Cultural crossroads in the ancient novel / edited by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro, David Konstan and Bruce Duncan MacQueen.

Table of Contents: “…Babylonian Stories and the Ancient Novel: Magi and the Limits of Empire in Iamblichus' Babyloniaka /…”
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The prestige of the pagan prophet Balaam in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam / edited by George H. van Kooten and Jacques van Ruiten.

Table of Contents: “…Bremmer -- Balaam in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Florentino García Martínez -- A Qumran cave 2 fragment preserving part of Numbers 23:5-7[8] (2Q29 1) / Eibert Tigchelaar -- Balaam and Enoch / Eibert Tigchelaar -- The rewriting of Numbers 22-24 in pseudo-Philo, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 18 / Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten -- Balaam as the Sophist par excellence in Philo of Alexandria : Philo's projection of an urgent contemporary debate onto Moses' Pentateuchal narratives / George H. van Kooten -- 'A star shall come out of Jacob' : a critical evaluation of the Balaam oracle in the context of Jewish revolts in Roman times / Stefan Beyerle -- Balaam's fourth oracle (Numbers 24:15-19) according to the Aramaic targums / Alberdina Houtman and Harry Sysling -- Interpret him as much as you want : Balaam in the Babylonian Talmud / Ronit Nikolsky -- Balaam and the star of the Magi / Tobias Nicklas -- Balaam in Revelation 2:14 / Jan Willem van Henten -- Balaam and 2 Peter 2:15 : 'They have followed in the steps of Balaam' (Jude 11) / Tord Fornberg -- Speaking asses in the Acts of Thomas : an intertextual and cognitive perspective / István Czachesz -- 'To bless with a mouth bent on cursing' : patristic interpretations of Balaam (Num 24:17) / Johan Leemans -- Balaʹam in early Koranic commentaries / Fred Leemhuis.…”
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Time and history in the ancient Near East : proceedings of the 56th Rencontre assyriologique internationale at Barcelona 26-30 July 2010 / edited by L. Feliu, J. Llop, A. Millet Al...

Table of Contents: “…-- Time in Neo-Assyrian Letters -- The Historical Preamble of the Talmi-Å arruma Treaty (CTH 75) and Some Chronological Problems of the History of Halap -- Magie et Histoire: les rituels en temps de guerre -- Time and Again: Mardukâ€?…”
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