Ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective Essays in Memory of Karl-Johan Illman

by Neusner, Jacob; Avery-Peck, Alan J.; Laato, Antti; Nurmela, Risto; Sandelin, Karl-Gustav; Illman, Siv; Albrektson, Bertil; Bilde, Per; Borgen, Peder; Chilton, Bruce D.; Heinonen, Reijo E.; Illman, Ruth; Koskenniemi, Erkki; Kovelman, Arkady; Laato, Anni Ma

• ISBN13: 9780761833628
• ISBN10: 0761833625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-22
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The late Karl-Johan Illman was a professor of Biblical and Judaic studies at Abo Akademi University in Ã&bo/Turku, Finland. A beloved and respected figure in the Judeo-Christian dialogue and an accomplished scholar of Judaism, he is remembered in this memorial volume by leading scholars of Biblical and Judaic studies in Europe and North America.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Karl-Johan Illman (``Kalle''). June 27, 1936---December 20, 2002: A Memoir	1	(4)
Siv Illman
Eulogy	5	(4)
Karl-Gustav Sandelin
Karl-Johan Illman: Publications	9	(14)
Siv Illman
Masoretic or Mixed: On Choosing a Textual Basis for a Translation of the Hebrew Bible	23	(12)
Bertil Albrektson
How did the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. Influence the Development of Christianity?	35	(32)
Per Bilde
Some Crime-and-Punishment Reports	67	(14)
Peder Borgen
Recovering Jesus' Mamzerut	81	(26)
Bruce D. Chilton
Interconnectedness and Complementarity: Preconditions for an Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Dialogue	107	(10)
Reijo E. Heinonen
Seeing the Other: Understanding and Dialogue in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Encounters	117	(20)
Ruth Illman
Philo and Classical Drama	137	(16)
Erkki Koskenniemi
Typology and Pesher in the Letter of Aristeas	153	(30)
Arkady Kovelman
A Shadow of Things to Come: Isidore of Seville on Jewish Feast Days	183	(12)
Anni Maria Laato
Paul's Theology of ``Righteousness Through Faith'' in the Context of Tanak and Jewish Interpretive Traditions	195	(30)
Antti Laato
Sin at Sinai: Three First Century Versions	225	(22)
Pekka Lindqvist
The Three Phases of Jewish-Christian Relations	247	(12)
Svante Lundgren
The Parable (Mashal): A Documentary Approach	259	(26)
Jacob Neusner
Who Owns the Stage? Control and Affiliation in Dialogues Between Women and Men in the Hebrew Bible	285	(30)
Stig Norin
A Holocaust Survivor and the Bible. Viktor E. Frankl Reads the Psalter and Job	315	(16)
Risto Nurmela
True Man or True God? Christological Conceptions in Early Christianity	331	(22)
Heikki Raisanen
Religious Education and the Presentation of Judaism in Public Schools in Norway	353	(12)
Dagfinn Rian
Jews and Alien Religious Practices During the Hellenistic Age	365	(28)
Karl-Gustav Sandelin
Jewish-Christian Gospels: Which and How Many?	393	(16)
Oskar Skarsaune
The Metaphoric Use of ``Light'' and ``Darkness'' in Some Biblical and Post-Biblical Traditions	409	(10)
Roger Syren
Bible Interpretations: Use or Abuse? Debated Bible Passages and Jewish-Christian Relations	419	(10)
Hanne Trautner-Kromann
Law and Wisdom: The Deuteronomistic Heritage in Ben Sira's Teaching of the Law	429
Timo Veijola