and Different Interpretations of “Exile” 29
7. Effaced and Naturalized Modes of Jewish Reading: The Judah and Tamar Story (Genesis 38), the Book of Jubilees, and Robert Alter 45
8. Part 2: Qumran
9. The Two Spirits and the Origin of Evil 63
10. Reading Instruction as a Sectarian Composition 75
11. Thoughts on the Way towards “Prolegomena” to an Introduction to the Writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls 93
12. Levi, Levites and Worship in Qumran 107
13. Children Confined in the House of Darkness 119
14. Part 3: Deuterocanonica
15. “Narrate omnia mirabilia eius” (Tob 12:20 Vg) 153
16. The Rhetorical Function of Burying the Dead in the Book of Tobit 161
17. Das Wortfeld „Sterben“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 177
18. The Topic of Intercession in Second Temple Judaism 189
19. What’s in a Name? 207
20. Des Menschen Wohltat und Gottes Wohlwollen 223
21. “Better”–Proverbs in the Book of Ben Sira 241
22. “When the Lord created his works from the beginning” (Sir 16:26a) 255
23. “Pillars of Gold on Plinths of Silver. . .” (Sir 26:18) 265
24. Ben Sira 36:18–37:15: the Art of Choosing 283
25. The Enigma of the Judges in Ben Sira 46: 11–12 315
26. Bethesda in Sirach 50 revised 335
27. Is Wisdom in Baruch 3:9–4:4 Combined with Torah? 351
28. Part 4: Cognate Literature
29. Good and Bad Angels in the Vitae Prophetarum 371
30. “All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher” 389
31. Part 5: Antique Synagogue
32. An Evolutionary Perspective on Temple, Synagogue, and Ekklēsia with Special Focus on Paul 401
33. Bibliography of Géza G. Xeravits 433
34. List of Contributors 441
35. Index of Modern Authors 443
36. Index of Sources 451
37. Index of Subjects 477