Rewritten Bible after fifty years : texts, terms, or techniques? : a last dialogue with Geza Vermes / edited by József Zsengellér.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zsengellér, József, editor.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; Volume 166.

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; Volume 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--Congresses.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rewritten Bible After Fifty Years presents the papers of a conference on the meanings and usages of the term Rewritten Bible introduced by Geza Vermes in 1961. Leading scholars of the topic discuss their new insights and ideas comparing with Vermes' initiative, whose participation on this conference was unfortunately the last chance for a life dialogue with him on this topic. Apart from the terminological discussions and comparisons several case studies widen the scope of the notion of Rewritten Bible/Scripture and rewriting as a genre and technique.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Genesis of the Concept of “Rewritten Bible” / Geza Vermes

Textual Fidelity, Elaboration, Supersession or Encroachment? Typological Reflections on the Phenomenon of Rewritten Scripture / Anders Klostergaard Petersen

Rewritten Bible: A Terminological Reassessment / Jonathan G. Campbell

Crossing the Borders from “Pre-Scripture” to Scripture (Rewritten) to “Rewritten Scripture” / Eugene Ulrich

Rewritten Scriptures as a Clue to Scribal Traditions in the Second Temple Period / Sidnie White Crawford

Memory, Cultural Memory and Rewriting Scripture / George J. Brooke

Rewritten Bible and the Vocalization of the Biblical Text / Stefan Schorch

Reuse of Prophecy in the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Rewriting and Canonization / István Karasszon

On the Battlefield and Beyond: The Reinterpretation of the Moabite-Israelite Encounters in 2 Chronicles 20 / Előd Hodossy-Takács

Textual Criticism of Hebrew Scripture and Scripture-Like Texts / Emanuel Tov

Apocryphon of Jeremiah C from Qumran: Rewritten Prophetic Text or Something Else? / Balázs Tamási

Between Rewritten Bible and Allegorical Commentary: Philo’s Interpretation of the Burning Bush / Steven D. Fraade

Philo’s Life of Moses as “Rewritten Bible” / Finn Damgaard

Josephus’ “Rewritten Bible” as a Non-Apologetic Work / Marton Ribary

Josephus’ Rewriting of Genesis 24 in Ant. 1.242-255 / Christopher T. Begg

Can We Apply the Term “Rewritten Bible” to Midrash? The Case of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer / Rachel Adelman

Adam or Adams? Genesis and the Mythical Anthropology in the Writing without Title on the Origin of the World from Nag Hammadi (NHC II,5) / Csaba Ötvös

Samaritan Rewritings: The Toledot in Samaritan Literature / József Zsengellér

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

This conference was organized in the native country of the Etzesgeber (the man of the idea) in Budapest on 10-13 July 2011".

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27118-X

OCLC:

881416979

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004271180 DOI