Format:
XXII, 270 S.
ISBN:
9789004180468
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism 53
Content:
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
Note:
Includes index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Past renewals Leiden : Brill, 2010 ISBN 9789004180468
Additional Edition:
ISBN 900418046X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004180482
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Frühjudentum
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Rabbinismus
;
Jüdische Theologie
;
Geschichte
;
Jüdische Philosophie
;
Ethik
;
Glaubensleben
;
Geschichte
;
Aufsatzsammlung
