The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and Theology
May 2007 · BRILL
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Almost all scholars have viewed the book of Jubilees as the work of a single author, applying to the book methods of analysis determined primarily by its literary genre, Rewritten Bible. This study suggests a new approach, in light of numerous contradictions between the rewritten stories on the one hand, and the juxtaposed legal passages and chronological framework on the other. It is suggested here that the editor of Jubilees adopted extant reworked sources, and added his own legal and chronological framework. This proposed literary-critical method is highly significant for the study of the book’s worldview, as is demonstrated by the analysis of passages in Jubilees that relate to the origins of evil and of law in the world.
Almost all scholars have viewed the book of Jubilees as the work of a single author, applying to the book methods of analysis determined primarily by its literary genre, Rewritten Bible. This study suggests a new approach, in light of numerous contradictions between the rewritten stories on the o...
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Michael Segal, Ph.D. (2004) in Bible, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Lecturer in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University, and serves as Associate Editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project.
Michael Segal, Ph.D. (2004) in Bible, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Lecturer in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University, and serves as Associate Editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project.
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