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.

Subjects:

Bible. > Genesis, XI > Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Babel, Tower of.

Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.

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