Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission

ISBN-13: 9781108725750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 278 str.

Molly M. Zahn

Opis

A study of the many different ways ancient Jewish scribes changed, or rewrote, the sacred and authoritative traditions they inherited.

Recenzje

'… a significant contribution to the study of retelling, biblical hermeneutics, and material philology … This book moves the conversation about genre and rewriting to a new level as it is both theoretically sophisticated and philologically rigorous.' Hindy Najman, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Spis treści

1. Rewriting, revision, and reuse: language and methods; 2. Genre and rewriting; 3. Revision and reuse in the Bible; 4. Beyond 'rewritten Bible': revision and reuse in the Temple Scroll, Jubilees, and Qumran sectarian works; 5. Translation and/as rewriting: the Greek Bible, the Targumim, and the Genesis Apocryphon; 6. Diverse genres of reuse: centripetal, limited, historical résumé, pastiche; 7. Second temple rewriting in context: authority, exegesis, and scribal culture.