All modern translations of the LXX render the Greek word ahoratos in Gen 1:2 by 'invisible.' Thi... more All modern translations of the LXX render the Greek word ahoratos in Gen 1:2 by 'invisible.' This does not make sense in the context. Ahoratos here means 'not to be looked at, unsightly, ugly.'
This short article (in Dutch) deals with the various forms of criticism leveled by pagan intelle... more This short article (in Dutch) deals with the various forms of criticism leveled by pagan intellectuals against the phenomenon of Christian monasticism in the fourth and fifth centuries CE.
‘Did the Gentiles Know Who Abraham Was?,’ in M. Goodman, G.H. van Kooten, and J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten (eds.), Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives on Kinship with Abraham (Themes in Biblical Narrative 13), Leiden: Brill, 2010, 61-75
A Study of the Origins and Development of Early Jewish Traditions about the Place Where Adam Was ... more A Study of the Origins and Development of Early Jewish Traditions about the Place Where Adam Was Buried.
The famous legend of the pious long-sleepers is here discussed in its ramifications and adaptatio... more The famous legend of the pious long-sleepers is here discussed in its ramifications and adaptations throughout antiquity (Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian)
The exodus from Egypt played a pivotal role in Jewish-pagan polemics from the beginning of the He... more The exodus from Egypt played a pivotal role in Jewish-pagan polemics from the beginning of the Hellenistic period till far into the Imperial period. Pagan polemicists stood the biblical story of the liberation of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt upon its head and portrayed an extremely negative image of Israelite origins. They also pictured the Jewish people as misanthropes and atheists. Jewish-Hellenistic authors reacted to these attacks in a wide variety of ways (e.g., novels, drama, philosophical treatise).
This is a Dutch book on the Jewish kingdom of Himyar in the south-west of the Arabian peninsula i... more This is a Dutch book on the Jewish kingdom of Himyar in the south-west of the Arabian peninsula in the early sixth century CE including an annotated translation of the most important ancient document on the war between Christian Ethiopia and Jewish Himyar.
Pagan criticism of the Bible is here illustrated by highlighting the main objections Celsus, Porp... more Pagan criticism of the Bible is here illustrated by highlighting the main objections Celsus, Porphyry and Julian the Apostate raised against the Book of Genesis. Special attention is paid to their criticisms of the image of God as he is portrayed in the opening chapters of Genesis. Finally the article briefly sketches the philosophical background of these criticisms.
This is a collection of over 200 book reviews in Dutch, all of them published between 1990 and 20... more This is a collection of over 200 book reviews in Dutch, all of them published between 1990 and 2017.. They cover books on Early Judaism, Ancient Christianity, and Graeco-Roman religions.
This volume contains 150 book reviews published over the past 25 years in a wide variety of journ... more This volume contains 150 book reviews published over the past 25 years in a wide variety of journals.
This book deals with the war between the Jewish king of Himyar (ancient yemen) with his Christian... more This book deals with the war between the Jewish king of Himyar (ancient yemen) with his Christian subjects in the sixth century CE.
This article appeared in: B.J. Koet, S. Moyise & J. Verheyden (eds.), The Scriptures of Israel in... more This article appeared in: B.J. Koet, S. Moyise & J. Verheyden (eds.), The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition: Essays in Honour of Maarten J.J. Menken (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 148; Leiden: Brill, 2013), 363-376
All modern translations of the LXX render the Greek word ahoratos in Gen 1:2 by 'invisible.' Thi... more All modern translations of the LXX render the Greek word ahoratos in Gen 1:2 by 'invisible.' This does not make sense in the context. Ahoratos here means 'not to be looked at, unsightly, ugly.'
This short article (in Dutch) deals with the various forms of criticism leveled by pagan intelle... more This short article (in Dutch) deals with the various forms of criticism leveled by pagan intellectuals against the phenomenon of Christian monasticism in the fourth and fifth centuries CE.
‘Did the Gentiles Know Who Abraham Was?,’ in M. Goodman, G.H. van Kooten, and J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten (eds.), Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives on Kinship with Abraham (Themes in Biblical Narrative 13), Leiden: Brill, 2010, 61-75
A Study of the Origins and Development of Early Jewish Traditions about the Place Where Adam Was ... more A Study of the Origins and Development of Early Jewish Traditions about the Place Where Adam Was Buried.
The famous legend of the pious long-sleepers is here discussed in its ramifications and adaptatio... more The famous legend of the pious long-sleepers is here discussed in its ramifications and adaptations throughout antiquity (Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian)
The exodus from Egypt played a pivotal role in Jewish-pagan polemics from the beginning of the He... more The exodus from Egypt played a pivotal role in Jewish-pagan polemics from the beginning of the Hellenistic period till far into the Imperial period. Pagan polemicists stood the biblical story of the liberation of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt upon its head and portrayed an extremely negative image of Israelite origins. They also pictured the Jewish people as misanthropes and atheists. Jewish-Hellenistic authors reacted to these attacks in a wide variety of ways (e.g., novels, drama, philosophical treatise).
This is a Dutch book on the Jewish kingdom of Himyar in the south-west of the Arabian peninsula i... more This is a Dutch book on the Jewish kingdom of Himyar in the south-west of the Arabian peninsula in the early sixth century CE including an annotated translation of the most important ancient document on the war between Christian Ethiopia and Jewish Himyar.
Pagan criticism of the Bible is here illustrated by highlighting the main objections Celsus, Porp... more Pagan criticism of the Bible is here illustrated by highlighting the main objections Celsus, Porphyry and Julian the Apostate raised against the Book of Genesis. Special attention is paid to their criticisms of the image of God as he is portrayed in the opening chapters of Genesis. Finally the article briefly sketches the philosophical background of these criticisms.
This is a collection of over 200 book reviews in Dutch, all of them published between 1990 and 20... more This is a collection of over 200 book reviews in Dutch, all of them published between 1990 and 2017.. They cover books on Early Judaism, Ancient Christianity, and Graeco-Roman religions.
This volume contains 150 book reviews published over the past 25 years in a wide variety of journ... more This volume contains 150 book reviews published over the past 25 years in a wide variety of journals.
This book deals with the war between the Jewish king of Himyar (ancient yemen) with his Christian... more This book deals with the war between the Jewish king of Himyar (ancient yemen) with his Christian subjects in the sixth century CE.
This article appeared in: B.J. Koet, S. Moyise & J. Verheyden (eds.), The Scriptures of Israel in... more This article appeared in: B.J. Koet, S. Moyise & J. Verheyden (eds.), The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition: Essays in Honour of Maarten J.J. Menken (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 148; Leiden: Brill, 2013), 363-376
In this short study Pieter W. van der Horst introduces the reader to a little known but very fas... more In this short study Pieter W. van der Horst introduces the reader to a little known but very fascinating early Christian document, viz., the oldest 'dialogue' between a Jew and a Christian after Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho the Jew: The Dialogue of Athanasius and Zacchaeus.
… für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die …, Jan 1, 2009
Page 1. Pseudo-Phocylides and the New Testament* by PW van der Horst (Faculteit der Godgeleerdhei... more Page 1. Pseudo-Phocylides and the New Testament* by PW van der Horst (Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht 2506/Niederlande) Dedicated to the Memory of WC van Unnik It was Martin Dibelius who drew ...
Page 1. Hellenistic Parallels to the Acts of the Apostles: 11-26 by PW van der Horst (3508 TC Utr... more Page 1. Hellenistic Parallels to the Acts of the Apostles: 11-26 by PW van der Horst (3508 TC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2) The present collection is based partly upon the files of the Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testament! project ...
Page 1. JBL 119/3 (2000) 521-539 CRITICAL NOTES "ONLY THEN WILL ALL ISRAEL BE SAVED&... more Page 1. JBL 119/3 (2000) 521-539 CRITICAL NOTES "ONLY THEN WILL ALL ISRAEL BE SAVED": A SHORT NOTE ON THE MEANING OF ica otioSx IN ROMANS 11:26 The problem of the meaning and translation of acit oi ...
Page 1. Willem Cornelis van Unnik Das Selbstverständnis der jüdischen Diaspora in der hellenistis... more Page 1. Willem Cornelis van Unnik Das Selbstverständnis der jüdischen Diaspora in der hellenistisch-römischen Zeit Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben & bearbeitet von Pieter Willem van der Horst EJBRILL Page 2. ... Opstellen van en over Willem Cornelis van Unnik, Hrsg. ...
Page 1. Philo of PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA COMMENTARY SERIES Alexandria Philo s Flaccus The First Pogro... more Page 1. Philo of PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA COMMENTARY SERIES Alexandria Philo s Flaccus The First Pogrom introduction, Translation and Commentary Pieter W van der Horst Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. COMMENTARY SERIES ...
... M. Menken, Old Testament Quotations in the Fourth Gospel (in preparation) 16. ... &qu... more ... M. Menken, Old Testament Quotations in the Fourth Gospel (in preparation) 16. ... "The Finger of God." Miscellaneous Notes on Luke 11:20 and its Umwelt (WL Petersen, JS Vos, HJ de Jonge, edd., Sayings of Jesus: Canonical & Non-Canonical. ...
Polyhistor is a state-of-the-art collection of articles in the study of the history of ancient ph... more Polyhistor is a state-of-the-art collection of articles in the study of the history of ancient philosophy, and is presented by colleagues and friends tojaap Mansfeld in honour of his sixtieth birthday. It frequently concen-trates on the subjects in which the honorand has made ...
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