Books Authored

Trajectories in Near Eastern Apocalyptic: A Postrabbinic Jewish Apocalypse Reader (Resources for Biblical Study 45; Leiden/Atlanta: Brill/ Society of Biblical Literature, 2005).

Reviews of Trajectories:
Joseph Blenkinsopp, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 31 (2007): 253-54.
Lorenzo DiTommaso, Review of Biblical Literature 9 (2007): 269-71.
Darrell Hannah, Journal for the Study of the New Testament 29 (2007): 130-31.
Martha Himmelfarb, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006): 776-78.


 

Heralds of That Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 41; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996).

Reviews of Heralds:  
Herbert Basser, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998): 128-29.  
D. J. Bingham, Journal of Early Christian Studies 6 (1998): 142-43.
 
J.-D. Dubois, Revue des études juives 159 (2000): 278-79.  
David Frankfurter, Journal for the Study of Judaism 30 (1999): 106-108.  
Samuel N. C. Lieu, Vigiliae Christianae 56 (2002): 310-13.  
C. R. A. Morray-Jones, Religious Studies Review 24.2 (1998): 206.
Guy G. Stroumsa, Journal of Theological Studies 49 (1998): 320-22.
James C. VanderKam, Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (1999): 159-60. 
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Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony: Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College 14; Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992).

Reviews of Jewish Lore:
William Adler, Journal of the American Oriental Society 114 (1994): 275-76.
R. Bergmeier, Bibliotheca Orientalis 50 (1993): 445-47.  
Alexander Böhlig, Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft 144 (1994): 176-77.
André Caquot, Revue de l'histoire des religions 210 (1993): 358-59.
Samuel N. C. Lieu, Journal of Semitic Studies 40 (1995): 161-63.
Simon C. Mimouni, Revue des études juives 153 (1994): 167-70.
Johannes van Oort, Vigiliae Christianae 48 (1994): 92-94.
Alan F. Segal, Critical Review of Books in Religion 7 (1994): 423-24.
Michael E. Stone, AJS Review 20 (1995): 396-99.
James C. VanderKam, Bible Review 8 (Oct. 1992): 15.
Steven M. Wasserstrom, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 57 (1998): 50-51.
 

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Books Edited

Bible and Qur’ān: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality (Symposium Series; ed. John C. Reeves; Leiden and Atlanta: Brill/Society of Biblical Literature, 2003).

Reviews of Bible and Qur'ān:
Robert Gleave, The Expository Times 116.9 (2005): 319-20.
J. Jarick, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 29 (2005): 123.
J.K., Old Testament Abstracts 28 (2005): 225.
John Kaltner, Review of Biblical Literature, August 2004.
Michael E. Lodahl, Religious Studies Review 31 (2005): 61.
Christine Mitchell, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5 (2004-05).
Bernd U. Schipper, Numen 52 (2005): 406-409.
 

Table of Contents:

Reuven Firestone, "The Qur'ān and the Bible: Some Modern Studies of Their Relationship" (pp. 1-22).

Vernon K. Robbins and Gordon D. Newby, "A Prolegomenon to the Relation of the Qur'ān and the Bible" (pp. 23-42).

John C. Reeves, "Some Explorations of the Intertwining of Bible and Qur'ān" (pp. 43-60).

Brannon M. Wheeler, "Israel and the Torah of Muhammad" (pp. 61-85).

Brian M. Hauglid, "On the Early Life of Abraham: Biblical and Qur'ānic Intertextuality and the Anticipation of Muhammad" (pp. 87-105).

Jane Dammen McAuliffe, "The Prediction and Prefiguration of Muhammad" (pp. 107-131).

Sidney H. Griffith, "The Gospel, the Qur'ān, and the Presentation of Jesus in al-Ya'qūbī's Ta'rīkh" (pp. 133-60).

Kathryn Kueny, "Abraham's Test: Islamic Male Circumcision as Anti/Ante-Covenantal Practice" (pp. 161-82).

Fred Astren, "Depaganizing Death: Aspects of Mourning in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Islam" (pp. 183-99).
 


Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha (SBL Early Judaism and its Literature 6; ed. John C. Reeves; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994).

Reviews of Threads:
Anon., Journal of Biblical Literature 115 (1996): 184-85.
Anon., Revue Biblique 102 (1995): 448-49.
Gary A. Anderson, Journal of Religion 75 (1995): 551-53.
Margaret Barker, Journal of Semitic Studies 41 (1996): 196.
Theodore A. Bergren, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996): 190-92.
George J. Brooke, Society for Old Testament Study Booklist 166.
Jens Herzer, Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 107 (1995): 172-73.
Robert A. Kugler, Old Testament Abstracts 18 (1995): 436.

 

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Table of Contents:

Menahem Kister, "Observations on Aspects of Exegesis, Tradition, and Theology in Midrash, Pseudepigrapha, and Other Jewish Writings" (pp. 1-34).

Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein, "Pseudepigraphic Support of Pseudepigraphical Sources: The Case of Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer" (pp. 35-53).

Robert A. Kraft, "The Pseudepigrapha in Christianity" (pp. 55-86).

Steven M. Wasserstrom, "Jewish Pseudepigrapha in Muslim Literature: A Bibliographical and Methodological Sketch" (pp. 87-114.

Martha Himmelfarb, "Some Echoes of Jubilees in Medieval Hebrew Literature" (pp. 115-41).

William Adler, "Jacob of Edessa and the Jewish Pseudepigrapha in Syriac Chronography" (pp. 143-71).

John C. Reeves, "Jewish Pseudepigrapha in Manichaean Literature: The Influence of the Enochic Library" (pp. 173-203).

Burton L. Visotzky, "The Conversation of Palm Trees" (pp. 205-14).

James E. Bowley, "The Compositions of Abraham" (pp. 215-38).

Stephanie Dalley, "The Tale of Buluqiya and the Alexander Romance in Jewish and Sufi Mystical Circles" (pp. 239-69).


Pursuing the Text: Studies in Honor of Ben Zion Wacholder on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (JSOT Supplement Series 184; ed. John C. Reeves and John Kampen; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994).

Reviews of Wacholder festschrift:
M. Köckert, Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 107 (1995): 538-39.
Robert A. Kugler, Religious Studies Review 22.2 (1996): 170.
J. Lust, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 71 (1995): 194-95.
Dennis Pardee, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 57 (1998): 228.
Leo G. Perdue, Journal of Biblical Literature 115 (1996): 182.
J. W. Wright, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996): 391-92.
Table of Contents:
Alan Cooper, "Creation, Philosophy and Spirituality: Aspects of Jewish Interpretation of Psalm 19" (pp. 15-33).
David B. Weisberg, "'Break in the Middle of a Verse': Some Observations on a Massoretic Feature" (pp. 34-45).
James C. VanderKam, "Putting Them in Their Place: Geography as an Evaluative Tool" (pp. 46-69).
Philip R. Davies, "The 'Damascus' Sect and Judaism" (pp. 70-84).
John Kampen, "The Eschatological Temple(s) of 11QT" (pp. 85-97.
Michael O. Wise, "Second Thoughts on qwd and the Qumran Synchronistic Calendars" (pp. 98-120).
George J. Brooke, "The Deuteronomic Character of 4Q252" (pp. 121-35.
Martin G. Abegg, Jr., "4Q471: A Case of Mistaken Identity?" (pp. 136-47).
Nikolaus Walter, "Kann man als Jude auch Grieche sein?  Erwägungen zur jüdisch-hellenistischen Pseudepigraphie" (pp. 148-63.
Daniel J. Harrington, "Sirach Research Since 1965: Progress and Questions" (pp. 164-76).
Louis H. Feldman, "Josephus's Portrait of Ehud" (pp. 177-201).
wach.gif (10377 bytes) James E. Bowley, "Josephus's Use of Greek Sources for Biblical History" (pp. 202-15).
Adam Kamesar, "Philo, Grammatike and the Narrative Aggada" (pp. 216-42).
Getzel M. Cohen, "The 'Antiochenes in Jerusalem' Again" (pp. 243-59.
John C. Reeves, "An Enochic Citation in Barnabas 4.3 and the Oracles of Hystaspes" (pp. 260-77).
Shaye J. D. Cohen, "Is 'Proselyte Baptism' Mentioned in the Mishnah?  The Interpretation of m. Pesahim 8.8 (= m. Eduyot 5.2)" (pp. 278-92).
Robert Goldenberg, "Did the Amoraim See Christianity as Something New?" (pp. 293-302).
Jacob Neusner, "What 'the Rabbis' Thought: A Method and a Result.  One Statement on Prophecy in Rabbinic Judaism" (pp. 303-20).
William Adler, "Ad Verbum or Ad Sensum: The Christianization of a Latin Translation Formula in the Fourth Century" (pp. 321-48.
Steven Bowman, "Dates in Sepher Yosippon" (pp. 349-59).
Mark Washofsky, "Responsa and Rhetoric: On Law, Literature, and the Rabbinic Decision" (pp. 360-409).
Ida Cohen Selavan and Laurel S. Wolfson, "Bibliography of Works by Ben Zion Wacholder" (pp. 410-12).

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