Daniel Machiela
McMaster University, Religious Studies, Faculty Member
- My interests range across the field of ancient Judaism and Christianity generally, but my recent focus has especially... moreMy interests range across the field of ancient Judaism and Christianity generally, but my recent focus has especially been on the use and interpretation of Scripture in ancient Judaism. I have outlined current and future projects dealing with the Aramaic literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Development of Biblical Commentary as a formal genre, but am also interested in historical geography, archeology, and philology.edit
This is an edition of the Genesis Apocryphon with Aramaic transcription, English translation, and notes. It includes a new introduction (with James VanderKam) and many improved readings over my 2009 edition. Several other authors have... more
This is an edition of the Genesis Apocryphon with Aramaic transcription, English translation, and notes. It includes a new introduction (with James VanderKam) and many improved readings over my 2009 edition. Several other authors have added editions of smaller fragments to the end of the volume.
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This is an edition of the Genesis Apocryphon, along with an extensive treatment of some parallels between it and Jubilees with a view to assessing their relationship. Of special focus are the parallel accounts of Noah's division of the... more
This is an edition of the Genesis Apocryphon, along with an extensive treatment of some parallels between it and Jubilees with a view to assessing their relationship. Of special focus are the parallel accounts of Noah's division of the earth between his sons.
The present volume of proceedings offers cutting-edge research on the Hebrew language in the late Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Fourteen specialists of ancient Hebrew illuminate various aspects of the language, from phonology... more
The present volume of proceedings offers cutting-edge research on the Hebrew language in the late Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Fourteen specialists of ancient Hebrew illuminate various aspects of the language, from phonology through grammar and syntax to semantics and interpretation. The research furthers the exegesis of biblical and non-biblical texts, it helps determine the chronological outline of Hebrew literature, and contributes to a better understanding of the sociolinguistic aspects of the language in the period of the Second Temple. Hebrew did not die out after the Babylonian exile, but continued to be used in speaking and writing in a variety of settings.
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Angela Kim Harkins is a co-editor of volume 2 as well as a contributing author, “Who is the Teacher of the Teacher Hymns? Re-examining the Teacher Hymns Hypothesis Fifty Years Later.” Pages 449-467. Book description: These essays honor... more
Angela Kim Harkins is a co-editor of volume 2 as well as a contributing author, “Who is the Teacher of the Teacher Hymns? Re-examining the Teacher Hymns Hypothesis Fifty Years Later.” Pages 449-467. Book description: These essays honor James C. VanderKam on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday and twentieth year on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. Essays from an international group of scholars address various topics in Second Temple Judaism and biblical studies.
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The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls provide a unique window into Second Temple Jewish literature and scriptural interpretation that is only beginning to gain sustained scholarly attention. A major question regarding these texts, and addressed... more
The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls provide a unique window into Second Temple Jewish literature and scriptural interpretation that is only beginning to gain sustained scholarly attention. A major question regarding these texts, and addressed preliminarily in this essay, is the extent to which they may constitute a coherent corpus of related works. Tobit and the Genesis Apocryphon are two Aramaic compositions that have benefited from extensive individual analysis, but have not been studied alongside one another. A close, comparative reading of both texts reveals a surprising correspondence in their topics of interest, scriptural source material, literary techniques, narrative structures, and idiom. These similarities suggest a close family resemblance between Tobit and the Apocryphon, which were likely written in the same or associated circles of scribes during the early Hellenistic period. The relationship between these two texts makes a case for similar comparisons of other Aramaic Scrolls, and suggests a more tightly formed constellation of affiliated texts than has been previously recognized.
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מגילות קומראן׃ מבואות ומחקרים (English Title: The Qumran Scrolls and Their World). Edited by Menahem Kister. (The Ancient Literature of Eretz Israel and Its World: Between Bible and Mishnah: The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Library). Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2009. 2 Volumes. Pp. x, 696. Cloth ...more
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... Daniel Machiela, McMaster University. [1] M. Popović, Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism (STDJ 67; Leiden: Brill, 2007). reference. [2] Popović,... more
... Daniel Machiela, McMaster University. [1] M. Popović, Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism (STDJ 67; Leiden: Brill, 2007). reference. [2] Popović, Reading, 55. reference. ...