Yonton Revisited: A Case Study in the Reception of Hellenistic Science within Early Judaism

In the Syriac Book of the Cave of Treasures, which in a general way we may reckon among the rewritten Bible texts, in ch. 27.6–11, an apocryphal fourth son of Noah appears, Yōnṭōn by name. This figure resides near the seashorein a far-easternland and possesses oracular and astrological wisdom. In 19...

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Main Author: Toepel, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2006, Volume: 99, Issue: 3, Pages: 235-245
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