Ki Baruch Hu : : Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Judaic Studies in Honor of Baruch A. Levine / / ed. by R. Chazan, William W. Hallo, L. H. Schiffman.

Known to most readers as author of Leviticus in the Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary series and Numbers 1-20 in the Anchor Bible series, as well as numerous essays in Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias, Baruch Levine holds the place of honor in this collection. The volume has been compi...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Baruch A. Levine: A Brief Biography --
Baruch A. Levine: An Appreciation --
Baruch A Levine: A Personal Reflection --
Bibliography of the Writings of Baruch A. Levine --
Abbreviations --
Part I: Ancient Near East --
Introducing the Witnesses in Neo-Babylonian Documents --
Kemet and Other Egyptian Terms for Their Land --
A Ugaritic Cognate for Akkadian ḫitpu? --
Un anneau inscrit du Bronze Récent à Megiddo --
Topic and Comment in the Amarna Texts from Canaan --
Non-Word Divider Use of the Small Vertical Wedge in Yariḫ and Nikkal and in an Akkadian Text Written in Alphabetic Cuneiform --
Livraisons et dépenses royales durant la Troisième Dynastie d'Ur --
Part II. Bible --
Preliminary Remarks for the Sociological Study of Israelite "Official Religion" --
Kings and Prophets: Cyrus and Servant --
Kippēr and Atonement in the Book of Isaiah --
The Goddess Wisdom- "Where Can She Be Found?" --
The Seven-Day Siege of Jericho in Holy War --
Quantitative Measurement in Biblical Hebrew Poetry --
The Terms נפל and הפיל in the Context of Inheritance --
Jeremiah of Anathoth: A Prophet for All Israel --
Textual "Information Gaps" and "Dissonances" in the Interpretation of the Book of Jonah --
History and Time --
No Entry: The Limits of the Sacred in Near Eastern Monotheism --
The Pleiades, the Flood, and the Jewish New Year --
Elisha at Dothan (2 Kings 6:8-23): Historico-literary Criticism Sustained by the Midrash --
"I Will Be Your God and You Will Be My People": The Origin and Background of the Covenant Formula --
Pants, Persians, and the Priestly Source --
Isaiah 34, Chaos, and the Ban --
"The Appointed Time Has Not Yet Arrived": The Historical Background of Haggai 1:2 --
Some More Delocutives in Hebrew --
Poetry and Prose in the Book of Jeremiah --
The Exodus from Ur of the Chaldeans: A Chapter in Literary Archaeology --
Part III. Judaica --
Signs of Ambivalence in Islamic Spain: Arabic Representations of Samuel the Nagid --
The Hebrew First-Crusade Narratives and Their Intertextual Messages --
Hebrew Nationalism and Biblical Criticism: The Attitude of Perez Smolenskin --
Ruḥamah's Daughter: From Hysteria to Her-Story in Ruth Almog's Shorshei 'Avir --
Jewish Studies and Medieval Jewish Philosophy: The Odd Couple --
Karaite Perspectives on Yôm Tĕrû῾â --
Those Cantankerous Sepphoreans Revisited --
The Sukkot Wine Libation --
Sacred Space and Mental Iconography: Imago Templi and Contemplation in Rhineland Jewish Pietism --
Abstracts of Hebrew Essays --
Index of Authors --
Index of Scripture --
Index of Ancient and Premodern Sources
Summary:Known to most readers as author of Leviticus in the Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary series and Numbers 1-20 in the Anchor Bible series, as well as numerous essays in Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias, Baruch Levine holds the place of honor in this collection. The volume has been compiled by the students, colleagues, and friends known to him over his many years of professorship at New York University. Included in the festschrift are 36 essays in English and 5 essays in Hebrew.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781575065151
9783110745269
DOI:10.1515/9781575065151?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by R. Chazan, William W. Hallo, L. H. Schiffman.