Category Archives: Fishbane

God in the Ancient Near East

Posted on November 5, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

I started Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003) today.  Here are two points that stood out to me: 1.  On page 33, Fishbane cites an article by Morton Smith entitled “The Common Theology … Continue reading →

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Fishbane on the Temple Scroll

Posted on January 11, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Michael Fishbane, “Use, Authority and Interpretation of Mikra at Qumran,” Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, ed. Martin Jan Mulder (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004) 339-377. My Plunder Paper is for the … Continue reading →

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Intermediary, Dependence

Posted on December 3, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Birger A. Pearson, “Jewish Sources in Gnostic Literature,” Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period, ed. Michael E. Stone (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984) 479. “…the Gnostic pattern featuring the ‘blasphemy’ or ‘vain claim’ of the Demiurge–itself based upon Jewish texts … Continue reading →

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IV Ezra, Fishbane

Posted on December 1, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael E. Stone, “Apocalyptic Literature,” Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period, ed. Michael E. Stone (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984) 428-429. “Classic in this connection is 4 Ezra 14 claiming Mosaic authority, indeed authority beyond that of Moses, for the … Continue reading →

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Fishbane and the Abortion Passage

Posted on November 16, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 93. Exodus 21:22-25 states the following: “When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no further harm follows, the … Continue reading →

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Child Sacrifice, Part 3

Posted on November 14, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 186-187. Does the Torah command sacrifice of the firstborn? We saw that Exodus 22:29-30 commands the Israelites to give their firstborn to God, but does that necessarily mean … Continue reading →

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Child Sacrifice, Part 2

Posted on November 13, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 185. Ezekiel 20:25-26 states: “Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live. I defiled them through their very gifts, … Continue reading →

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Child Sacrifice, Part 1

Posted on November 12, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 184. “Recalling the failure of Exod. 22:28-9 to provide any written comment differentiating the treatment of human first-born from their animal counterparts (regardless of how the oral biblical … Continue reading →

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Fishbane on Numbers 15, Part 4

Posted on November 10, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 194. Fishbane states the following about Numbers 15’s interpretation of Leviticus 4: “Clearly [in Numbers 15] YHWH is not the speaker, for he is referred to in the … Continue reading →

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Fishbane on Numbers 15, Part 3

Posted on November 9, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford, 1988) 193. Numbers 15:22-23 says the following: “22 But if you unintentionally fail to observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses–“23 everything that the LORD … Continue reading →

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