Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom

by David P. Wright (editor), David Noel Freedman (editor), Avi Hurvitz (editor)

Colleagues, students, and friends honor Professor Milgrom by celebrating his contributions to biblical and Near Eastern scholarship with special emphasis on his primary areas of expertise. The first section of the book, Ritual, Law, and Their Sources , contains thirty-five essays on cultic and legal issues found in the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, and texts from Qumran. The second section, Other Literary, Historical, and Linguistic Studies , includes twenty-four essays, primarily dealing with interpretive issues in the Hebrew Bible.

896 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995