The One Who Sows Bountifully: Essays in Honor of Stanley K. Stowers

Preface: Stanley K. Stowers: Historian, Theorist, Teacher, Colleague -- I. Theory And History Of Interpretation. Reassessing Religious Practices: A Reflection On Sociological Notions And Vocabulary / Adriana Destro -- Fixed Texts, Sociohistorical Contexts, And Hermeneutical Implications / John T. Fitzgerald -- The Rehabilitation Of Paul In Jewish Tradition / John G. Gager -- Daily Devotions: Stowers's Modes Of Religion Meet Tertullian's Ad Uxorem / Caroline Johnson Hodge -- Normally Non-observable: Some Thoughts On Cognitive Science, Theory Of Religion, Practice Theory, And Gender / Ross S. Kraemer -- Theorizing Circumstantially Dependent Rites In And Out Of War Contexts / Saul M. Olyan -- The Beginning Of Historical Research On Jesus In The Modern Age / Mauro Pesce -- Toward A Typology Of Religious Experts In The Ancient Mediterranean / Daniel Ullucci -- Ii. Israelite Religion And Ancient Judaism. Revising A Myth: The Targum Of Psalm 74 And The Exodus Tradition / Debra Scoggins Ballentine -- [Ḥataʼat] As Sin Offering: A Reconsideration / William K. Gilders -- Biblical Beauty: Hebrew, Greek, And Latin / David Konstan -- Artifact Burial In The Ancient Near East / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- Home Is Where The Hearth Is? A Consideration Of Jewish Household Sacrifice In Antiquity / Jordan D. Rosenblum -- Jew Or Judaean? / Michael L. Satlow -- Vandals Or Pilgrims? Jews, Travel Culture, And Devotional Practice In The Pan Temple Of Egyptian El-kanais / Karen B. Stern -- Beyond Apocalyptic Dualism: Ranks Of Divinities In 1 Enoch And Daniel / Emma Wasserman -- Iii. Greco-roman World. Wine And Spirits: Observations On The Athenian Anthesteria / Nathaniel Desrosiers -- The Moralizing Of Discourse In Greco-roman Associations / John S. Kloppenborg -- When Size Matters: Social Formations In The Early Roman Empire / Luther H. Martin -- Tailoring Rhetoric: Verbalizing Philosophical Dress In The Second Sophistic / Arthur P. Urbano -- Thus The Sage Constantly Reminds Himself: Personal Epistolary Paraenesis In Galen And Paul / L. Michael White -- Iv. Early Christianity. Blessed Are The Solitary: Textual Practices And The Mirage Of A Thomas Community / William Arnal -- Redescribing The Religion Of Hebrews / Pamela Eisenbaum -- Philosophy And Ideology In John 9-10 / Troels Engberg-pedersen -- Christians Who Sacrifice And Those Who Do Not? Discursive Practices, Polemics, And Ritualizing / Karen L. King -- Peter's Daughter--daddy Dearest? / Christopher R. Matthews -- History Writing, Paul's Opponents, And 1 Corinthians 4:8 / Erin Roberts -- The Sounds Of Silence: Hearing The Music In Pauline Assemblies / Richard A. Wright. Edited By Caroline Johnson Hodge, Saul M. Olyan, Daniel Ullucci, Emma Wasserman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.