Table Of ContentCongress Volume Munich 2013
Supplements
to
Vetus Testamentum
Editor-in-Chief
Christl M. Maier
Editorial Board
H.M. Barstad – N. Calduch-Benages – D.M. Carr – R.P. Gordon – L.C. Jonker
J. Joosten – G.N. Knoppers – A. van der Kooij – S.L. McKenzie – C.M. Maier
C.A. Newsom – M. Nissinen – H. Spieckermann – N. Wazana – S.D. Weeks
H.G.M. Williamson
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Congress Volume Munich 2013
Edited by
Christl M. Maier
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International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress (21st : 2013 : Munich, Germany)
Congress volume Munich 2013 / edited by Christl M. Maier.
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Papers presented at the 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old
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Contents
Preface vii
Abbreviations viii
Die Entstehung des Judentums als Gegenstand der alttestamentlichen
Wissenschaft 1
Christoph Levin
Alexander der Große in der alttestamentlichen Überlieferung – eine
Spurensuche und ihre theologischen Implikationen 18
Beate Ego
Texts, Text-Forms, Editions, New Compositions and the Final Products of
Biblical Literature 40
Zipora Talshir
Is the Book of Jubilees a Commentary on Genesis or an Intended
Replacement? 67
James Kugel
“My God is Yhwh”: The Composition of the Elijah Stories in
1–2 Kings 92
Steven L. McKenzie
Die Midrasch-Exegese im Dienst der Literarkritik. Zum Beispiel: Krieg und
Frieden in Dtn 2,24–32 111
Shimon Gesundheit
Les enjeux socio-historiques de la composition d’ensemble du livre des
Nombres 125
Olivier Artus
Les écrivains déuteronomistes travaillaient-ils en Babylonie ou en
Palestine? 154
Jacques Vermeylen
Forschungsgeschichte als Rezeptionsgeschichte in nuce 182
Irmtraud Fischer
vi contents
From Paraleipomenon to Early Reader: The Implications of Recent
Chronicles Studies for Pentateuchal Criticism 217
Louis C. Jonker
Alte Stücke – späte Brücke? Zur Rolle des Buches Numeri in der jüngeren
Pentateuchdiskussion 255
Christian Frevel
Prophetic ‘Postcolonialism’: Performing the Disaster of the Spanish
Conquest on the Stage of Jeremiah 300
Yvonne Sherwood
Humor und Ironie in der jahwistischen Urgeschichte 333
Akio Tsukimoto
Archaeology and the Bible: Reflections on Historical Memory in the
Deuteronomistic History 347
Amihai Mazar
Reshaping the Memory of Zedekiah and His Period in Chronicles 370
Ehud Ben Zvi
Recent Discoveries at Tayinat (Ancient Kunulua/Calno) and Their Biblical
Implications 396
Timothy P. Harrison
Die Anfänge des Jesajabuchs 426
Konrad Schmid
Index of Ancient Sources 455
Preface
The 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old
Testament (IOSOT) was held in Munich, Germany, from 4 to 9 August, 2013
under the presidency of Professor Dr. Christoph Levin. Professor Dr. Martin
Arneth was Congress Secretary. As in previous years, the IOSOT Congress was
surrounded by the congresses of the International Organization for Septuagint
and Cognate Studies (IOSCS; August 1–3), the International Organization
for Qumran Studies (IOQS; August 4–7), the International Organization for
Masoretic Studies (IOMS; August 5–6), the International Organization for
Targumic Studies (IOTS; August 7–9), and the International Syriac Language
Project (ISLP; August 5–7). In addition, special panel sessions were organized
on the ongoing editions of the Hebrew text, the literary history of the Old
Testament, and the issue of aniconic veneration of Yhwh. The traditional eve-
ning lecture on archeology and a reading of the recently edited letters of Julius
Wellhausen rounded out a splendid program which was accompanied by short
papers and self-organized workshops. In addition to the Presidential Address,
the present volume includes the invited main papers delivered at the IOSOT
Congress.
As editor-in-chief of Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, I have pleasure
in expressing my gratitude to the President of IOSOT, Professor Levin, the
Congress Secretary, Professor Arneth, and the organizing committee for host-
ing this intellectually and socially rewarding and enjoyable event in Munich,
a city which has great collections of manuscripts and fine arts. I also wish to
thank all the invited lecturers for their contributions, and Brill for their col-
laboration in publishing the present volume. Special thanks are due to Lisa
J. M. Sedlmayr for her skilled work in preparing the manuscript for publication.
Christl M. Maier
Abbreviations
AASF.B Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Serie B
ÄAT Ägypten und Altes Testament
AB Anchor Bible
ABG Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte
AJA American Journal of Archaeology
AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature
ANEP The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament.
Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 2d ed. Princeton, 1969.
ANESSup Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Supplement Series
ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited
by J. B. Pritchard. 3d ed. Princeton, 1969.
AnOr Analecta orientalia
AnSt Anatolian Studies
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
AOTAT A ltorientalische Texte zum Alten Testament. Edited by
H. Gressmann. 2d ed. Berlin, 1926.
AOTC Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries
ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments
ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch
ATSAT Arbeiten zu Text und Sprache im Alten Testament
AUSS Andrews University Seminary Studies
BaghM Baghdader Mitteilungen
BAR Biblical Archaeology Review
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
BBB Bonner biblische Beiträge
BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des antiken
Judentums
BETL Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium
BEvT Beiträge zur evangelischen Theologie
Bib Biblica
BibInt Biblical Interpretation
BibOr Biblica et Orientalia
BICS Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, London 1, 1954–
BJS Brown Judaic Studies
BK Bibel und Kirche
BKAT Biblischer Kommentar. Altes Testament
BN Biblische Notizen
abbreviations ix
BrAR B ritish Archaeological Reports. International Series, Oxford 43,
1978–
BThSt Biblisch-theologische Studien
BTZ Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
BWAT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten Testament
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZAR Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische
Rechtsgeschichte
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago. Chicago, 1956–
CAH Cambridge Ancient History
CahRB Cahiers de la Revue biblique
CBC Cambridge Bible Commentary
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hallo and K. Lawson
Younger. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997–2002.
CSCO Corpus scriptorum Christianorum orientalium. Edited by I. B.
Chabot et al. Paris, 1903–
CurBS Currents in Research: Biblical Studies
DBAT D ielheimer Blätter zum Alten Testament und seiner Rezeption in
der Alten Kirche
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
DNPsup Der Neue Pauly. Supplemente
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
EAEHL Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land.
Edited by M. Avi-Yonah. 4 vols. Jerusalem, 1975–1978.
EBib Etudes bibliques
EncDSS E ncyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by L. H. Schiffmann,
2 vols. Oxford, 2000.
EncJud Encyclopaedia Judaica. 16 vols. Jerusalem, 1971–1972.
ErIsr Eretz-Israel
EstBíb Estudios bíblicos
ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
ETS Erfurter theologische Studien
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExuZ Exegese in unserer Zeit
FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament
