Israel in the wilderness : interpretations of the biblical narratives in Jewish and Christian traditions /

Israel in the wilderness : interpretations of the biblical narratives in Jewish and Christian traditions /

This collection of essays examines how stories from the biblical narrative of Israel in the Wilderness (Exodus 16-Deuteronomy 34) were interpreted by later Jewish and Christian writers (ca. 400 BCE-500 CE). Stories such as those about manna and water from a rock, the Golden Calf incident, Korah'...

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Other Authors: Pomykala, Kenneth.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Themes in biblical narrative, v. 10
Themes in Biblical Narrative 10.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.

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Moses > (Biblical leader) > Congresses.
Altes Testament.
Bible. > O.T. > Pentateuch > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600 > Congresses.
Christentum.
Judentum.

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Call Number: BS1225.52 .I86 2008

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Summary:This collection of essays examines how stories from the biblical narrative of Israel in the Wilderness (Exodus 16-Deuteronomy 34) were interpreted by later Jewish and Christian writers (ca. 400 BCE-500 CE). Stories such as those about manna and water from a rock, the Golden Calf incident, Korah's rebellion, and the death of Moses provided later Jewish and Christian writers with a treasure trove of material for reflection and interpretation. Whereas individual essays investigate how particular literary works, such as Ben Sira, Qumran documents, New Testament writings, the Apostolic Fathers, and Targums, appropriated the biblical text, taken together the essays form an exercise in uncovering the hermeneutical imagination of interpreters during formative periods of Jewish and Christian thought. This volume will be valuable to those interested in ancient Judaism and early Christianity, the history of interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and the hermeneutical appropriation of sacred texts.
Item Description:"All of the essays were written in conjunction with the Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Section of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature"--Introd.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047432494
ISSN:1388-3909 ;
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