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Past renewals : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / by Hindy Najman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Najman, Hindy.
- Series:
- Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 53.
- Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philo, of Alexandria.
- Philo.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--Canon.
- Book of Jubilees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Book of Jubilees.
- Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism--History--To 1500.
- Authority.
- Tradition (Judaism)--History--To 1500.
- Tradition (Judaism).
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Jewish law--Decision making--History--To 1500.
- Jewish law.
- Rabbis--Office--History--To 1500.
- Rabbis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through close readings of texts such as Ezra-Nehemiah. Philo of Alexandria, and 4Ezra, Hindy Najman develops the idea of a discourse tied to a founder, illuminating the nexus between revelation, interpretive authority, and the quest for perfection in ancient Judaism.
- Contents:
- The symbolic significance of writing in ancient Judaism
- Interpretation as primordial writing: Jubilees and its authority conferring strategies
- Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings
- The law of nature and the authority of Mosaic law
- A written copy of the law of nature: an unthinkable paradox?
- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority
- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism
- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra
- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions
- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity
- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria
- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism
- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? Imitation and emulation in 4 Ezra
- Text and figure in ancient Jewish paideia.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-78655-5
- 9786612786556
- 90-04-18048-6
- OCLC:
- 669749830
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004180468.i-270 DOI
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