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Past renewals : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity /
How did ancient Jewish authors claim authority for their interpretations? How, after the a oeend of prophecya, could they claim the authority of revelation? Whom did one have to be, or aspire to be, in order to merit authority? Hindy Najman addresses these questions through close readings of ancient...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, NL :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;
v. 53. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How did ancient Jewish authors claim authority for their interpretations? How, after the a oeend of prophecya, could they claim the authority of revelation? Whom did one have to be, or aspire to be, in order to merit authority? Hindy Najman addresses these questions through close readings of ancient Jewish texts, e.g., Ezra-Nehemiah, Philo of Alexandria, 4Ezra, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jubilees. In Seconding Sinai (Brill, 2003), Najman reconceived pseudepigraphy, developing the idea of a Mosaic discourse that comprised a series of ancient texts attributed to Moses. Here she develops the broader n. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 270 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004180468 900418046X 9789004180482 9004180486 |