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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
Cohen, Chaim, Victor Hurowitz, Avi Hurvitz, Yochanan Muffs, Baruch Schwartz and Jeffrey Tigay, editors

Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2008 pp. xxxviii + 548; x + 549. $99.50

Description: 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, Andr� 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.

Subjects: Bible, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Mishnah, Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature, Ancient Near East, Literature

Review by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
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Published 6/6/2009
Citation: Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, review of Chaim Cohen, Victor Avigdor, Hurowitz, Avi Hurvitz, Yochanan Muffs, Baruch J. Schwartz, and Jeffrey Tigay, eds., 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, Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2009).

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