UID:
almahu_9949703278102882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 537 pages)
ISBN:
9789004245556
Series Statement:
Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series
Content:
The Book of Genesis in Late Antiquity: Encounters between Jewish and Christian Exegesis examines the relationship between rabbinic and Christian exegetical writings of Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire and Mesopotamia. The volume identifies and analyses evidence of potential 'encounters' between rabbinic and Christian interpretations of the book of Genesis. Each chapter investigates exegesis of a different episode of Genesis, including the Paradise Story, Cain and Abel, the Flood Story, Abraham and Melchizedek, Hagar and Ishmael, Jacob's Ladder, Joseph and Potiphar and the Blessing on Judah. The book discusses a wide range of Jewish and Christian literature, including primarily rabbinic and patristic traditions, but also apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, Philo and Josephus. The volume sheds light on the history of the relationship between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity, and brings together two scholars (of Rabbinics and of Eastern Christianity) in a truly collaborative work. The research was funded by an award from the Leverhulme Trust at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge, UK, and the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies of the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. In Paradise: Adam from Creation to Resurrection -- 2. Cain and Abel -- 3. The Flood Story -- 4. Abraham and Melchizedek -- 5. Hagar and Ishmael -- 6. Jacob's Ladder -- 7. Joseph and Potiphar -- 8. The Blessing on Judah -- Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Primary Sources: Editions and Translations -- General Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Subject, Biblical and Ancient Names Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9789004245525
Language:
English
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