Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi

Tom Dykstra is an independent scholar who has edited many of Paul Nadim Tarazi’s books since 1988. He has an M.Div. from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and a PhD from the University of Washington. Dr. Dykstra is the author of Mark Canonizer of Paul: A New Look at Intertextuality in Mark’s Gospel and numerous articles in biblical studies. He has also published books and articles about Russian history, including Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Name-Glorifying Dispute in the Russian Orthodox Church and on Mt. Athos, 1912–1914 and Russian Monastic Culture: «Josephism» and the Iosifo-Volokolamsk Monastery 1479–1607.

Contents: Stelian Tofană: The Contribution of Professor Paul N. Tarazi to the Development of Romanian Biblical Studies – Michael G. Azar: «Bow your head low to the great; rescue the oppressed from the oppressor.» Ben Sira and the Struggle with Elitism – John A. Jillions: Can These Bones Live? Ezekiel, Jesus and the Challenge of the «Other» – Yohanna Katanacho: Peaceful or Violent Eschatology: A Palestinian Christian Reading of the Psalter – Rev. Fr. Sergius Halvorsen: You are the Man, 2 Samuel 11-12 as a Rhetorical Paradigm for Contemporary Preaching – Rev. Fr. Christopher Salamy: A Linguistic and Metaphoric Approach to Scripture – Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic: Does the Biblical Qadosh Lead to a Hypostatic Personhood? – Merja Merras: Early Syriac Evidence on the Chosen People and the Promised Land – Cornelia B. Horn/Robert R. Phenix, Jr.: Perspectives on Women in Early Christian Apocryphal Texts – Ann Bezzerides: Teach Us John Chrysostom: Biblical Education and Rhetorical Art.