1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970693203321

Autore

Najman Hindy

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78655-5

9786612786556

90-04-18048-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of Judaism ; ; v. 53

Disciplina

221.609

296

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146891003321

Titolo

Journal of intelligent information systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Norwell, MA, : Kluwer Academic Publishers

[Norwell, MA] : , : Springer

ISSN

1573-7675

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Database management

Expert systems (Computer science)

Artificial intelligence

Information storage and retrieval systems

Expert Systems

Information Systems

Artificial Intelligence

Computers

Bases de données - Gestion

Systèmes experts (Informatique)

Intelligence artificielle

Systèmes d'information

Ordinateurs

artificial intelligence

computers

Gestió de bases de dades

Sistemes experts (Informàtica)

Intel·ligència artificial

Periodical

Periodicals.

Revistes electròniques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed