Exemplarity, Exegesis, & Ethnography: Abraham in Pseudo-Hegesippus as a Test Case for Biblical Reception in Christian Late Antiquity
Exemplarity, ethnography, and exegesis are three forms of cultural practice well known to the ancient Mediterranean world. The use of role models, the ‘writing’ of peoples, and the interpretation of authoritative writings (i.e. “Scriptures”) were ways in which many authors of Greco-Roman and Judeo-C...
| 發表在: | Journal of the bible and its reception |
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021
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Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2021, 卷: 8, 發布: 1, Pages: 35-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pseudo-Hegesippus ca. 4. Jahrhundert
/ 耶路撒冷
/ 破壞
/ Abraham, 聖經人物
/ 民族學
/ 注釋
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Abraham (Patriarch)
B De Excidio Hierosolymitano B Exemplarity B Pseudo-Hegesippus B Exempla |
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| 總結: | Exemplarity, ethnography, and exegesis are three forms of cultural practice well known to the ancient Mediterranean world. The use of role models, the ‘writing’ of peoples, and the interpretation of authoritative writings (i.e. “Scriptures”) were ways in which many authors of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian antiquity situated themselves and others within history. Here I argue that the biblical patriarch Abraham, as received within the late antique Christian text called Pseudo-Hegesippus ( On the Destruction of Jerusalem ), provides a quintessential example of these scribal-rhetorical habits in action. The upshot of this study is that key figures like Abraham were integral tools for doing the things that certain interested ancient writers were trying to do, and as such these figures constitute appropriate, even necessary, objects of research for those seeking to understanding ancient Mediterranean texts, authors, and readers. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2021-0010 |