The essays in this volume treat the Pentateuch and its composition; priesthood, cult, and Priestly texts; major religious ideas expressed in the Hebrew Bible, and the reception of biblical texts and ideas, especially those related to the Pentateuch.

This volume celebrates the contribution of Baruch J. Schwartz to the field of biblical studies through essays that treat the major foci of his research. These include the Pentateuch and its composition; priesthood, cult, and Priestly texts; major religious ideas expressed in the Hebrew Bible; and the reception of biblical texts and ideas (especially those related to the Pentateuch). A special emphasis of the essays on Pentateuchal composition is the neo-documentarian approach that Schwartz has long championed and taught to his students.

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Born 1977; 2007 PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Hebrew Bible) from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Born 1977; 2006 PhD in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (Bible and Ancient Near East) from Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts); Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago.

Inhalt
Joel S. Baden: Despoiling the Egyptians Mira Balberg: Impurity without Danger: A Mishnaic Reading of the Priestly attat Simeon Chavel: Intergenerational Punishment: A New History David Ben-Gad HaCohen: And [Jacob] Named Himself, El (is) My God - Israel (Gen 33:20) Guy Darshan: The Tent of Meeting in Samuel and Kings Raanan Eichler: 3s Verbs with Indefinite Subjects in the Tabernacle Pericopes of Exodus Liane Feldman: Misplaced Places: Redaction and the Priestly Wilderness Itinerary Tova Ganzel: 4Q385 (Pseudo-Ezekiel) in the Context of Ezekiel's Restoration Itamar Kislev: A Sanctuary without the Ark: The Cultic Shrine at Gibeon according to Chronicles Ariel Kopilovitz: A Glimpse into Ancient Israel's Priesthood: The Priestly School's Writings of the Pre-Exilic Period David Lambert: What is Tôrâ? Naphtali S. Meshel et al.: Cross-Reference and "Borgesian" Slippage in Leviticus 1-5 Dodani Orstav: The Second Ascent of Moses for the Inscription of the Tablets: A Case of Literary Development Ariel Seri-Levi: The Yahwistic Account of the Theophany at Sinai: The Establishment of the Divine Presence Sarah Shectman: "She Shall Be Burned with Fire": Femininity and Intersectionality in the Bible's Priestly Source Benjamin D. Sommer: Tradition and Change in Priestly Law: On the Internal Coherence of the Priestly Worldview Jeffrey Stackert: Creation, Sanctuary, and the Priority of the Priestly Story Eran Viezel: The Author of the Book of Job in the Jewish Tradition throughout the Ages