Ve-'Ed Ya'aleh (Gen 2

<p>Sixty-six colleagues friends and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic languages and biblical law and narrative. Volume 2 includes essays on biblical wisdom and poetry biblical reception and exegesis and postmodern readings of the Bible. </p>