Summing Up a Life's Work: Some Recent Festschriften in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Abstract

Taking as its point of departure a brief discussion of the merits and drawbacks of the genre of Festschriften, the article introduces and reviews five more recent entries into the field, including volumes honoring Michael Heltzer (1999), Manfried Dietrich (2002), Yitzhak Avishur (2004), Othmar Keel (2007), and Gerhard Pfandl (2007).

Key Words: Festschrift, biblical studies, ANE studies, iconography, exegesis, comparative method, academia, theology