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Autore |
Najman Hindy |
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Titolo |
Past renewals [[electronic resource] ] : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / / by Hindy Najman |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
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1-282-78655-5 |
9786612786556 |
90-04-18048-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of Judaism ; ; v. 53 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 1500 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through close readings of texts such as Ezra-Nehemiah. Philo of Alexandria, and 4Ezra, Hindy Najman develops the idea of a discourse tied to a founder, illuminating the nexus between revelation, interpretive authority, and the quest for perfection in ancient Judaism. |
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