Halpern-Amaru The Perspective from Mt. Sinai: The Book of Jubilees and Exodus

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-647-55095-4
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements

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.

Betsy Halpern-Amaru is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halpern-Amaru, Betsy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Title Page;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Body;10
6;Acknowledgments;10
7;Abbreviations;12
8;Chapter One: Setting and Perspective;14
9;Chapter Two: New Transitions and New Eras;26
10;Chapter Three: Moses: A Biography;50
11;Chapter Four: Redemption Revealed;66
12;Chapter Five: Pesah and Massot;84
13;Chapter Six: The Pesah Statute;100
14;Chapter Seven: The Sabbath and Its Law;130
15;Chapter Eight: Closures;150
16;Bibliography;162
17;Index of Ancient Sources;172
18;Index of Modern Authors;192

Über Autor(innen)

Halpern-Amaru, Betsy
Betsy Halpern-Amaru is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.