The Book of Genesis in Late Antiquity
Encounters Between Jewish and Christian Exegesis
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Word Count
137,000 words, Guess
Page Count
548 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL29679824M
- ISBN-139789004245556
- OCLC Control Number824530840
- Library of Congress Control Number2012049290
Classifications
- LCC
Description
"This book examines the relationship between rabbinic and Christian exegetical writings of Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire and Mesopotamia. The volume identifies and analyses evidence of potential 'encounters' between rabbinic and Christian interpretations of the book of Genesis. Each chapter investigates exegesis of a different episode of Genesis, including the Paradise Story, Cain and Abel, the Flood Story, Abraham and Melchizedek, Hagar and Ishmael, Jacob's Ladder, Joseph and Potiphar and the Blessing on Judah. The book discusses a wide range of Jewish and Christian literature, including primarily rabbinic and patristic traditions, but also apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, Philo and Josephus. The volume sheds light on the history of the relationship between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity, and brings together two scholars (of Rabbinics and of Eastern Christianity) in a truly collaborative work"--Back cover.
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