LEADER 03654nam 22007574a 450 001 9910827083503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-78655-5 010 $a9786612786556 010 $a90-04-18048-6 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004180468.i-270 035 $a(CKB)2670000000046153 035 $a(EBL)583756 035 $a(OCoLC)669749830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11268042 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10476170 035 $a(PQKB)10767907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC583756 035 $a(OCoLC)496595632 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004180482 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL583756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10419853 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL278655 035 $a(PPN)170723976 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000046153 100 $a20091231d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPast renewals $einterpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity /$fby Hindy Najman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 225 0 $aJournal for the study of Judaism ;$vv. 53 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a90-04-18046-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThrough close readings of texts such as Ezra-Nehemiah. Philo of Alexandria, and 4Ezra, Hindy Najman develops the idea of a discourse tied to a founder, illuminating the nexus between revelation, interpretive authority, and the quest for perfection in ancient Judaism. 410 0$aSupplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism$v53. 606 $aAuthority$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aTradition (Judaism)$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D 606 $aJewish law$xDecision making$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aRabbis$xOffice$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aAuthority$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aTradition (Judaism)$xHistory 615 0$aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJewish law$xDecision making$xHistory 615 0$aRabbis$xOffice$xHistory 676 $a221.609 676 $a296 700 $aNajman$b Hindy$01613160 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827083503321 996 $aPast renewals$94006329 997 $aUNINA