Did Moses Speak Attic? Jewish Historiography and Scripture in the Hellenistic Period

LESTER L. GRABBE (ed.), Did Moses Speak Attic? Jewish Historiography and Scripture in the Hellenistic Period (JSOTSup 317; European Seminar in Historical Methodology 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). Pp. 352. L53.50, $84.

This volume is a collection of the papers of the "European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History" from sessions in Crakow and Helsinki in 1998 and 1999, respectively, framed by an "Introduction" (pp. 16-27) and "Reflections on the Discussion" (pp. 320-40) by the editor, Lester L. Grabbe. The articles from the European Seminar are: Rainer Albertz, "An End to the Confusion? Why the Old Testament Cannot Be a Hellenistic Book!" (pp. 30-46); Hans M. Barstad, "Deuteronomists, Persians, Greeks, and the Dating of the Israelite Tradition" (pp. 47-77); Bob Becking, "The Hellenistic Period and Ancient Israel: Three Preliminary Statements" (pp. 78-90); Robert P Carroll, "Jewgreek Greekjew: The Hebrew Bible is all Greek to Me. Reflections on the Problematics of...