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ED NOORT and eibert tigchelaar (eds.), Sodom's Sin: Genesis 18-19 and Its Interpretations (Themes in Biblical Narrative: Jewish and Christian Traditions 7; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2004). Pp. xviii + 203. $93.
This collection of essays is dedicated to the study of Genesis 18-19 and related themes. Most of the studies reflect on how later Jewish and Christian authors interpret the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Essays include the following: Ed Noort, "For the Sake of Righteousness: Abraham's Negotiations with YHWH as Prologue to the Sodom Narrative: Genesis 18:16-33" (pp. 3-15); Raymond de Hoop, "Saul the Sodomite: Genesis 18-19 as the Opening Panel of a Polemic Triptych on King Saul" (pp. 17-26); Jacques van Ruiten, "Lot versus Abraham: The Interpretation of Genesis 1 8: 1-1 9:38 in Jubilees 16:1 -9" (pp. 29-46); Eibert Tigchelaar, "Sodom and Gomorrah in the Dead Sea Scrolls" (pp. 47-62); Bert Jan Lietaert-Peerbolte, "Sodom, Egypt, and the Two Witnesses of Revelation 1 1 :8" (pp. 63-82); Florentino García Martínez, "Sodom and Gomorrah in the Targumim" (pp. 83-96); Fred Leemhuis, "Lut and His People in the Koran and Its Early Commentaries" (pp. 97- 113); Ton Hilhorst, "The Punishment of the Dead Sea: Martyrdom ofPionius 4.20 and Its Precedents in Ben Sira and Africanus" (pp. 1 1 7-29); Jan Bremmer, "Don't Look Back: From the Wife of Lot to Orpheus and Eurydice" (pp. 1 3 1 -45); Patrick Vandermeersch, "Sodomites, Gays and Biblical Scholars: A Gathering Organized by Peter Damián?" (pp. 149-71); Els Jongeneel, "Homosexuality in Proust's Sodome et Gomorrhe G (pp. 173-87); and Annemieke ter Brugge, "Bibliography...