Biblical Hebrew, biblical texts : essays in memory of Michael P. Weitzman /: essays in memory of Michael P. Weitzman. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ada Rapaport-Albert and Gillian Greenberg.
• Other Names: Rapoport-Albert, Ada; Greenberg, Gillian, 1935-
• Contents: Isaiah and the Holy One of Israel / H.G.M. Williamson -- Some difficult words in Isaiah 28.10 and 13 / John A. Emerton -- The legacy of Lowth : Robert Lowth and the book of Isaiah in particular / Robert P. Gordon -- Hosea : the rabbinic commentators and the ancient versions / Andrew A. Macintosh -- The sacrifice of fools and the wisdom of silence : Qoheleth, Job and the presence of God / Coralie A. Gutridge -- Tin and tin-lead alloys in Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic / Dan Levene and Beno Rothenberg -- Ark, archaism and misappropriation / Raphael Loewe -- The ancient versions of the Hebrew Bible : their nature and significance / Anthony Gelston -- Greek words shared by the Peshitta and Targums to the Pentateuch / Jan Joosten -- Multidimensional scaling (mapping) of Peshitta manuscripts of Numbers and Deuteronomy / Donald Walter -- Text divisions in the Syriac translations of Isaiah / Sebastian P. Brock -- Some secondary expansions in the Masoretic text of Jeremiah : retroversion is perilous but the risk may be worthwhile / Gillian Greenberg -- Twin Targums : Psalm 18 and 2 Samuel 22 / Marian Smelik and Willem Smelik -- Making sense of Job 37.13 : translation strategies in 1 1Q10, Peshitta and the rabbinic Targum / Sally L. Gold -- The Qumran Pesharim and the text of Isaiah in the Cave 4 manuscripts / George J. Brooke -- 3 Maccabees, Hanukkah and Purim / Philip S. Alexander -- The translation of I Enoch 70.1 : some methodological issues / Michael A. Knibb -- Jewish and Christian collaboration in ancient Syria / Michael M. Winter -- A Karshuni (Christian Arabic) account of the descent of the watchers / Siam Bhayro -- The relation between Biblical text and lectionary systems in the Eastern Church / Konrad D. Jenner -- "Come here ... and let us sit and read ..." : the use of Psalms in five Syriac authors / David J. Lane -- The Hebrew and the Greek as alternatives to the Syriac version in Išoʻdad's Commentary on the Psalms / R. Bas ter Haar Romeny -- Did Jacob of Edessa know Hebrew? / Alison Salvesen -- Goethe on Hebrew / Eeward Ullendorff.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (528 pages), portrait
• Subjects: 220.447; Eastern churches; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Language Study; Eastern churches; Tekstgeschiedenis; Tekstoverlevering; Oude Testament; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567544674; 0567544672
• Related ISBNs: 1841272353; 9781841272351
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-501) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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