The Ascension of Authorship

Attribution and Canon Formation in Jewish, Hellenistic, and Christian Traditions
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-674-01662-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 735 g

Reihe: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

The Ascension of Authorship traces the history of the idea of the author in the ancient world, beginning with the attribution practices of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. Jed Wyrick explores the testimony of Josephus on the succession of prophetic scribes and their superiority to Greek historiographers, and interprets the formation of the biblical canon in this light. The Ascension of Authorship also examines the Greek scholarly methodology that questioned traditional connections between names and texts, a methodology perfected by Hellenistic grammarians and inherited by early Christian scholars. Wyrick argues that the fusion of Jewish and Hellenistic approaches toward attribution helped lead to St. Augustine’s reinvention of the writer of scripture as an author whose texts were governed by both divine will and human intent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wyrick, Jed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Über Autor(innen)

Wyrick, Jed
Jed Dewey Wyrick is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at California State University, Chico.