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

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9789004180468

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

Author:

Najman, Hindy.

Personal Author:

Najman, Hindy.

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Leiden, NL : Brill, 2010.

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1 online resource (xxii, 270 pages).

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 53

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

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.

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Personal Subject:

Philo, of Alexandria.

Title Subject:

Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- To 1500.

Bible. Old Testament -- Canon.

Book of Jubilees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- To 1500 -- Canon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Book of Jubilees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- To 1500 -- Canon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subject Term:

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.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Leiden, NL : Brill, 2010.

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How did ancient Jewish authors claim authority for their interpretations? How, after the "end of prophecy", 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 notion of a discourse tied to a founder, situating practices of pseudepigraphy and authoritative interpretation within a variety of ways of seeking perfection in ancient Judaism.

Author Notes

Hindy Najman , PhD. (Harvard University, 1998) is the Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of Ancient Judaism in the Department and Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. Najman has published on Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo of Alexandria, Ezra-Nehemiah, 4Ezra and the Book of Jubilees. She is the author of Seconding Sinai (Brill, 2003).

Foreword	p. vii
Previous Publications	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Part I Interpretitive Authority
Chapter 1 The Symbolic Significance of Writing in Ancient Judaism	p. 3
Chapter 2 Interpretation as Primordial Writing: Jubilees and its Authority Conferring Strategies	p. 39
Chapter 3 Torah of Moses: Pseudonymous Attribution in Second Temple Writings	p. 73
Chapter 4 The Law of Nature and the Authority of Mosaic Law	p. 87
Chapter 5 A Written Copy of the Law of Nature: An Unthinkable Paradox?	p. 107
Part II Renewed Revelation
Chapter 6 Angels at Sinai: Exegesis, Theology and Interpretive Authority	p. 121
Chapter 7 Towards a Study of the Uses of the Concept of Wilderness in Ancient Judaism	p. 143
Chapter 8 Between Heaven and Earth: Liminal Visions in 4 Ezra	p. 161
Chapter 9 Philosophical Contemplation and Revelatory Inspiration in Ancient Judean Traditions	p. 175
Chapter 10 Reconsidering Jubilees: Prophecy and Exemplarity	p. 189
Part III Soul formation and the quest for perfection
Chapter 11 Cain and Abel as Character Traits: A Study in the Allegorical Typology of Philo of Alexandria	p. 207
Chapter 12 The Quest for Perfection in Ancient Judaism	p. 219
Chapter 13 How Should We Contextualize Pseudepigrapha? Imitation and Emulation in 4 Ezra	p. 235
Chapter 14 Text and Figure in Ancient Jewish Paideia	p. 243
Index of Ancient Authors and Texts	p. 257
Index of Modern Authors	p. 264
Subject Index	p. 268

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