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Seconding Sinai : the development of Mosaic discourse in Second Temple Judaism / by Hindy Najman.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive 2000-2006 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Najman, Hindy.
- Series:
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 77.
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Direct discourse in the Bible.
- Jewish law--Interpretation and construction--History--To 1500.
- Jewish law.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible.
- Moses (Biblical leader).
- Moses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work criticizes the terms ""Pseudepigraphy"" and ""Rewritten Bible"", which presuppose conceptions of textual fidelity foreign to ancient Judaism. It develops the concept of a discourse whose creativity and authority depend on repeated returns to the exemplary figure of a founder.
- Contents:
- Contents; General Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Mosaic Discourse; Chapter Two: Rewriting Rewritten: Jubilees and 11QTemple as Participants in Mosaic Discourse; Chapter Three: Copying Nature, Copying Moses; Chapter Four: Constructing Continuities and the Dangers of Anachronism; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Subject Index; Index of Primary Texts
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-161) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46414-3
- 9786610464142
- 1-4175-9759-3
- 90-474-0028-3
- OCLC:
- 191039231
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