The Perspective from Mt. Sinai: The Book of Jubilees and Exodus
Short description: Biblical interpretation in Second Temple Judaism.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | German |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Göttingen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Amaru, Betsy Halpern, The perspective from Mt. Sinai] (2017) (Ruiten, Jacques van, 1956 -)
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| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Series/Journal: | Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements
Band 021 |
| Further subjects: | B
Apocrypha
B Exodus B Exegesis B Altes Testament |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Short description: Biblical interpretation in Second Temple Judaism. Main description: Although termed “the little Genesis”, the Book of Jubilees is significantly engaged with Exodus. It reworks key Exodus narratives, develops modules of Exodus law, and highlights Exodus motifs. The most fundamental connection to Exodus is the grounding of the two narrational structures of Jubilees in the scenario of Moses receiving a revelation on Mt. Sinai. In the frame an anonymous narrator develops the Mt. Sinai setting of the work. In the body an angel employs that setting as the present-time pivot for a retrospect that moves backward and forward in time. Focusing on the intersection of structure and content, the study explores the relationship between the retrospective design of the angel narration and the exegesis. The approach is a literary one that treats Jubilees as a unitary text that may reflect the work of a single author or of a final editor. The analysis draws particular attention to manipulations of temporal and textual perspective that transform Exodus narratives, facilitate the hermeneutical elaborations of Exodus law, and effect cohesion in the revelation that is the Book of Jubilees. Halpern-Amaru’s study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of biblical interpretation in Second Temple Judaism. For example, the reading of the Jubilees narrative of the exodus as a revelation of how God uses His heavenly forces, i.e., Mastema and his demons as well as the angels of the presence, on behalf of Israel, has implications for the understanding of strategies that temper dualism in Second Temple Judaism.; Description for press or other media: Examining the treatment of Exodus narrative and law in the Book of Jubilees, Betsy Halpern-Amaru explores how the retrospective design of the angel narration shapes the exegesis.; Promotional text: Although termed “the little Genesis”, the Book of Jubilees is significantly engaged with Exodus. It reworks key Exodus narratives, develops modules of Exodus law, and highlights Exodus motifs. The approach of this study is a literary one that treats Jubilees as a unitary text that may reflect the work of a single author or of a final editor. The analysis draws particular attention to manipulations of temporal and textual perspective that transform Exodus narratives, facilitate the hermeneutical elaborations of Exodus law, and effect cohesion in the revelation that is the Book of Jubilees.; Biographical note: Betsy Halpern-Amaru is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Vassar College, Po... |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/9783666550959 |