Ve-'Ed Ya'aleh (Gen 2: 6), volume 1: Essays in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Edward L. Greenstein - Hardcover

by Peter Machinist (Editor), Robert A. Harris (Editor), Joshua A. Berman (Editor)

Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic languages, and biblical law and narrative. Volume 2 includes essays on biblical wisdom and poetry, biblical reception and exegesis, and postmodern readings of the Bible.