Rewritten Bible after Fifty Years: Texts, Terms, or Techniques? - A Last Dialogue with Geza Vermes

Rewritten Bible After Fifty Years offers several papers on the meanings and usages of the notion Rewritten Bible introduced by Geza Vermes in 1961.

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Main Author: Zsengellér, József (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden BRILL 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Rewritten Bible after fifty years: texts, terms, or techniques?] (2017) (Perrin, Andrew B.)
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Ser. v.166
Further subjects:B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish ; Congresses
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9789004268159
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Summary:Rewritten Bible After Fifty Years offers several papers on the meanings and usages of the notion Rewritten Bible introduced by Geza Vermes in 1961.
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part 1 Defining of Rewritten Bible -- The Genesis of the Concept of "Rewritten Bible" -- Part 2 Redefining of Rewritten Bible -- Textual Fidelity, Elaboration, Supersession or Encroachment? -- Rewritten Bible: A Terminological Reassessment -- Crossing the Borders from "Pre-Scripture" to Scripture (Rewritten) to "Rewritten Scripture" -- Rewritten Scriptures as a Clue to Scribal Traditions in the Second Temple Period -- Memory, Cultural Memory and Rewriting Scripture -- Rewritten Bible and the Vocalization of the Biblical Text -- Part 3 Case Studies -- Inner Biblical Rewritings -- Reuse of Prophecy in the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets -- On the Battlefield and Beyond: The Reinterpretation of the Moabite-Israelite Encounters in 2 Chronicles 20 -- Early Jewish Rewritings -- Textual Criticism of Hebrew Scripture and Scripture-Like Texts -- Apocryphon of Jeremiah C from Qumran: Rewritten Prophetic Text or Something Else? -- Between Rewritten Bible and Allegorical Commentary: Philo's Interpretation of the Burning Bush -- Philo's Life of Moses as "Rewritten Bible" -- Josephus' "Rewritten Bible" as a Non-Apologetic Work -- Josephus' Rewriting of Genesis 24 in Ant. 1.242-255 -- Later Rewritings -- Can We Apply the Term "Rewritten Bible" to Midrash? The Case of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer -- Adam or Adams? Genesis and the Mythical Anthropology in the Writing without Title on the Origin of the World from Nag Hammadi (NHC II,5) -- Samaritan Rewritings: The Toledot in Samaritan Literature -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.
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ISBN:900427118X