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Jubilees : the hermeneia translation / [edited and translated by] James C. VanderKam.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible
- Standardized Title:
- Book of Jubilees. English.
- Language:
- English
- Ethiopic
- Subjects (All):
- Book of Jubilees.
- Physical Description:
- x, 165 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The book of Jubilees (2nd century BCE) retraces the book of Genesis and parts of Exodus and is one of the earliest sustained commentaries on the narratives presented in those texts. The translation is drawn from the author's monumental two-volume Hermeneia commentary and takes into account all of the textual data now available. The translation is accompanied by carefully selected notes that illuminate the text and is ideal for classroom use.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations and sigla
- Introduction: Contents of the Book of Jubilees ; Themes of the Book of Jubilees ; Translation ; Bibliography
- Translation of the Book of Jubilees.
- Notes:
- "The translation of Jubilees that appears in the present book is the one found in my Jubilees: a Commentary in Two Volumes (Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2018)".
- Translation is mainly based on the Ethiopic version of the original manuscripts.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 5-6).
- ISBN:
- 1506467032
- 9781506467030
- OCLC:
- 1158039037
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