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Past renewals [electronic resource] : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / by Hindy Najman.

By: Najman, Hindy.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 53.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: xxii, 270 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Philo, of Alexandria | Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- To 1500 | Bible. O.T. -- Canon | Book of Jubilees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Authority -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500 | Tradition (Judaism) -- History -- To 1500 | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism | Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D | Jewish law -- Decision making -- History -- To 1500 | Rabbis -- Office -- History -- To 1500Genre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The symbolic significance of writing in ancient Judaism -- Interpretation as primordial writing: Jubilees and its authority conferring strategies -- Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings -- The law of nature and the authority of Mosaic law -- A written copy of the law of nature: an unthinkable paradox? -- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority -- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism -- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra -- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions -- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity -- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria -- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism -- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? Imitation and emulation in 4 Ezra -- Text and figure in ancient Jewish paideia.
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Includes index.

The symbolic significance of writing in ancient Judaism -- Interpretation as primordial writing: Jubilees and its authority conferring strategies -- Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings -- The law of nature and the authority of Mosaic law -- A written copy of the law of nature: an unthinkable paradox? -- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority -- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism -- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra -- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions -- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity -- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria -- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism -- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? Imitation and emulation in 4 Ezra -- Text and figure in ancient Jewish paideia.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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