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Jewry Between Tradition and Secularism
Europe and Israel Compared
Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Thomas Gergely, and Yosef Gorny
• ISBN 90 04 15140 0
• List price EUR 99.- / US$ 134.-
• Jewish Identities in a Changing World, 6
Are Jews today still the carriers of a single, distinctive collective identity and do they still constitute a single people? This is the leading question of this comparison between European and Israeli Jewries.

Scriptural Allusions and Exegesis in the Hodayot
Julie A. Hughes
• ISBN 90 04 14739 X
• List price EUR 89.- / US$ 120.-
• Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 59
This study identifies and analyses the scriptural allusions in five selected Thanksgiving Hymns from Qumran. It offers new reader-orientated insights into how these poems and others like them may be interpreted. It includes an extensive methodological chapter.

Le Temps et les Temps
dans les littératures juives et chrétiennes au tournant de notre ère
Edité par Christian Grappe et Jean-Claude Ingelaere
• ISBN 90 04 15058 7
• List price EUR 115.- / US$ 155.-
• Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 112
This volume deals with the establishment of the calendar and the observance of feast, the periodization of times and the idea of a revelation being carried out from one period to another, the irruption of the fixed Time and the concomitant representation of a recovery of the times, the expectation of the last times.


Libraries, Translations, and 'Canonic' Texts
The Septuagint, Aquila and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
Giuseppe Veltri
• ISBN 90 04 14993 7
• List price EUR 105.- / US$ 142.-
• Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 109

The book deals with the process of canonization of the Greek Torah; the use and abuse of the translation(s) of Aquila in Patristic and Rabbinic literature and the substitution of Aquila by Onkelos in Babylonian academies.


Eusebius and the Jewish Authors
His Citation Technique in an Apologetic Context
Sabrina Inowlocki
• ISBN 90 04 14990 2
• List price EUR 99.- / US$ 129.-
• Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, 64

In the first part, Eusebius and the Jewish Authors examines the citation process in ancient Greek literature and in Eusebius’ Praeparatio evangelica and Demonstratio evangelica. In the second part, it analyzes his perception of Judaism and his methodology in appropriating Jewish quotations.


Septuagint Commentary Series - 4 Maccabees
Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus
David deSilva
• ISBN 90 04 14776 4
• List price EUR 109.- / US$ 156.-
• Septuagint Commentary Series

This commentary examines 4 Maccabees as a contribution to the ongoing reformulation of Jewish identity and practice in the Greek-speaking Diaspora.


Figurative Language in Biblical Prose Narrative
Metaphor in the Book of Samuel
Andrea L. Weiss
• ISBN 90 04 14837 X
• List price EUR 95.- / US$ 136.-
• Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, 107

This study applies several linguistic approaches and heuristic devices to selected narratives in the book of Samuel in order to investigate the defining features of metaphor and the way metaphor and other forms of figurative language operate in biblical narrative.


The Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeological Interpretations and Debates
Proceedings of the Conference held at Brown University, November 17-19, 2002
Edited by Katharina Galor, Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Jürgen Zangenberg
• ISBN 90 04 14504 4
• List price EUR 109.- / US$ 147.-
• Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 57

Archaeology plays an ever increasing role in Qumran studies. Fifteen renowned experts discuss the latest archaeological discoveries and break new ground for a lively debate about the character of the famous site on the shore of the Dead Sea.

The Priesthood in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Renewing the Profession
Beverly P. Mortensen
• ISBN 90 04 14582 6
• List price EUR 269.- / US$ 363.-
• Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 4

This source analysis of the richest of the Pentateuchal Targums shows its unique material to address the priesthood: its value, its traditions, and its community function. The material shows new views of sacrifice, law, legends, and the supernatural.


The Study of Religion in Southern Africa
Essays in Honour of G.C. Oosthuizen
Edited by Johannes A. Smit and P. Pratap Kumar
• ISBN 90 04 14384 X
• List price EUR 89.- / US$ 127.-
• Numen Book Series, 109

This collection of essays in honour of Gerhardus Cornelis (Pippin) Oosthuizen, provides perspectives on current research in Religion and Southern Africa. It includes essays on Indigenous and Diaspora Religions and Religious Literature Hermeneutics.


The Development of the High Priesthood during the pre-Hasmonean Period
History, Ideology, Theology
Maria Brutti
• ISBN 90 04 14910 4
• List price EUR 109.- / US$ 147.-
• Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 108

With a rigorous use of the sources, the book throws new light on the High Priesthood (301-152 BCE). Setting this institution in the widest contest of the interaction between the Judaic and Hellenistic world, it gives a valid contribution to the international research in this field.


The Bible in Film — The Bible and Film
Reprinted from Biblical Interpretation Volume 14,1-2
Edited by J. Cheryl Exum
• ISBN 90 04 15190 7
• List price EUR 59.- / US$ 77.-

Exploring the interface between the Bible and film offers exciting opportunities for both biblical scholars and moviegoers alike. The eleven contributors to this provocative and wide-ranging collection deal critically and creatively both with films about the Bible and biblical characters, including the recent controversial The Passion of the Christ, and with a wide range of contemporary films in which biblical themes play a significant, and sometimes surprising, role.

Originally published as issue 1-2 of Volume 14 (2006) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation.