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Tables of Contents for Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Texts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
9
2
Abbreviations
11
4
Biographical Notes
15
7
Part I THE HEBREW BIBLE
Isaiah and the Holy One of Israel
H.G.M. Williamson
22
17
Some Difficult Words in Isaiah 28.10 and 13
John A. Emerton
39
18
The Legacy of Lowth: Robert Lowth and the Book of Isaiah in Particular
Robert P. Gordon
57
20
Hosea: The Rabbinic Commentators and the Ancient Versions
Andrew A. Macintosh
77
6
The Sacrifice of Fools and the Wisdom of Silence: Qoheleth, Job and the Presence of God
Coralie A. Gutridge
83
17
Tin and Tin-Lead Alloys in Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
Dan Levene and Beno Rothenberg
100
13
Ark, Archaism and Misappropriation
Raphael Loewe
113
35
Part II THE VERSIONS
The Ancient Versions of the Hebrew Bible: Their Nature and Significance
Anthony Gelston
148
17
Greek Words Shared by the Peshitta and Targums to the Pentateuch
Jan Joosten
165
13
Multidimensional Scaling (Mapping) of Peshitta Manuscripts of Numbers and Deuteronomy
Donald Walter
178
22
Text Divisions in the Syriac Translations of Isaiah
Sebastian P. Brock
200
22
Some Secondary Expansions in the Masoretic Text of Jeremiah: Retroversion is Perilous but the Risk May Be Worthwhile
Gillian Greenberg
222
22
Twin Targums: Psalm 18 and 2 Samuel 22
Marian Smelik and Willem Smelik
244
38
Making Sense of Job 37.13: Translation Strategies in 11Q10, Peshitta and the Rabbinic Targum
Sally L. Gold
282
22
Part III INTERTESTAMENTAL TEXTS
The Qumran Pesharim and the Text of Isaiah in the Cave 4 Manuscripts
George J. Brooke
304
17
3 Maccabees, Hanukkah and Purim
Philip S. Alexander
321
19
The Translation of 1 Enoch 70.1 : Some Methodological Issues
Michael A. Knibb
340
15
Jewish and Christian Collaboration in Ancient Syria
Michael M. Winter
355
10
A Karshuni (Christian Arabic) Account of the Descent of the Watchers
Siam Bhayro
365
11
Part IV THE EASTERN CHURCH TRADITION
The Relation between Biblical Text and Lectionary Systems in the Eastern Church
Konrad D. Jenner
376
36
Come Here...and Let us Sit and Read...': The Use of Psalms in Five Syriac Authors
David J. Lane
412
19
The Hebrew and the Greek as Alternatives to the Syriac Version in Iso`dad's Commentary on the Psalms
R. Bas ter Haar Romeny
431
26
Did Jacob of Edessa Know Hebrew?
Alison Salvesen
457
13
Part V `SIMPLE HEBREW: A STRANGE GIBBERISH KIND OF STUTTERING'
Goethe on Hebrew
Edward Ullendorff
470
6
Bibliography
476
26
Index of References
502
21
Index of Authors
523
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