Studies in ancient Judaism and early Christianity /
"Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Brill,
[2014]
Leiden ; Boston : [2014] |
| Series: | Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ;
v. 87 Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 87 Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; volume 87 Ancient Judaism and early Christianity v. 87 Ancient Judaism and early Christianity volume 87 |
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| Summary: | "Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine era. They reflect his research interests in Jewish epigraphy, Jewish interpretation of the Bible, Jewish prayer culture, the diaspora in Asia Minor, exegetical problems in the writings of Philo and Josephus, Samaritan history, texts from ancient Christianity which have received little attention (the poems of Cyrus of Panopolis, the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati, the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion), and miscellanea such as the pagan myth of Jewish cannibalism, the meaning of the Greek expression 'without God,' the religious significance of sneezing in pagan antiq897uity, and the variety of stories about pious long-sleepers in the ancient world (pagan, Jewish, Christian)"--Provided by the publisher "Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine era. They reflect his research interests in Jewish epigraphy, Jewish interpretation of the Bible, Jewish prayer culture, the diaspora in Asia Minor, exegetical problems in the writings of Philo and Josephus, Samaritan history, texts from ancient Christianity which have received little attention (the poems of Cyrus of Panopolis, the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati, the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion), and miscellanea such as the pagan myth of Jewish cannibalism, the meaning of the Greek expression 'without God,' the religious significance of sneezing in pagan antiquity, and the variety of stories about pious long-sleepers in the ancient world (pagan, Jewish, Christian)"--Provided by the publisher |
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| Item Description: | Collection of texts published previously This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 307 pages ; 24 cm xiii, 307 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and indexes Includes bibliographical references and indexes Includes bibliography of Pieter W. van der Horst 2006-2013 |
| ISBN: | 900427104X (hardback : alk. paper) 900427104X 9004271112 (e-book) 9004271112 9789004271043 (hardback : alk. paper) 9789004271043 (hd.bd.) 9789004271043 9789004271111 (e-book) 9789004271111 |
| ISSN: | 0169-734X ; 1871-6636 ; |