Festschriften and Collected Essays

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Festschriften and Collected Essays Christopher T. Begg, Fred W. Guyette, Christopher T. Begg, and Eric F. Mason 1543. Sean A. Adams (ed.), Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish (Transmissions: Studies on Conditions, Processes, and Dynamics of Textual Transmission 2; Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2019). Pp. 230. €74,72. ISBN 978-3-11-065787-6. This volume presents three important findings regarding its title topic. First, book culture and materiality were central to the practice of scholarship in antiquity. Second, there was a clear link between scholarship and educational practices in the period covered by the volume. And third, scholastic influence in the Hellenistic-Roman period was not unidirectional. Although Greek practices influenced the scholarly habits and literary approaches of newly conquered peoples, the Greeks were in turn influenced by the peoples they conquered. [Adapted from published abstract.] The volume opens with an introduction by editor A. that includes summaries of the component articles and concludes with a general bibliography, plus indexes of subjects, authors, and works cited. The ten component essays—all of which are in English—are as follows: Gaëlle Coqeuginot, "Scholastic Research in the Archive? Hellenistic Historians and Ancient Archival Records"; Myrto Hatzimichali, "Circulation of Lexica in the Hellenistic and Early Imperial Period"; Matthew Nicholls, "'Bookish Places' in Imperial Rome: Bookshops and the Urban Landscape of Learning"; Serena Ammirati, "Towards a Typology of the Ancient Latin Legal Book"; Stephanie Roussou, "New Readings in the Text of Herodian"; Eleanor Dickey, "What Does a Linguistic Expert Know? The Conflict between Analogy and Atticism"; R. M. A. Marshall, "Suetonius as Bibliographer"; Sean A. Adams, "Translating Texts: Contrasting Roman and Jewish Depictions of Literary Translations"; and Catherine Hezser, "Rabbis as Intellectuals in the Context of Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Christian Scholasticism." For abstracts of the two essays of most direct interest to OTA readers, see ##840, 975. 1544. David Allen and Steve Smith (eds.), Methodology in the Use of the Old Testament in the New: Context and Criteria (LNTS [JSNTS] 597; London/New York/Oxford/ New Delhi/Sydney: T&T Clark, 2020). Pp. xiii + 226. $114. ISBN 978-0-567-67604-1. This volume commemorates the 40th anniversary of the so-called "Hawarden Seminar," an annual gathering of scholars focused on the use of the OT in the NT. It opens with a foreword concerning the history of the Seminar by Susan Docherty and an introduction to the volume and its component essays by the two editors. The ten essays that follow are divided into three "sections": Methodological Insights for OT/NT Studies from Outside the NT (4 essays); The Role of OT Context in OT/NT Studies (4 essays); and The Role of Criteria for OT/NT Studies. It includes as well two responses to the preceding essays by, respectively, Rikki Watts ("Rethinking Context in the Relationship of Israel's Scriptures to the NT: Character, Agency, and the Possibility of Genuine Change") and Steve Moyise ("Concluding Reflection"). The volume's end-matter comprises a general bibliography and indexes of authors and references. For abstracts of the ten essays, see ##995, 1002, 1003, 1007, 1008, 1015, 1017, 1021, 1506, 1535. [End Page 529] 1545. John Barton (ed.), The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016). Pp. xii + 613. $45. ISBN 978-06-91-15471-8. This book has been designed to be accessible to "non-specialists" and to readers from any religious background. OT scholars from around the world have contributed twenty-three essays. Each of the essays is approximately 25 pages in length. They are grouped together in four parts: Part 1 is "The Hebrew Bible in Its Historical and Social Context," with essays on "The Historical Framework: Biblical and Scholarly Portrayals of the Past" (Francesca Stavrakopoulou); "The Social and Cultural History of Ancient Israel" (Katherine Southwood); and "Israel in the Context of the Ancient Near East" (Anthony J. Frendo). Part 2 covers "Major Genres of Biblical Literature"; the essays in this section are: "The Narrative Books of the Hebrew Bible" (Thomas Römer); "The Prophetic Literature" (R. G. Kratz); "Legal Texts" (Assnat Bartor); "The Wisdom Literature" (Jennie Grillo); and "The Psalms and...