Birkat Shalom Studies In The Bible Ancient Near Eastern Literature And Postbiblical Judaism Presented To Shalom M Paul On The Occasion Of His Seventieth Birthday 1st Edition Chaim Cohen Eds Victor Avigdor Hurowitz Eds Avi M Hurvitz Eds Yochanan Muffs Eds Baruch J Schwartz Eds Jeffrey H Tigay Eds by Chaim Cohen (eds.); Victor Avigdor Hurowitz (eds.); Avi M. Hurvitz (eds.); Yochanan Muffs (eds.); Baruch J. Schwartz (eds.); Jeffrey H. Tigay (eds.) 9781575065908, 1575065908 instant download after payment.

This magnificent volume is a compilation of the writings of friends, colleagues, and former students in tribute to Shalom Paul, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Bible Department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. More than 60 essayists contribute new ideas in the areas of research most loved by Prof. Paul, such as biblical literature and criticism, prophecy, comparative exegesis and linguistics, ancient Near Eastern historical and cultural milieus, and biblical and Mesopotamian law. Contributors include scholars of renown such as Adele Berlin, Frank Moore Cross, William G. Dever, Michael V. Fox, William W. Hallo, Sara Japhet, André Lemaire, Carol Meyers, Jacob Milgrom, Elisha Qimron, Gary A. Rendsburg, Jack M. Sasson, Shemaryahu Talmon, Emanuel Tov, James C. VanderKam, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, and Ziony Zevit.