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Profiling Jewish literature in antiquity : an inventory, from Second Temple texts to the Talmuds /

This text introduces a new system for describing non-biblical ancient Jewish literature. It arises from a fresh empirical investigation into the literary structures of many anonymous and pseudepigraphic sources, including Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha of the Old Testament, the larger Dead Sea Scrolls...

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Main Author: Samely, Alexander (Author)
Other Authors: Alexander, Philip S. (Editor), Bernasconi, Rocco (Editor), Hayward, Robert, 1948- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Apokryphen
Mishnah
Qumrantexte
Jewish religious literature > History and criticism.
Apocryphal books > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jewish literature > History and criticism.
Judaism > Sacred books.
Littérature juive > Histoire et critique.
Judaïsme > Livres sacrés.
Littérature religieuse juive > Histoire et critique.
Apocryphes > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Littérature rabbinique > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Rabbinical literature
Jewish religious literature
Apocryphal books
Jewish literature
Judaism
Jüdische Literatur
Pseudepigraphie
Judisk litteratur > historia.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sacred books
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text introduces a new system for describing non-biblical ancient Jewish literature. It arises from a fresh empirical investigation into the literary structures of many anonymous and pseudepigraphic sources, including Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha of the Old Testament, the larger Dead Sea Scrolls, Midrash, and the Talmuds.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 459 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191764981
0191764981
9780191507298
0191507296
1306068630
9781306068635