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Illuminating Moses : a history of reception from Exodus to the Renaissance / edited by Jane Beal.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Commentaria 4.
- Commentaria. Sacred texts and their commentaries: Jewish, Christian and Islamic, 1874-8236 ; volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moses (Biblical leader).
- Moses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (456 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Illuminating Moses: A History of Reception , readers discover the roles of Moses from the Exodus to the Renaissance--law-giver, prophet, writer--and their impact on Jewish and Christian cultures as seen in the Hebrew Bible, Patristic writings, Catholic liturgy, Jewish philosophy and midrashim, Anglo-Saxon literature, Scholastics and Thomas Aquinas, Middle English literature, and the Renaissance. Contributors are Jane Beal, Robert D. Miller II, Tawny Holm, Christopher A. Hall, Luciana Cuppo-Csaki, Haim Kreisel, Rachel S. Mikva, Devorah Schoenfeld, Gernot Wieland, Deborah Goodwin, Franklin T. Harkins, Gail Ivy Berlin, and Brett Foster.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction / Jane Beal
- The Roles of Moses in the Pentateuch / Robert D. Miller II
- Moses in the Prophets and the Writings of the Hebrew Bible / Tawny Holm
- Moses / Larry J. Swain
- Moses and the Church Fathers / Christopher A. Hall
- Moses and the Paschal Liturgy / Luciana Cuppo-Csaki
- The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Philosophy / Howard Kreisel
- Epic and Romance, Narrative and Exegesis / Rachel S. Mikva
- “The Destiny of All Men” / Devorah Schoenfeld
- Legifer, Dux, Scriptor / Gernot Wieland
- The Biblical-Moral Moses / Deborah L. Goodwin
- Primus doctor Iudaeorum / Franklin T. Harkins
- “Like a Duck from a Falcon” / Gail Ivy Berlin
- Moses and Christian Contemplative Devotion / Jane Beal
- “Types and Shadows” / Brett Foster
- Bibliography / Jane Beal
- Index / Jane Beal.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-25854-X
- OCLC:
- 865650808
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004258549 DOI
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