Full Description
Fourteen studies contributed in honor of Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor of Biblical and Other Oriental Language at Harvard University. Contributors include: J. A. Miles, Jr., C. L'Heureux, B. Halpern, W. Janzen, R. B. Coote, R. J. Clifford, J. D. Levenson, R. E. Friedman, R. Polzin, J. S. Ackerman, L. J. Greenspoon, J. D. Purvis, J. J. Collins, and A. Y. Collins.
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
An Appreciation
Radical Editing: Redaktionsgeschichte and the Aesthetic of Willed Confusion - John A. Miles, Jr.
Searching for the Origins of God - Conrad E. L'Heureux
The Uneasy Compromise: Israel between League and Monarchy - Baruch Halpern
Withholding the Word - Waldemar Janzen
Yahweh Recalls Elijah - Robert B. Coote
In Zion and David A New Beginning: An Interpretation of Psalm 78 - Richard J. Clifford
From Temple to Synagogue: 1 Kings 8 - Jon D. Levenson
From Egypt to Egypt: Dtr1 and Dtr2 - Richard Elliott Friedman
Reporting Speech in the Book of Deuteronomy: Toward A Compositional Analysis of the Deuteronomic History - Robert Polzin
Satire and Symbolism in the Song of Jonah - James S. Ackerman
The Origin of the Idea of Resurrection - Leonard J. Greenspoon
The Samaritan Problem: A Case Study of Jewish Sectarianism in the Roman Era - James D. Purvis
Patterns of Eschatology at Qumran - John J. Collins
Myth and History In The Book of Revelation: The Problem of Its Date - Adela Yarbro Collins
Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index
Scripture Index
Language Index
