Past renewals: interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity

How did ancient Jewish authors claim authority for their interpretations? How, after the a oeend of prophecya, could they claim the authority of revelation? Whom did one have to be, or aspire to be, in order to merit authority? Hindy Najman addresses these questions through close readings of ancient...

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Main Author: Najman, Hindy (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2010
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Najman, Hindy, 1967-, Past renewals] (2015) (Henze, Matthias, 1965 -)
Series/Journal:Journal for the study of Judaism v. 53
Further subjects:B Philo of Alexandria
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism
B Bible. O.T Canon
B Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
B Jewish Law Decision making History To 1500
B Book of Jubilees Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Rabbis Office History To 1500
B Bible. O.T Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History To 1500
B Tradition (Judaism) History To 1500
B Authority Religious aspects Judaism History To 1500
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505 8 0 |a Contents; Foreword; Previous Publications; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Interpretive Authority; Chapter One: The Symbolic Significance of Writing in Ancient Judaism; Chapter Two: Interpretation as Primordial Writing: Jubilees and its Authority Conferring Strategies; Chapter Three: Torah of Moses: Pseudonymous Attribution in Second Temple Writings; Chapter Four: The Law of Nature and the Authority of Mosaic Law; Chapter Five: A Written Copy of the Law of Nature: An Unthinkable Paradox?; Part II: Renewed Revelation 
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505 8 0 |a Chapter Twelve: The Quest for Perfection in Ancient JudaismChapter Thirteen: How Should We Contextualize Pseudepigrapha? Imitation and Emulation in 4 Ezra; Chapter Fourteen: Text and Figure in Ancient Jewish Paideia; Index of Ancient Authors and Texts; Index of Modern Authors; Subject Index 
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