Literary depictions of the scribal profession in the Story of Ahiqar and Jeremiah 36 / James D. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, James D. (Ancient Near Eastern Studies scholar), author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 541.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; volume 541

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Jeremiah.

Scribes, Jewish.

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Bible. Jeremiah--Comparative studies.

Bible.

Ahikar (Folktale).

Genre:

Comparative studies.

Physical Description:

x, 212 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Summary:

Among the few allusions to mid-first millennium BCE scribal culture are the Aramaic Story of Ahiqar and the Hebrew Tale of Jeremiah and Baruch's Scroll (Jeremiah 36). This study provides a novel interpretation of both tales and proposes a newly identified literary subgenre to which they belong by studying the sources independently for their allusions to scribal culture and comparatively for their literary features. --Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Allusions to the Aramaic scribal profession in the Story of Ahiqar

Allusions to the Hebrew scribal profession in the Tale of Jeremiah and Baruch's Scroll

The Story of Ahiqar and the Tale of Jeremiah and Baruch's Scroll in comparative perspective

Conclusion

Appendix: Syriac Ahiqar manuscripts cited.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts), 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-191) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110752540

3110752549

OCLC:

1252706071