A Land Like Your Own: Traditions of Israel and Their Reception

The collection represents papers given at two annual academic conferences held at Trinity College Dublin in 2008 and 2009. Collectively they represent a variety of approaches and topics which, each in their own way, deal with the creation and reception of biblical traditions. Each paper individually is a contribution to scholarship in its own right.

The book consists of nine essays on the understanding and reception of biblical traditions in Judaism and Christianity. The collection begins with a discussion of one of the ways one can understand the formation of traditions by communities and ends with a surprising discussion of translations of the New Testament into Hebrew. Along the way, a variety of biblical texts are discussed both in the ways they have been interpreted and can be seen to interpret previous traditions themselves. Together the collection raises provoking questions on the ways in which the Bible has played and continues to play a role in the construction of communities' beliefs.
Table of Contents:

Introduction
Amy Daughton and Jason M. Silverman
Trinity College Dublin

On Religious and Cultural Influence
Jason M. Silverman
Trinity College Dublin

The Synagogue at Herodium: Problematic Fact or Problematic Fiction?Lidia D. Matassa
Trinity College Dublin

Gender and Syro-Palestinian ArchaeologyCynthia Schafer-Elliott
University of Sheffield

Reconsidering Jacob: A Gendered Approach to Gen 25:19-34Trisha Tschopp
Hebrew College, Massachusetts

Of Donkeys and Witnesses: Interpolation or Interpretation?Giovanna Raengo Czander
Dominican College

The Influence of Egyptian Throne Names on Isa 9:5: A Reassessment in Light of the Divine Designations in the Book of IsaiahMáire Byrne
Milltown Institute

Jesus and Yeshua: Jewish Interpretations of the Gospels and its Impact on Jewish-Christian DialoguePeter Admirand
Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin

1 Peter: a Biblical TheodicyRichard I. Kueh
Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge

Interpreting Together and Receiving New Testament Concepts of ApostolicityMiriam Haar
Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin

Defense and Disputation, Erudition and Exchange: An Overview of the History of New Testament Translations into Hebrew
Murray WatsonSt. Peter's Seminary, Ontario