A Walk Through Jubilees

Studies in the Book of Jubilees and the World of Its Creation
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21768-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 156, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

The first part of this book is an extensive verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Jubilees. Kugel's stated aim is "to understand what the text is saying and why it is saying it," and in particular to explore the numerous bits of biblical interpretation found in Jubilees and their connection to other exegetical writings of the Second Temple period. Subsequent chapters focus on the possibility that Jubilees had more than one author, as well as on the book’s specific relationship to four other Second Temple texts: the Genesis Apocryphon, the Aramaic Levi Document, 4Q225 Pseudo-Jubilees, and the writings of Philo of Alexandria.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of the Hebrew Bible and the history of its interpretation, as well as specialists in the early history of Judaism and Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kugel, James L

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Walk Through Jubilees: an Exegetical Commentary
2. The Sources of Torah in Jubilees
3. On the Contradictions in Jubilees
4. Divine Epithets in Jubilees
5. Which Is Older, Jubilees or the Genesis Apocryphon?
6. The Aramaic Levi Document and the Book of Jubilees
7. 4Q225 “Pseudo-Jubilees”
8. Jubilees, Philo, and the Problem of Genesis

Über Autor(innen)

Kugel, James L
James Kugel, Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature (emeritus) at Harvard University, is a specialist in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish writings of the Second Temple period. His books include The Idea of Biblical Poetry, In Potiphar’s House, The Bible As It Was, The God of Old, The Ladder of Jacob, and How to Read the Bible.