The Bible and Hellenism

Introduction: Making Room for Japheth, Thomas L. Thompson and Philippe Wajdenbaum  Part I: A Mediterranean or Ancient Near Eastern Context? 1. Ancient Historiography, Biblical Stories and Hellenism, Emanuel Pfoh 2. Editing the Bible: Alexandria or Babylon? Etienne Nodet, o.p. 3. Greek Evidence for the Hebrew Bible, Russell E. Gmirkin 4. The Philistines as Intermediaries Between the Aegean and the Near East, ?ukasz Niesio?owski-Spanò 5. Narrative Reiteration and Comparative Literature: Problems in Defining Dependency, Thomas L. Thompson Part II: Greek-Jew or Jew-Greek? 6. Stranger and City Girl: An isomorphism between Genesis 24 and Homer's Odyssey 6-13, Yaakov S. Kupitz 7. Hesiod's Heroic Age and the Biblical Period of the Judges, Philippe Guillaume 8. Sex, Violence and State Formation in Judges 19-21, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme 9. Israel, the Antithesis of Hellas: Enslavement, Exile and Return in the Greek Solon Tradition and the Hebrew Bible, Flemming A.J. Nielsen Part III: Fleets from Kittim (Num. 24:24) - Roman-Era Texts 10. The Books of the Maccabees and Polybius, Philippe Wajdenbaum 11. Text and Commentary: The Pesharim of Qumran in the Context of Hellenistic Scholarship, Reinhard G. Kratz 12. Josephus in the Tents of Shem and Japheth: The Status of Ancient Authors in Josephus' Treatise Against Apion 1.1-218, Ingrid Hjelm 13. Recognition Scenes in the Odyssey and the Gospels, John Taylor 14. Hesiod's Theogony and the Book of Revelation 4, 12, and 19-20, Bruce Louden