Past renewals : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / / by Hindy Najman
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| Autore: |
Najman Hindy
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| Titolo: |
Past renewals : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / / by Hindy Najman
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 221.609 |
| 296 | |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Past renewals |
| ISBN: | 1-282-78655-5 |
| 9786612786556 | |
| 90-04-18048-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827083503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 53.