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Author Najman, Hindy.

Title Seconding Sinai : the development of Mosaic discourse in Second Temple Judaism / by Hindy Najman.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 77
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 77.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-161) and indexes.
Contents General Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Mosaic Discourse; Chapter Two: Rewriting Rewritten: Jubilees and 11QTemple as Participants in Mosaic Discourse; Chapter Three: Copying Nature, Copying Moses; Chapter Four: Constructing Continuities and the Dangers of Anachronism; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Subject Index; Index of Primary Texts.
Summary This work criticizes the terms "Pseudepigraphy" and "Rewritten Bible", which presuppose conceptions of textual fidelity foreign to ancient Judaism. It develops the concept of a discourse whose creativity and authority depend on repeated returns to the exemplary figure of a founder.
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Language Text in English; quotations in Hebrew.
Subject Moses (Biblical leader)
Moses (Biblical leader)
Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Bible. Pentateuch.
Moses, (Biblical leader)
Moïse (Chef biblique)
Bible. A.T. Pentateuque -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives.
Mose.
Pentateuch.
Jubiläen <Buch>.
Direct discourse in the Bible.
Direct discourse in the Bible.
Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction -- History -- To 1500.
Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Najman, Hindy. Seconding Sinai. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003 9004115420 (DLC) 2002038453 (OCoLC)51003787
ISBN 1417597593 (electronic book)
9781417597598 (electronic book)
9004115420 (alkaline paper)
9789004115422 (alkaline paper)
9047400283
9789047400288