Marvin Fox epub From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism: Intellect in Quest of Understanding; Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Preface xui Bibliography of theW orks of Marvin Fox xvii PARTON fE WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE JUDAIC QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING 1. History as a Jewish Problem 3B en Halpem, Brandeis University PART TWO JUDAIC LEARNING AND THE LOCUS OF EDUCATION 2. Judaic Studies and the College Curriculum 25 William Scott Green, University of Rochester 3. The University as a Locus for the Judaic Life of I ntellect: Why theN ew Is Not Necessarily Better than theO ld, butO nly Different 41 Jacob Neusner, Brown University PART THREE ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 4. The Role of Inspiration Relative toO therE xplanations of the Formation of the Hebrew Bible 59 Ernest S. Frerichs, Brown University 5. Genesis 21:33: AS tudy in theD evelopment of aB iblical Text and its Rabbinic Transformation 69 Nahum M. Sarna, Brandeis University 6. He Should Continue to Bear the Penalty ofT hat Case: An Interpretation of Codex Hanmiurabi Paragraphs 3-4 and 13 T7 Tsvi A bush, Brandeis University 7. Dealing with Fundamental Regime Change: The Biblical Paradigm of the Transition from Tribal Federation to Federal Monarchy under David 97 Daniel J. Elazar, Bar I lan and Temple Universities PARTFOUR FORMATIVE CHRISTIANITY 8. The Transformation of a Religious Document: From Early Christian Writings to Canon 133 Mauro Pesce, University of Bologna 9. A nti-S emitism in John sG ospel 149 William A. Johr on, Brandeis University 10. The New Testament, theE arly Church, and A nti-S emitism 171 John T. Tovmsend, Episcopal Divinity School 11. Four Christian Writers on Jews and Judaism in theS econd Century 187 Robert MacL ennon, Hitchcock Prasbyterian Church, Scarsdale PART FIVE FORMATIVE JUDAISM: REUGION 12. Teach Us to Count Our Days: AN ote onS efirat HaO mer 205 Harold Fisch, Bar I lan University 13. A re Women Property in theS ystem of theM ishnah? 219 Paul V. M. Flesher, Northwestern University 14. Th(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)