Fountains of Wisdom

The essays [the contributors] have produced to honor their teacher and colleague are a smorgasbord of scholarly delights. This book belongs in every theological library. Its essays will be valued by both beginning and experienced biblical scholars, and it is a fitting tribute to someone who exemplifies the best in biblical scholarship. * The Bible Today * Framed as a letter from the editors to the honoree, Fountains of Wisdom exhibits the kind of academic exchange and dialogue that characterizes Professor Charlesworths career. Each essay engages some aspect of his monumental and wide-ranging contributions to the fields of Hebrew Bible and New Testament, Greco-Roman and Jewish world, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and more. As a Festscrhift this is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose four decades of work have shaped much of the conversation within these disciplines. As a collection of essays it contains important contributions by an international group of thirty-four talented women and men speaking to essential topics with a wide breadth of scholarly inquiry. * Daniel M. Gurtner, Centre for the Study of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, St Mary's University, UK * It is a pleasure to commend this volume in which a formidable line up of writers have produced essays on various aspects of Second Temple Judaism, in conversation with and in honor of James Charlesworth, who has made such major, fundamental contributions to the field. * James Claire VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, USA *

Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of Biblical Studies at McGill University, Canada. Henry W. Morisada Rietz is Professor of Religious Studies at Grinnell College, USA. Loren T. Stuckenbruck is Professor of New Testament at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

Preface A Selection of Major Works by James H. Charlesworth Contributors I. Hebrew Bible and New Testament 1. The Interpretation of Genesis 4:10 in Early Jewish Literature - John R. Levinson, SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA 2. Abraham et labrahamisme: Mythe ou ralit? - Simon C. Mimouni, cole Pratique des Hautes tudes, France 3. Hebrews, the Aqedah, and Early Scriptural Interpretation - C.D. Elledge, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA 4. The Etymology of Belial Once Again: A Case of Tabooistic Deformation? - Brent A. Strawn, Duke Divinity School, USA 5. Just What We Need: Another Allusion in Luke 1? - John B.F. Miller, McMurry University, USA 6. Repentance and Turning as a Unified Motif in Luke-Acts - Kindalee Pfremmer De Long, Pepperdine University, USA 7. Do Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 Belong in Our Bibles? A Case Study in the Intersection of Textual Criticism and Canonical Considerations - Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA 8. Reconsidering the Poor: A Fresh Translation of Matthew 5:3 - Johan Ferreira, Melbourne School of Theology, Australia 9. Christology in Johns Crucifixion Quotations - Michael A. Daise, College of William & Mary, USA 10. Touching the Risen Jesus: Did Jesus Allow Thomas to Do What He Refused to Mary? - Lidija Novakovic, Baylor University, USA 11. Who Is My Brother? Study of the Term adelfs in the Acts of the Apostles - Claire Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 12. How Much of Israel will be saveda Remnant or all of Israel? A fresh look at Romans 9-11 - Stephen J. Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel 13. Jesus Tradition, Christian Creeds, and the New Testament Canon - Lee Martin McDonald, Acadia Divinity College, Canada II. Greco-Roman and Jewish World 14. When Ontology Meets Eschatology: A Platonized Reading of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School, USA 15. On John the Baptist at the Jordan River: Geohistorical and Archaeological Considerations - Shimon Gibson, UNC Charlotte, USA 16. Greco-Roman and Jewish Historiography as Backdrop for the Gospels - Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA 17. From, To, In, and Through Caesarea: Herods Imperial City as Significant Narrative Setting and Literary Linking Device in the Acts of the Apostles - Jonathan E. Soyars, Westminster College, Cambridge, UK 18. Metatron and Naar: Combining Titles and Rev 3:21 as a Probable Riddle-Solver - Konstantinos Th. Zarras, University of Macedonia, Macedonia 19. Some Considerations on Ethics in Early Jewish Theologies and the New Testament - Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada III. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 20. The Pseudepigrapha and Second Temple Judaism - John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA 21. Enochs Prayer for Rescue from the Flood: 1 Enoch 83-84, with a New Translation and Notes - Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 22. Cain and the Example of the Birds - Christfried Bttrich, University of Greifswald, Germany 23. Die Bedeutung der Assumptio Mosis fr die Erforschung des frhen Christentums - Jan Dochhorn, University of Durham, UK 24. Neither Deuteronomic nor Priestly: The Psalms of Solomon as the Original Answer of Learned Scribes to the Wickedness of High Priest - Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Svres, Paris, France IV. Dead Sea Scrolls 25 Contextual Textual Errors in 1QISa a : How the Scribe Was Impacted by His Textual Environment - Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, USA 26. Psalmenhandschriften in den Qumrantexten - Hermann Lichtenberger, Eberhard Karls University of Tbingen, Germany 27. Luxury Scrolls from the Judean Desert - Emanuel Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 28. Qumran Readings in Agreement with the Septuagint against the Masoretic Text. Part Four: 2 Samuel - Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Italy 29. When Prophecy Fails: Apocalyptic Schemes for Dating the Appointed Time of the End in the Dead Sea Scrolls and t