The "Other" in Second Temple Judaism: Essays in Honor of John J. CollinsDaniel C. Harlow Dedicated to prominent biblical scholar John J. Collins, The Other in Second Temple Judaism explores the various ways in which Jews living in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods (both in the land of Israel and the Diaspora) constructed their identity in relation to other Jews, pagans, and Christians. The twenty-eight contributors which include both seasoned scholars and rising stars in the field interact with Collins s work as they engage the book s unifying theme, focusing their efforts around five areas of scholarly inquiry that reflect the scope of Collins s distinguished career: · The Hebrew Bible and Its Reception · Wisdom · Apocalypticism · The Dead Sea Scrolls · Jews among Greeks and Romans |
Contents
Israels Election and the Other in Biblical Second Temple | 17 |
The Intractable Problem of the Gentile King | 31 |
The Original Sin of the Canaanites | 49 |
Hair Identity | 67 |
Otherworldly Music and the Other Sex | 86 |
How Good Was Ruths Hebrew? Ethnic and Linguistic | 101 |
The Other in Haggai and Zechariah 18 | 116 |
Nebuchadnezzars Hibernian Cousin | 132 |
Wisdom | 247 |
The We and the Other in the Worldview of 1 Enoch | 262 |
Israel and the Nations | 302 |
Religious Epistemology and the History of | 333 |
The Wicked Priest Revisited | 350 |
Angelic Praise | 368 |
AntiSamaritan Polemic | 381 |
A Challenge to Otherness | 402 |
Elusive Wisdom and the Other Nations in Baruch | 145 |
Wisdom in Ben Sira and Daniel | 160 |
Poverty and Otherness in Second Temple Instructions | 189 |
The Reasoning of the Others | 204 |
The Apocalyptic Other | 221 |
The Persecution of Judeans by Antiochus | 423 |
Dispelling an Illusion of Otherness? | 457 |
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