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Mishneh Todah

Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay

By: Jeffrey H. Tigay

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Mishneh Todah

Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay

By: Jeffrey H. Tigay

Jeffrey H. Tigay, A. M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, master teacher and scholar extraordinaire, conservative rabbi and lifelong student of Torah receives due ovation in this exceptional volume, a tribute to his indelible impression on Jewish scholarship and pedagogy. The volume is arranged according to Professor Tigay's primary topics of interest: deuteronomic studies, ancient Israelite religion and its Near Eastern context, and ancient Israelite literary tradition. The reader will enjoy diverse studies such as "Gender Transformation and Transgression: Contextualizing the Prohibition of Cross-dressing in Deuteronomy 22:5," "The Problem of Evil in the Book of Job," and "Linen and the Linguistic Dating of P" and will value the erudition of scholars such as Moshe Greenberg, Emanuel Tov, Gary Rendsburg, William Hallo, and Baruch Levine. In the customary appreciations and throughout the volume, colleagues, students, and friends laud Professor Tigay's intellectual tenacity, relational warmth, pedagogical prowess, and devotion to Torah. A former student aptly speaks for those who know him best: "A scholar's immortality lies in his or her work. It rests too in his or her students and in the respect won from his or her colleagues. A Festschrift like this one for Jeff Tigay is merely a token of that legacy, the acknowledgment by his students and colleagues that the work is indeed worth celebrating." This legacy will surely be a boon and delight to the reader.

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1575061562

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You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

By: Jeffrey H Tigay

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You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

By: Jeffrey H Tigay

Preliminary Material /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Introduction /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- The Onomastic Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Non-Onomastic Inscriptional Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Conclusions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendixes /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix A. Yahwistic Personal Names in Inscriptions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix B. Plausibly Pagan Theophoric Names in Israelite Inscriptions /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix C. Names Not Counted as Israelite Pagan Names in this Study /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix D. Israelite Personal Names with the Theophoric Element ʾēl or ʾēlî /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix E. Apparently Israelite Theophoric Names in Inscriptions Excavated or Purchased Abroad and Not Explicitly Identified as Israelite /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Appendix F. Iconographic Evidence /Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Works Cited /Jeffrey H. Tigay.

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9004360441

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The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

By: Jeffrey H. Tigay

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The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

By: Jeffrey H. Tigay

Special Features- Aims to show how The Gilgamesh Epic developed from its earliest to its latest form- Systematic, step-by-step tracking of the stylistic, thematic, structural, and theological changes in The Gilgamesh Epic- Relation of changes to factors (geographical, political, religious, literary) that may have prompted them- Attempts to identify the sources (biographical, historical, literary, folkloric) of the epic's themes, and to suggest what may have been intended by use of these themes- Extensive bibliography- Indices

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0865165467

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Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch

By: Jeffrey Stackert

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Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch

By: Jeffrey Stackert

This indispensable monograph synthesizes current debates and offers a new historical and literary analysis of the book of Deuteronomy "In this exciting addition to the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, Stackert offers something genuinely new: he brilliantly weaves together biblical scholarship, cuneiform literature, and contemporary literary theory. This clearly written and engaging volume examines how the concept of scripture shaped ancient readers' understanding of Deuteronomy."--Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota The book of Deuteronomy introduces and develops many of the essential ideas, events, and texts of both Judaism and Christianity, and it has thus been a resource--and in some instances even a starting point--for investigations of themes and concepts beyond it. In this volume, Jeffrey Stackert deftly guides the reader through major topics in the interpretation of Deuteronomy and its relationship to the other four pentateuchal books. Considering subjects such as the relationship between law and narrative, the role of Deuteronomy in Israel's history, its composition and reception history, the influence of cuneiform legal and treaty traditions, textual and archaeological evidence from the Levant and Mesopotamia, and the status of Deuteronomy within the larger biblical canon, this book introduces ongoing debates surrounding the book of Deuteronomy and offers a contemporary evaluation of the latest textual and material evidence.

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Yale University Press

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0300167512

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Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies

By: Jeffrey L. Morrow,John Bergsma

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Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies

By: Jeffrey L. Morrow,John Bergsma

For much of the history of both Judaism and Christianity, the Pentateuch—first five books of the Bible—was understood to be the unified work of a single inspired author: Moses. Yet the standard view in modern biblical scholarship contends that the Pentateuch is a composite text made up of fragments from diverse and even discrepant sources that originated centuries after the events it purports to describe. In Murmuring against Moses, John Bergsma and Jeffrey Morrow provide a critical narrative of the emergence of modern Pentateuchal studies and challenge the scholarly consensus by highlighting the weaknesses of the modern paradigms and mustering an array of new evidence for the Pentateuch’s antiquity. By shedding light on the past history of research and the present developments in the field, Bergsma and Morrow give fresh voice to a growing scholarly dissatisfaction with standard critical approaches and make an important contribution toward charting a more promising future for Pentateuchal studies.

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Emmaus Academic

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1645851516

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The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary

By: Jeffrey K. Salkin

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The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary

By: Jeffrey K. Salkin

For too many Jewish young people, bar/bat mitzvah has been the beginning of the end of their Jewish journeys. When students perceive the Torah as incomprehensible or irrelevant, many form the false impression that Judaism has nothing to say to them. Enter the game-changer: the JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. The narrative summaries, “big” ideas, model divrei Torah, haftarot commentaries, and discussion questions will engage teens in studying the Torah and haftarot, in writing divrei Torah, and in continuing to learn Torah throughout their lives—making it the book every rabbi, cantor, parent, and tutor will also want to have. Jewish learning—for young people and adults—will never be the same. Weekly portion pamphlets are now available for every parasha of The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary!

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U of Nebraska Press

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0827612524

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A Prophet Like Moses

Prophecy, Law, and Israelite Religion

By: Jeffrey Stackert

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A Prophet Like Moses

Prophecy, Law, and Israelite Religion

By: Jeffrey Stackert

Jeffrey Stackert addresses two of the oldest and most persistent problems in biblical studies: the relationship between prophecy and law in the Hebrew Bible and the utility of the Documentary Hypothesis for understanding Israelite religion. These topics have in many ways dominated pentateuchal studies and the investigation of Israelite religion since the nineteenth century, culminating in Julius Wellhausen's influential Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel. Setting his inquiry against this backdrop while drawing on and extending recent developments in pentateuchal theory, Stackert tackles the subject through an investigation of the different presentations of Mosaic prophecy in the four Torah sources. His book shows that these texts contain a rich and longstanding debate over prophecy, its relation to law, and its place in Israelite religion. With this argument, A Prophet Like Moses demonstrates a new role for the Documentary Hypothesis in discussions of Israelite religion. It also provides an opportunity for critical reflection on the history of the field of biblical studies. Stackert concludes with an argument for the importance of situating biblical studies and the study of ancient Israelite religion within the larger field of religious studies rather than treating them solely or even primarily as theological disciplines.

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Oxford University Press

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0199336466

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Stories of the Babylonian Talmud

By: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

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Stories of the Babylonian Talmud

By: Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein continues his grand exploration of the ancient rabbinic tradition of the Talmudic sages, offering deep and complex analysis of eight stories from the Babylonian Talmud to reconstruct the cultural and religious world of the Babylonian rabbinic academy. Rubenstein combines a close textual and literary examination of each story with a careful comparison to earlier versions from other rabbinic compilations. This unique approach provides insight not only into the meaning and content of the current forms of the stories but also into how redactors reworked those earlier versions to address contemporary moral and religious issues. Rubenstein's analysis uncovers the literary methods used to compose the Talmud and sheds light on the cultural and theological perspectives of the Stammaim—the anonymous editor-redactors of the Babylonian Talmud. Rubenstein also uses these stories as a window into understanding more broadly the culture of the late Babylonian rabbinic academy, a hierarchically organized and competitive institution where sages studied the Torah. Several of the stories Rubenstein studies here describe the dynamics of life in the academy: master-disciple relationships, collegiality and rivalry, and the struggle for leadership positions. Others elucidate the worldview of the Stammaim, including their perspectives on astrology, theodicy, and revelation. The third installment of Rubenstein’s trilogy of works on the subject, Stories of the Babylonian Talmud is essential reading for all students of the Talmud and rabbinic Judaism.

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JHU Press

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0801897467

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Hopped Up

How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity

By: Jeffrey M. Pilcher

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Hopped Up

How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity

By: Jeffrey M. Pilcher

A highly readable history of beer and the brewing industry around the world over the centuries, Hopped Up narrates the oscillations between distinctive regional and national preferences and the capitalist global standardization of beer style and taste in a work that will appeal to historians and beer connoisseurs alike.

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Oxford University Press

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0197676049

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Rewriting the Torah

Literary Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation

By: Jeffrey Stackert

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Rewriting the Torah

Literary Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation

By: Jeffrey Stackert

Jeffrey Stackert explores literary correspondences among the pentateuchal legal corpora and especially the relationships between similar laws in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation (Lev 17-26, the so-called "Holiness Code," as well as significant parts of the Priestly source elsewhere in the Pentateuch). Resemblances between these law collections range from broad structure to fine detail and include treatments of similar legal topics, correlations with regard to sequence of laws, and precise grammatical and lexical correspondences. Yet the nature and basis of these resemblances persist as debated points among biblical scholars. Through an analysis of the pentateuchal laws on asylum, seventh-year release, manumission, and tithes, the author argues that the Holiness Legislation depends upon both the Covenant Collection and Deuteronomy. He also elucidates the compositional logic of the Holiness legislators, showing that these authors do not simply replicate pre-existing legal content. Rather, they employ a method of literary revision in which they reconceptualize source material according to their own ideological biases. In the end, the Holiness Legislation proves to be a "super law" that collects and distills the Priestly and non-Priestly laws that precede it. By accommodating, reformulating, and incorporating various viewpoints from these sources, the Holiness authors create a work that is intended to supersede them all.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161492986

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9783161492983

The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

By: Jeffrey H. Tigay

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Milton and the Rabbis

Hebraism, Hellenism, and Christianity

By: Jeffrey Shoulson

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Milton and the Rabbis

Hebraism, Hellenism, and Christianity

By: Jeffrey Shoulson

Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, Milton and the Rabbis probes the limits of the relationship between the seventeenth-century English poet and polemicist and his Jewish antecedents. Shoulson's analysis moves back and forth between Milton's writings and Jewish writings of the first five centuries of the Common Era, collectively known as midrash. In exploring the historical and literary implications of these connections, Shoulson shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer new insights into Paradise Lost. Shoulson is unconvinced of a direct link between a specific collection of rabbinic writings and Milton's works. He argues that many of Milton's poetic ideas that parallel midrash are likely to have entered Christian discourse not only through early modern Christian Hebraicists but also through Protestant writers and preachers without special knowledge of Hebrew. At the heart of Shoulson's inquiry lies a fundamental question: When is an idea, a theme, or an emphasis distinctively Judaic or Hebraic and when is it Christian? The difficulty in answering such questions reveals and highlights the fluid interaction between ostensibly Jewish, Hellenistic, and Christian modes of thought not only during the early modern period but also early in time when rabbinic Judaism and Christianity began.

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Columbia University Press

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0231506392

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9780231506397

You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

By: Jeffrey H Tigay

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You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

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Mishneh Todah

Mishneh Todah

You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch

Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch

Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies

Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies

The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary

The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary

A Prophet Like Moses

A Prophet Like Moses

Stories of the Babylonian Talmud

Stories of the Babylonian Talmud

Hopped Up

Hopped Up

Rewriting the Torah

Rewriting the Torah

The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

Milton and the Rabbis

Milton and the Rabbis

You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions

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