Babel's Tower translated : Genesis 11 and ancient Jewish interpretation /

Babel's Tower translated : Genesis 11 and ancient Jewish interpretation /

In Babel's Tower Translated , Phillip Sherman explores the narrative of Genesis 11 and its reception and interpretation in several Second Temple and Early Rabbinic texts (e.g., Jubilees, Philo, Genesis Rabbah). The account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is famously ambiguous. The meanin...

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Main Author: Sherman, Phillip Michael.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 117.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

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Bible. > Genesis, XI > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Babel, Tower of.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BS1238.B2 S54 2013

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Summary:In Babel's Tower Translated , Phillip Sherman explores the narrative of Genesis 11 and its reception and interpretation in several Second Temple and Early Rabbinic texts (e.g., Jubilees, Philo, Genesis Rabbah). The account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is famously ambiguous. The meaning of the narrative and the actions of both the human characters and the Israelite deity defy any easy explanation. This work explores how changing historical and hermeneutical realities altered and shifted the meaning of the text in Jewish antiquity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 393 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004248618
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