RT Book
T1 Past renewals: interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity
T2 Journal for the study of Judaism
A1 Najman, Hindy
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/665077580
AB 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 Jewish texts, e.g., Ezra-Nehemiah, Philo of Alexandria, 4Ezra, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jubilees. In Seconding Sinai (Brill, 2003), Najman reconceived pseudepigraphy, developing the idea of a Mosaic discourse that comprised a series of ancient texts attributed to Moses. Here she develops the broader n
NO Includes index
CN BM529
SN 9789004180468
K1 Philo : of Alexandria
K1 Bible : O.T : Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish : History : To 1500
K1 Bible : O.T : Canon
K1 Book of Jubilees : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Rabbis : Office : History : To 1500
K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
K1 Jewish Law : Decision making : History : To 1500
K1 Authority : Religious aspects : Judaism : History : To 1500
K1 Rabbinical literature : History and criticism
K1 Tradition (Judaism) : History : To 1500