Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich

Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum Edited by the Board of the Quarterly H.M. Barstad R.P. Gordon A. Hurvitz G. Knoppers A. van der Kooij A. Lemaire C. Newsom H. Spieckermann J. Trebolle Barrera H.G.M. Williamson VOLUME 101

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Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich Edited by Peter W. Flint, Emanuel Tov and James C. VanderKam BRILL LEIDEN BOSTON 2006

This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint presented to Eugene Ulrich / edited by Peter W. Flint, James C. VanderKam, and Emanuel Tov. p. cm. (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, ISSN 0083-5889 ; v. 101) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 90-04-13738-6 (alk. paper) 1. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Dead Sea scrolls. 3. Bible. O.T. Greek Versions Septuagint. I. Ulrich, Eugene Charles, 1938- II. Flint, Peter W. III. VanderKam, James C. IV. Tov, Emanuel. V. Title. VI. Series. BS410.V452 vol. 101 [BS1192] 221 s dc22 [221.6] 2003065324 ISSN 1388 3909 ISBN 90 04 13738 6 Copyright 2006 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill Academic Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands

CONTENTS Preface......................................................ix Publications by Eugene Ulrich....................................................... xi List of Contributors................................ xxvii Terms, Sigla and Abbreviations................................ xxix Journals, Books and Series............................................. xxxi HEBREW BIBLE I OLD TEST AMENT (INCLUDING THE BIBLICAL SCROLLS FROM THE JUDAEAN DESERT) HUGH R. PAGE, JR. Myth, Meta-Narrative, and Historical Reconstruction - Rethinking the Nature of Scholarship on Israelite Origins......! SHARON PACE Diaspora Dangers, Diaspora Dreams............................ 21 TIMO VEIJOLA t King Og's Iron Bed (Deut 3: 11)- Once Again.................... 60 FRANK MOORE CROSS A New Reconstruction of 4QSamuela 24:16-22.................... 77 DONALD W. PARRY "How Many Vessels"? An Examination of MT 1 Sam 2:14 / 4QSama 1 Sam 2:16................................... 84 JULIO TREBOLLE Samuel I Kings and Chronicles: Book Division and Text Composition................................................................. 96 JOSEPH BLENKINSOPP Who is the Saddiq of Isaiah 57: 1-2?................................ 109 ROBERT A. KRAFT Daniel Outside the Traditional Jewish Canon: In the Footsteps of M. R. James............................. l21 JAMES A. SANDERS Origen and the First Christian Testament.......................................... 134 DEAN 0. WENTHE The Social Configuration of the Rabbi-Disciple Relationship: Evidence and Implications for First Century Palestine............... l43

vi CONTENTS QUMRAN AND THE NON-BIBLICAL SCROLLS DANIEL J. HARRINGTON, S.J. FROM THE JUDAEAN DESERT "Holy War" Texts Among the Qumran Scrolls........................... 175 EMILEPUECH Les manuscrits 4QJugesc (= 4Q50A) et lqjuges (= 1Q6)..................... 184 MARTIN ABEGG, Jr. "And He Shall Answer and Say... "- A Little Backlighting...... 203 JOHN J. COLLINS The Time of the Teacher: An Old Debate Renewed.......................... 212 DEVORAH DIMANT Two "Scientific" Fictions: The So-Called Book of Noah and the Alleged Quotation of Jubilees in CD 16:3-4........................ 230 CURT NICCUM The Blessing of Judah in 4Q252........................................... 250 ROBERT A. KUGLER Joseph at Qumran: The Importance of 4Q372 Frg. 1 in Extending a Tradition.................................... 261 SARIANNA METSO Creating Community Halakhah................................... 279 JAMES C. V ANDERKAM To What End? Functions of Scriptural Interpretation in Qumran Texts......................................................... 302 SEPTUAGINT AND OTHER ANCIENT VERSIONS NATALIO FERNANDEZ MARCOS Rewritten Bible or lmitatio? The Vestments of the High Priest............... 321 EMANUEL TOY The Use of Computers in Biblical Research........................................ 337 ANNELIAEJMELAEUS Faith, Hope and Interpretation. A Lexical and Syntactical Study of the Semantic Field of Hope in the Greek Psalter...................... 360 ARIE VAN DER KOOIJ The Septuagint of Isaiah and the Hebrew Text of Isaiah 2:22 and 36:7............................... 377