MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02213cam a22003254a 4500
001 2009054006
003 DLC
005 20100528091912.0
008 091231s2010 ne 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009054006
020 $a9789004180468 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBM529$b.N35 2010
100 1 $aNajman, Hindy.
245 10 $aPast renewals :$binterpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity /$cby Hindy Najman.
260 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c2010.
300 $axxii, 270 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aJournal for the study of Judaism ;$vv. 53
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $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.
650 0 $aAuthority$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aTradition (Judaism)$xHistory$yTo 1500.
630 00 $aBible.$pO.T.$xCriticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish$xHistory$yTo 1500.
630 00 $aBible.$pO.T.$xCanon.
650 0 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
650 0 $aJewish law$xDecision making$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aRabbis$xOffice$xHistory$yTo 1500.
600 00 $aPhilo,$cof Alexandria.
630 00 $aBook of Jubilees$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.