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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818090803321

Autore

Vriezen T. C

Titolo

Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : BRILL, 2005

ISBN

90-474-0673-7

1-4337-0557-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (776 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

van der WoudeA. S

DoyleBrian

Disciplina

221.66

296.1

Soggetti

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)

Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - Introductions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Translator's Note; A. Ancient Israelite and Ancient near Eastern Literature; 1. The sources of Ancient Israel's literature; 2. Ancient Israelite literature in its Ancient Near Eastern context; 3. Authors and authorship; B. The Old Testament (Hebrew Bible); 4. The Old Testament as canon; 5. The transmission of the Old Testament; 6. The literary genres of the Old Testament; 7. The problem of dating; 8. Israel's grand historical masterpiece: (Genesis-II Kings); 9. The prophetic literature; 10. The remaining literature (The Writings); C. The Literature of Early Judaism; 11. Introduction

12. Apocrypha13. Pseudepigrapha; 14. The Dead Sea Scrolls; Introductions to the Old Testament and other reference works; Chronological tables; List of abbreviations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature offers more than simply an introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Increased interest in Early Judaism as successor to the religion of Ancient Israel and background to the New Testament demands an introduction that guides the reader through the maze of Jewish literature dating from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods in addition to the Hebrew Bible.