The Gabriel Stone: A Chronological Bibliography

By Årstein Justnes
[first version: 2 October 2018]

2007
Yardeni, Ada and Binyamin Elizur. “A First-Century BCE Prophetic Text Written on a Stone: First Publication [Hebrew].” Cathedra 123: 155–66.

Knohl, Israel. “In Three Days, You Shall Live.” Ha’aretz, 19 April.

Knohl, Israel. “Studies in the Gabriel Revelation [Hebrew].” Tarbiz 76: 303–28.

Justnes, Årstein. “Verdens første forskerseminar om The Vision of Gabriel [The World’s First Research Seminar on The Vision of Gabriel].” Årstein Justnes’ blogg, 24 May.

Davila, James R. “Is the ‘Vision of Gabriel’ Genuine?PaleoJudaica.com, 29 December.

Davila, James R. “More on the ‘Vision of Gabriel’.PaleoJudaica.com, 30 December.

2008
Yardeni, Ada. “A New Dead Sea Scroll in Stone? Bible-like Prophecy was Mounted in a Wall 2,000 Years Ago.” BAR 34.1: 60–61.

Knohl, Israel. “‘By Three Days, Live’: Messiahs, Resurrection, and Ascent to Heaven in Hazon Gabriel.” JR 88.2: 147–58 [April].

Tabor, James. “Suffering Messiahs and Resurrection after Three Days.” Taborblog, 18 May.

Blau, Gisela. “Révélation d’une stèle: La vision de Gabriel.” Revue Juive 9: 9–12.

Bronner, Ethan. “Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection.” New York Times, 6 July.

Ilani, Ofri. “Dead Sea Tablet Suggests Jewish Resurrection Imagery Pre-Dates Jesus.” Ha’aretz, 7 July. Rendered in full here.

Goren, Yuval. “Micromorphologic Examination of the ‘Gabriel Revelation’ Stone.” Israel Exploration Journal 58.2: 220–29.

Bar-Asher, Moshe. “On the Language of ‘The Vision of Gabriel’.” RevQ 23: 491–524.

Collins, John J. “The Vision of Gabriel.” Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October): 26–27.

Knohl, Israel. “The Messiah Son of Joseph: ‘Gabriel’s Revelation’ and the Birth of a New Messianic Model.” BAR 34.5: 58– 62, 78.

Hendel, Ronald. “The Messiah Son of Joseph.” Bible History Daily, 24 September.

Hendel, Ronald. “The Messiah Son of Joseph: Simply ‘Sign’.” BAR 35 (2009): 8.

2009
Rendsburg, Gary A. “Linguistic and Stylistic Notes to the Hazon Gabriel Inscription.” DSD 16.1: 107–16.

Knohl, Israel. Messiahs and Resurrection in ‘The Gabriel Revelation’. The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies. New York: Continuum [published 7 May].

Arweck, Elisabeth. Review of Messiahs and Resurrection in ‘The Gabriel Revelation’, by Israel Knohl. Journal of Contemporary Religion 25.2 (2010): 344.

Bar-Asher, Moshe. “On the Language of the Vision of Gabriel [Hebrew].” Pages 193–226 in Meghillot: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls 7.

Hamidovic, David. “La vision de Gabriel.” RHPR 89.2: 147–68.

Yuditsky, Alexey, and Elisha Qimron. “Notes on the Inscription ‘The Vision of Gabriel’ [Hebrew].” Cathedra 133: 133–44.

Sasson, Victor. “The Vision of Gabriel and Messiah in Mainstream Judaism and in Christianity: Textual, Philological, and Theological Comments.” hebrew and aramaic epigraphy, 3 September.

Loohauis-Bennett, Jackie. “Dead Sea Scrolls at last coming to Milwaukee Public Museum.” Journal Sentinel, 30 September.

Exhibit highlights include:… The recently discovered Jeselsohn Stone with a late first century B.C. text called “Gabriel’s Revelation,” an apocalyptic prophecy attributed to the Angel Gabriel. The text speaks of a Messiah called Simon who will rise from the dead after three days. An exhibit label reads that this text is “interpreted by some that the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognized Jewish tradition at the time. However, the translation ‘after three days’ is uncertain.

2011
Knohl, Israel. “The Gabriel Revelation.” Pages 435–75 in The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture : Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6-8, 2008). STDJ 93. Edited by Shani Tzoref,  Lawrence H. Schiffman, and Adolfo Daniel Roitman. Leiden: Brill.

Bautch, Kelley C. “Hosts, Holy Ones, and the Words of Gabriel: The Angelology of Hazon Gabriel in the Context of Second Temple and Late Antique Literature.” Pages 131–52 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Capes, David. “’Jerusalem’” in the Gabriel Revelation and the Revelation of John.” Pages 173–86 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Collins, Adela Yarbro. “Response to Israel Knohl, Messiahs and Resurrection in ‘The Gabriel Revelation’.” Pages 93–97 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Collins, John J. “Gabriel and David: Some Reflections on an Enigmatic Text.” Pages 99–112 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Henze, Matthias, ed. Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature [published in June].

Henze, Matthias. “Some Observations on the Hazon Gabriel.” Pages 113–30 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Jeselsohn, David. “The Jeselsohn Stone: Discovery and Publication.” Pages 1–9 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Kim, Daewoong. “The Use of Daniel in the Gabriel Revelation.” Pages 153–71 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Knohl, Israel. “The Apocalyptic and Messianic Dimensions of the Gabriel Revelation in Their Historical Context.” Pages 39–59 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Qimron, Elisha and Alexey Yuditsky. “Notes on the So-Called Gabriel Vision Inscription.” Pages 31–38 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Rendsburg, Gary A. “Hazon Gabriel: A Grammatical Sketch.” Pages 61–91 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Yardeni, Ada and Binyamin Elizur. “A Hebrew Prophetic Text on Stone from the Early Herodian Period: A Preliminary Report.” Pages 11–29 in Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Edited by Matthias Henze. EJL 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.

Elgvin, Torleif. “Gabriels åpenbaring.” Scrolls and Bible, October(?).

Schattner-Rieser, Ursula. “Die Vision Gabriels (Hazon Gabriel-HazGab). Ein Steintext vom Toten Meer?Early Christianity 2.4: 517–36.

2012
Cohen-Matlofsky, Claude. “Hazon Gabriel: A Social Historian’s Point of View.Bible and Interpretation, September.

Loveless, Gary & Stephanie. Dead Sea Scrolls & the Bible: Ancient Artifacts, Timeless Treasures. Fort Worth: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 107–9.

Elgvin, Torleif. “Notes on the Gabriel Inscription.” Semitica 54: 221–32.

Hamidović, David. “An Eschatological Drama in Hazon Gabriel: Fantasy or Historical Background?” Semitica 54: 233–50.

2013
Neujahr, Matthew. Review of Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation, edited by Matthias Henze. DSD 20.1: 159–61.

Elgvin, Torleif. “The Gabriel Inscription, b. Sukkah 52a, and Psalm 2.” Semitica 55: 137–42.

Koller, Aaron. Review of Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation, edited by Matthias Henze. RBL [published 8 March].

‘I Am Gabriel’ A Scroll in Stone from the Time of Herod.” The Israel Museum, 1 April.

‘I am Gabriel’ A Scroll in Stone from the Time of Herod.” The Israel Museum.

Estrin, Daniel. “Gabriel Stone: Jerusalem Unveils Mysterious Hebrew Tablet (PHOTOS).” Huffington Post, 30 April.

Tabor, James. “The ‘Gabriel Stone’ on Display: Some Revised Interpretations.” Taborblog, 30 April.

Tabor, James. “The ‘Gabriel Stone’ on Display.” Bible History Daily, 13 May.

Gabriel’s Revelation. Biblical Archaeology Review, 3 May. Ebook.

CBN – The Christian Broadcasting Network. “‘I Am Gabriel’: Ancient Stone on Display in Israel.” YouTube [published 17 May].

Young, Ian. Review of Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation, edited by Matthias HenzeRBL [published 1 September].

2014
Tripp, Jeffrey. “A Relevation from Gabriel to Nathan? The Herodian Temple and the Ideology of the Davidic Covenant in the Hazon Gabriel.” Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi 31.1: 7–27.

Elgvin, Torleif. “Eschatology and Messianism in the Gabriel Inscription.” Journal of the Jesus Movement in Its Jewish Context 1: 5–25.

Elgvin, Torleif. “Gabriel, Vision of.” Pages 877–78 in Field – Gennesaret. Edited by Dale C. Allison, Christine Helmer, Volker Leppin, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish and Eric J. Ziolkowski. Vol. 9 of Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Edited by Christine Helmer, Steven L. McKenzie, Thomas C. Römer, Jens Schröter, Barry D. Walfish and Eric Ziolkowski. Berlin: de Gruyter.

2015
Justnes, Årstein. “Gabriels åpenbaring (Hazon Gabriel) – en moderne forfalskning? [Hazon Gabriel – a modern forgery?]” Teologisk Tidsskrift 4.2: 120–33.

Justnes, Årstein. “Hazon Gabriel – A Modern Forgery?” Article written for Material Philology in the Dead Sea Scrolls: New Approaches for New Text Editions: Proceedings of the International Conference at the University of Copenhagen, 3–5 April, 2014 that was supposed to be published in STDJ (Brill). Posted on Academia, but later removed.

2017
Novenson, Matthew V. The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users. New York: Oxford University Press, 176–82.

2018
Klawans, Jonathan. “Deceptive Intentions: Forgeries, Falsehoods, and the Study of Ancient Judaism.” JQR 108: 489–501.

“I find it suspicious that early, direct access to the stone was given to Israel Knohl, who just so happened to have previously published a speculative theory that the stone turns out, by some readings, to support. To me, this looks something like a preplay of the delivery of the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife to Karen King” (499).

Evans, Craig A. “Jeremiah in Jesus and the New Testament.” Pages 303–19 in The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Edited by Jack R. Lundbom, Craig A. Evans, and Bradford A. Anderson. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 178. Leiden and Boston: Brill. See esp. part 3: “Jeremiah’s New Covenant in the Gabriel Inscription,” 308–12.

Atkinson, Kenneth. “The Gabriel Revelation (Hazon Gabriel): A Reused Masseba Forgery?QC 26.3–4: 113–27.

2019
Qimron, Elisha, and Alexey (Eliyahu) Yuditsky. “The So-Called ‘Vision of Gabriel’ Inscription: A New Edition [in Hebrew].” Megillot: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls 19: 39–54.

Klawans, Jonathan. Heresy, Forgery, Novelty: Condemning, Denying, and Asserting Innovation in Ancient Judaism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. See esp. pp. 110–16: “Excursus: The New Covenant Inscribed on an Old Stone?”

2020
Justnes, Årstein, and Josephine Munch Rasmussen. “Hazon Gabriel: A Display of Negligence.” BASOR 384 (1).

Thanks to Stephen Goranson for comments and suggestions!

2 thoughts on “The Gabriel Stone: A Chronological Bibliography

  1. Hey there,

    Just want to draw your attention to an article missing above: Jeffrey Tripp, “A Relevation from Gabriel to Nathan?
    The Herodian Temple and the Ideology of the Davidic Covenant in the Hazon Gabriel,” Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi, 31/1 (2014), p 7-27.

    Thanks!

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