The rewritten Bible in late antiquity "Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer", "Jubilees" and the "Cave of Treasures" Gavin McDowell

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDowell, Gavin, 1985- author.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 138.

Studia Judaica 0585-5306 volume 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book of Jubilees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Book of Jubilees.

Mʻarat gaze.

Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Berlin De Gruyter [2025]

Summary:

"Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE) is most famous for introducing into rabbinic tradition several legends about biblical figures not found in the classical rabbinic corpus of Talmud and Midrash. Modern scholarship considers the non-rabbinic legends in PRE an example of the survival of Second Temple literature within Jewish tradition. The present study, however, will attempt to explain the non-rabbinic material found in PRE as the result of the author’s adoption (and adaptation) of elements from the surrounding Christian and Muslim cultures rather than through the direct transmission of Second Temple works among Jews. This hypothesis will be tested through the examination of two works close to PRE in form and content, Jubilees (second century BCE) and the Cave of Treasures (sixth century CE). All three are examples of the "Rewritten Bible," which recount the history of ancient Israel independently of the biblical text. The study concludes that region, rather than religion, shaped the author’s presentation of the history of the ancient prophets and patriarchs"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

The problem of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer in its time

Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and rabbinic tradition

Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

Vestiges of Hebrew Jubilees

Jubilees in Christian tradition

Jubilees and Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

The Cave of Treasures cycle

The Cave of Treasures in Christian and Muslim tradition

The Cave of Treasures and Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed November 2, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version McDowell, Gavin, 1985- Rewritten Bible in late antiquity

ISBN:

9783111590776

3111590771

9783111590837

3111590836

OCLC:

1513366224

Publisher Number:

CIPO000234145

Access Restriction:

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