| CONTENTS |
| Abbreviations | ix |
Introduction
ESTHER G. CHAZON AND DAVID SATRAN | xv |
Michael E. Stone: An Appreciation
FRANK MOORE CROSS | XXlll |
Festschrift Presentation: Letter to Michael
HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE | xxv |
| APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA |
The Third Sybil Revisited
JOHN J. COLLlNS | 3 |
Jubilees 32 and the Bethel Cult Traditions in Second Temple
Literature
ESTHER ESHEL | 21 |
Reviving (and Refurbishing) the Lost Apocrypha of M. R. James
ROBERT A. KRAFT | 37 |
Where is the Place of Eschatological Blessing?
GEORGE W. E. NICKELSBURG | 53 |
The Traditions About Abraham's Early Life in the Book
of Judith (5:6-9)
ADOLFO ROITMAN | 73 |
Scripture in the Astronomical Book of Enoch
JAMES C. VANDERKAM | 89 |
Wisdom, Instruction, and Social Location in Sirach and
1 Enoch
BENJAMIN G. WRIGHT III | 105 |
Whither Elijah? Thw ascension of Elijah in Biblical and
Extrabiblical Traditions
J. EDWARD WRIGHT | 123 |
| DEAD SEA SCROLLS |
Two Notes on l\IIeasuring Character and Sin at Qumran
GARY A. ANDERSON | 141 |
Dibre Hame' orot and the Apocalypse of Weeks
HANAN ESHEL | 149 |
The Purity Laws of 4QD: Exegesis and Sectarianism
MARTHA HIMMELFARB | 155 |
Historical Implications of the Early Second Century Dating
of the 4-Q249-250 Cryptic A Corpus
STEPHEN J. PFANN | 171 |
Thc Special Character of the Texts Found in Qumran
Cave 11
EMANUEL TOV | 187 |
| PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA |
A Neglected Text of Philo of Alexandria: First Translation
into a Modern Language
DAVlD T. RUNIA | 199 |
Abraham and thc Promise of Spirit: Points of Convergence
Between Philo and Paul
SZE-KAR WAN | 209 |
| EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE |
Abraham's Refutation of Astrology: An Excerpt from
Pseudo-Clement in the Chronicon of George the Monk
WILLIAM ADLER | 227 |
Motherer Jerusalem, Mother Church: Desolation and
Restoration in Early Jewish and Christian Literature
THEODORE A. BERGREN | 243 |
A "Prayer Alleged to be Jewish" in the Apostolic Constitutions.
ESTHER G. CHAZON | 261 |
Why not Naphtali?
VERED HILLEL | 279 |
Twenty-Five Questions to Corner the Jews: A Byzantine
Anti-Jewish Document from the Seventh Century
PIETER W. VAN DER HORST | 289 |
Sidelights on the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs from the
Greek Catena on Genesis
MARINUS DE JONGE | 303 |
Galen, Papias and Others on Teaching and Being Taught
JAAP MANSFELD | 317 |
Isaac of Antioch and the Literature of Adam and Eve
EDWARD G. MATHEWS, JR. | 331 |
The Adam and Eve Traditions in The Journey of Zosimos
RONIT NIKOLSKY | 345 |
Deceiving the Deceiver: Variations on an Early Christian
Theme
DAVID SATRAN< | 357 |
| Bibliography of the Works of Michael E. Stone | 365 |
| Index of Modern Authors | 381 |
| Index of Ancient Sources | 386 |
