Priests, Prophets and Scribes

The 17 essays in this volume fall into four sections: Early Judaism and its Environment; Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah; Wisdom, Scribes and Scribalism; and Theology of the Hebrew Bible. They are accompanied by a biographical sketch (by Robert Wilken) and a bibliography of Blenkinsopp''s writings. Joseph Blenkinsopp is one of the foremost Catholic biblical scholars of his generation. Born in England, he...