Monday, January 05, 2004

REVUE BIBLIQUE has a new issue out (111.1). It contains five articles, all having to do with the Hebrew Bible or ancient Judaism. Note in particular the following:

RB 2004 T.111-1 (pp. 28-30)

Aron PINKER

11519 Monticello Ave.
Silver Spring
MARYLAND
United States
aron_pinker@hotmail.com

The Targum on Hab 2:2


RB 2003 [sic - should be 2004] T.111-1 (pp. 31-60)

Gershon HEPNER

1561 Reeves Street
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
United States
gwhepner@yahoo.com
The Begettings Of Terah and the Structure of Genesis and the Tetrateuch: A Zadokite Polemic

An analysis of the formula we'eleh t�led�t, "these are the begettings", which appears 11 times in Genesis suggests that the pivotal patriarch in Genesis is Terah, the ancestor not only of Abraham but of all the four matriarchs, since the sixth time the formula appears is in association with his begettings. The formula appears a twelfth time in Num. 3:1 where it denotes the begettings of Aaron and Moses. The fact that the first and last time the formula appears in Genesis links the begettings of the heavens and earth to those of Jacob highlights the importance of the Israelites. However, the fact that there is a twelfth citation of the formula in Num 3:1 implies that the redactor of the Tetrateuch considered that the Aaaronites who follow the Mosaic law facilitate the union of the heavens and earth implied by the first citation of the formula at the beginning of Genesis. Analysis of the use of the formula suggests that the Tetrateuch reflects the ascendancy of the Zadokites after the Babylonian exile and their adoption of Deuteronomic law excluding Canaanites.


RB 2004 T.111-1 (pp. 79-89)

Jerome MURPHY-O'CONNOR, O.P.

�cole Biblique
P.O.B. 19053
J�RUSALEM jmoc@ebaf.edu

Where was the Antonia Fortress?

The hypothesis that the present Haram esh-Sharif/Temple Mount was once the Antonia fortress cannot be sustained. It does not conform to what we know of the Antonia from Josephus, and it does not account for the archaeological remains in the western section of the north wall.


The website only contains the abstracts.

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