Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
What is meant by attributing texts to Moses in Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism? The answer depends not only on the history of texts but also on the history of concepts of textuality. This book criticizes the terms "Pseudepigraphy" and "Rewritten Bible", which presuppose conceptions of authentic attribution and textual fidelity foreign to ancient Judaism.

Instead, this book develops the concept of a discourse whose creativity and authority depend on repeated returns to the exemplary figure and experience of a founder. Attribution to Moses is a central example, whose function is to re-present the experience of revelation at Sinai. Distinctive features of Mosaic discourse are studied in Deuteronomy, Jubilees, the Temple Scroll, and the works of Philo of Alexandria.

About the Author
Hindy Najman, Ph.D. (1998) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, is the Jordan Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She has pubished on the Hebrew Bible, Hellenistic Judaism, Qumran and Rabbinic Literature

Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism),Hindy Najman,Brill Academic Publishers,9004115420,(Biblical leader),Bible,Direct discourse in the Bible,History,Interior Design - General,Interpretation and construction,Jewish law,Judaism,Judaism - General,Judaism - History,Moses,O.T,Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D,Religion,Religion - Judaism,To 1500

Book Contents:

1. Species Intelligibilis: From Perception to Knowledge : Ii. Renaissance Controversies, Later Scholasticism, and the Elimination of the Intelligible S (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
2. Spinoza in English: A Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
3. Symposium: The American Worker
4. Text and Interpretation: New Approaches in the Criticism of the New Testament (New Testament Tools and Studies, Vol 15)
5. The Aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of the Fennoscandia and Denmark. Ii. Dytiscidae: II - Dytiscidea (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica)
6. The Continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogacara in Indian Mahayana Buddhism (Brill's Indological Library, Vol. 6)
7. The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition)
8. The Ecclesiastical Offices in the Thought of Martin Bucer (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
9. The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
10. The Fall of Samaria: An Historical and Archaeological Study (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East, Vol 2)

Book Contents

Recommended Books

1. Photography
2. Big Hair
3. Concert Tour Production Management
4. Critical Reasoning & Reading Comprehension GMAT Preparation Guide
5. A Time for Every Purpose : Law and the Balance of Life
6. Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria
7. Cross-Border Resource Management: Theory and Practice
8. Death Be Not Proud : A Memoir
9. Bridge of Birds : A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was
10. Betty Crocker's Best of Healthy and Hearty Cooking : More Than 400 Recipes Your Family Will Love
11. Beyond the Basics: Gourd Art
12. Boundaries with Teens : When to Say Yes, How to Say No
13. Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees
14. Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy
15. A Paddler's Guide to Ontario