Interprétations de Moïse

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047443837
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Interprétations de Moïse written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is the result of a team research which gathered biblical scholars, philologists, and historians of religions, on the issue of the multiple "Interpretations of Moses" inherited from the ancient mediterranean cultures. The concrete outcome of this comparative inquiry is the common translation and commentary of the fragments from the works of the mysterious Artapanus. The comparative perspective suggested here is not so much methodological, or thematic. It is first of all an invitation to cross disciplinary boundaries and to take account of the contributions of diverse cultures to the formation of a single mythology, in the case, a Moses mythology. With respect to Judea, Greece, Egypt or Rome, and further more an emerging christianity and its "gnostic" counterpart, the figure of Moses is at the heart of a cross-cultural dialogue the pieces of which, if they can be seperated for the confort of their specific study, mostly gain by being put together. Contributions by: Daniel Barbu, René Bloch, Philippe Borgeaud, Sabrina Inowlocki-Meister, Caterina Moro, Thomas Römer, Matthieu Smyth, Youri Volokhine, and Claudio Zamagni Ce volume est le fruit d’un travail d’équipe, qui a réuni des biblistes, des philologues, et des historiens des religions autour des multiples « Interprétations de Moïse » que nous ont léguées les cultures de la Méditerranée antique. Le résultat pratique de cette enquête comparatiste culmine dans la traduction et le commentaire à « douze mains » des fragments du mystérieux Artapan, qui ouvrent le volume. Le comparatisme proposé dans le présent volume ne se veut ni méthodologique ni thématique, mais vise d’abord à franchir les frontières disciplinaires, tout en envisageant les apports culturels respectifs contribuant à la formation d’une mythologie, en l’occurrence celle de Moïse. Entre la Judée, l’Egypte, la Grèce, Rome, et bien-sûr le christianisme naissant et l’univers « gnostique » qui l’accompagne, la figure de Moïse est au cœur d’un dialogue, dont les pièces, si elles peuvent être disjointes pour la commodité de l’étude, gagnent surtout à être rapprochées.

Interpreting Translation

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Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789042916890
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (168 download)

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Book Synopsis Interpreting Translation by : Florentino García Martínez

Download or read book Interpreting Translation written by Florentino García Martínez and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 30 essays by some of the most prominent scholars on the field of Septuagint studies collected in this volume deal with the Septuagint in general and with the Septuagint of Ezekiel in particular, but also with text-critical, philological, lexicographical and theological topics, faithfully reflecting the wide range of interests of Professor Johan Lust. Edited by F. Garca Martnez and Marc Vervenne.

Moses the Egyptian in the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch (London, British Library Cotton MS Claudius B.iv)

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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268102082
Total Pages : 387 pages
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Book Synopsis Moses the Egyptian in the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch (London, British Library Cotton MS Claudius B.iv) by : Herbert R. Broderick

Download or read book Moses the Egyptian in the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch (London, British Library Cotton MS Claudius B.iv) written by Herbert R. Broderick and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Moses the Egyptian, Herbert Broderick analyzes the iconography of Moses in the famous illuminated eleventh-century manuscript known as the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch. A translation into Old English of the first six books of the Bible, the manuscript contains over 390 images, of which 127 depict Moses with a variety of distinctive visual attributes. Broderick presents a compelling thesis that these motifs, in particular the image of the horned Moses, have a Hellenistic Egyptian origin. He argues that the visual construct of Moses in the Old English Hexateuch may have been based on a Late Antique, no longer extant, prototype influenced by works of Hellenistic Egyptian Jewish exegetes, who ascribed to Moses the characteristics of an Egyptian-Hellenistic king, military commander, priest, prophet, and scribe. These Jewish writings were utilized in turn by early Christian apologists such as Clement of Alexandria and Eusebius of Caesarea. Broderick’s analysis of this Moses imagery ranges widely across religious divides, art-historical religious themes, and classical and early Jewish and Christian sources. Herbert Broderick is one of the foremost historians in the field of Anglo-Saxon art, with a primary focus on Old Testament iconography. Readers with interests in the history of medieval manuscript illustration, art history, and early Jewish and Christian apologetics will find much of interest in this profusely illustrated study.

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520918955
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible by : Louis H. Feldman

Download or read book Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible written by Louis H. Feldman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-01-18 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephus (A.D. 37-?100), a pro-Roman Jew closely associated with the emperor Titus, is the earliest systematic commentator on the Bible, as well as one of the foremost historians of the beginning of the Christian era. Politically, Josephus was pro-Roman, and although he had no sympathy for extreme Jewish nationalism, he was a zealous defender of Jewish religion and culture. Louis H. Feldman examines the principles that guided Josephus in his understanding of the Bible, investigating his creative contribution in the rewriting of biblical accounts. This comprehensive study evaluates Josephus as a historian and demonstrates the originality and consistency of his work as an author. The first part of Feldman's work attempts to understand Josephus's purposes and techniques in retelling the Bible. The second part reviews Josephus's treatment of twelve key biblical figures. In addition to its reevaluation of an important early historian, this unique compendium provides a mine of information on the reassessment of the most important biblical figures.

Clement’s Biblical Exegesis

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004331247
Total Pages : 399 pages
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Book Synopsis Clement’s Biblical Exegesis by : Veronika Černušková

Download or read book Clement’s Biblical Exegesis written by Veronika Černušková and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Clement’s Biblical Exegesis scholars from six countries explore various facets of Clement of Alexandria’s hermeneutical theory and his exegetical practice. Although research on Clement has tended to emphasize his use of philosophical sources, Clement was important not only as a Christian philosopher, but also as a pioneer Christian exegete. His works constitute a crucial link in the tradition of Alexandrian exegesis, but his biblical exegesis has received much less attention than that of Philo or Origen. Topics discussed include how Clement’s methods of allegorical interpretation compare with those of Philo, Origen, and pagan exegetes of Homer, and his readings of particular texts such as Proverbs, the Sermon on the Mount, John 1, 1 John, and the Pauline letters.

Construction of the figure of Moses

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Publisher : Peeters
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Total Pages : 300 pages
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Book Synopsis Construction of the figure of Moses by : Thomas Römer

Download or read book Construction of the figure of Moses written by Thomas Römer and published by Peeters. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moise est sans doute la figure la plus importante de la Bible hebraique. Les differentes traditions sur Moise s'expliquent pour la plupart dans le contexte des periodes perse et hellenistique, lorsque celui-ci sert de figure de l gitimation a differents courants a partir desquels va se constituer le judaisme. Or, la Bible ne contient pas l'ensemble des traditions sur Moise; il existe d'autres legendes chez des auteurs juifs et paiens des epoques perse, hellenistique et romaine. Quelques-unes des traditions que l'on trouve chez ces auteurs sont apparemment aussi anciennes que celles qui ont trouve leur entree dans le document officiel du judaisme. Certaines sont meme a rapprocher d'aspects de Moise apparaissant dans la litterature biblique. Mais on ne peut postuler globalement qu'elles modifient a chaque fois une tradition biblique deja immuable. Ce volume est issu d'une rencontre entre chercheurs en sciences bibliques, en sciences des religions et en histoire du judaisme et du christianisme, des Universites de Manchester, Sheffield, Geneve et Lausanne. Ce symposium s'est tenu du 11 au 13 mai 2006 sous le titre: La construction de la figure de Moise. Il s'agissait, dans le cadre d'un travail interdisciplinaire, de faire le point sur la construction du personnage de Moise depuis l'epoque perse jusqu'a l'epoque romaine, sans pour autant renoncer a poser le probleme de ses origines. Les differentes contributions dressent le portrait d'un Moise aux multiples facettes. En ce qui concerne plus particulierement le dossier biblique, qui demeure probablement la source la plus importante sur Moise, les textes reunis ici nous invitent non seulement a repenser la formation de l'histoire biblique de Moise, mais aussi a prendre en consideration qu'elle ne constitue qu'une selection d'histoires en circulation durant les periodes perse et hellenistique et dans lesquelles se rencontrent le Levant, la Grece et l'Egypte.

The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism

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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161484742
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (847 download)

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Book Synopsis The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism by : John Granger Cook

Download or read book The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism written by John Granger Cook and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2004 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of Christian texts were among the first, according to the surviving data, to seriously explore the Septuagint. They found the Bible to be difficult reading. The pagans who reacted to biblical texts include Celsus (II C.E.), Porphyry (III C.E.), and Julian the Apostate (IV C.E.). These authors thought that if they could refute one of the primary foundations of Christianity, namely its use or interpretation of the Septuagint, then the new religion would perhaps crumble. John Granger Cook analyzes these pagans' voice and elaborates on its importance, since it shows how Septuagint texts appeared in the eyes of Greco-Roman intellectuals. Theirs was not an abstract interest, however, because they knew that Christianity posed a grave danger to some of their dearest beliefs, self-understanding, and way of life.

Text and Interpretation

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521220217
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Book Synopsis Text and Interpretation by : Robert McLachlan Wilson

Download or read book Text and Interpretation written by Robert McLachlan Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-04-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Black, a scholar on the New Testament, inspired contributors to write this book.

The Interpretation of the Bible

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567345637
Total Pages : 1914 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)

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Book Synopsis The Interpretation of the Bible by : Joze Krasovec

Download or read book The Interpretation of the Bible written by Joze Krasovec and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 1914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume, nearly 2000 pages in length and handsomely printed on Bible paper, is perhaps the most comprehensive scholarly work of our time on the translation and interpretation of the Bible. At its core are papers presented to an international symposium in Ljubljana in September 1996 to mark the publication of the new Slovenian version of the Bible, a landmark in Slovene identity and cultural life. In addition, its distinguished editor, Joze Krasovec, has commissioned a wide range of contributions devoted to translations of the Bible in many languages, including the Slavonic languages, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and the Scandinavian languages. The 82 chapters in this work, mostly in English, are divided into three parts. Part I, on ancient translations and hermeneutics of the Bible, contains contributions by M.-E. Boismard, S.P. Brock, K.J. Cathcart, R.P. Gordon, L.J. Grech, M. Hengel, O. Keel, J. Lust, E. Tov and others, with a notable comprehensive bibliographic survey of oriental Bible translations from the first millennium by M. van Esbroeck. Part II, on Slavonic and other translations of the Bible, includes the first detailed study of the history of the Slavonic Bible, by Francis J. Thomson (over 300 pp.). Part III, with essays by such scholars as J.H. Charlesworth, D.J.A. Clines, J. Gnilka, M. G÷rg, N. Lohfink and A.C. Thiselton, concerns the interpretation of the Bible in translation, philosophy, theology, art and music. In an appendix, a complete list of printed Bibles in languages throughout the world is presented for the first time.

Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498573428
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance by : Nadia Zeldes

Download or read book Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance written by Nadia Zeldes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the Hebrew Book of Josippon as a prism, this study analyzes the dialogue surrounding Jewish history among Renaissance humanists. Notwithstanding its focus on the Renaissance, the author’s analysis extends to the consumption of Josippon in the High Middle Ages and into interpretations by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century humanists. With a focus on both Christian and Jewish discourse, the author examines the mythical and historical narratives that developed from Josippon.

Studia Philonica Annual XXIV, 2012

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Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589837347
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Book Synopsis Studia Philonica Annual XXIV, 2012 by : David T. Runia

Download or read book Studia Philonica Annual XXIV, 2012 written by David T. Runia and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to furthering the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and in particular the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (circa 15 B.C.E. to circa 50 C.E.).

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191028215
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation by : Paul M. Blowers

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation written by Paul M. Blowers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible was the essence of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity. Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands understanding of the field. Part One examines the material text transmitted, translated, and invested with authority, and the very conceptualization of sacred Scripture as God's word for the church. Part Two looks at the culture and disciplines or science of interpretation in representative exegetical traditions. Part Three addresses the diverse literary and non-literary modes of interpretation, while Part Four canvasses the communal background and foreground of early Christian interpretation, where the Bible was paramount in shaping normative Christian identity. Part Five assesses the determinative role of the Bible in major developments and theological controversies in the life of the churches. Part Six returns to interpretation proper and samples how certain abiding motifs from within scriptural revelation were treated by major Christian expositors. The overall history of biblical interpretation has itself now become the subject of a growing scholarship and the final part skilfully examines how early Christian exegesis was retrieved and critically evaluated in later periods of church history. Taken together, the chapters provide nuanced paths of introduction for students and scholars from a wide spectrum of academic fields, including classics, biblical studies, the general history of interpretation, the social and cultural history of late ancient and early medieval Christianity, historical theology, and systematic and contextual theology. Readers will be oriented to the major resources for, and issues in, the critical study of early Christian biblical interpretation.

Scriptural Interpretation

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118367448
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Book Synopsis Scriptural Interpretation by : Darren Sarisky

Download or read book Scriptural Interpretation written by Darren Sarisky and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scriptural Interpretation, Sarisky brilliantly draws together Patristic Theology and a theological interpretation of Scripture in the modern day, to examine Scripture’s central place in the life of the Church and ordinary believers. Examines the importance of scriptural interpretation in the life of Christians and of the church Draws together two lively discussions: a study of the theology of the Cappadocian fathers, and a discussion of theological interpretation of Scripture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Covers an impressive historical range, from Basil of Caesarea right up to the work of the major contemporary thinkers, Stanley Hauerwas and Rowan Williams Offers a sophisticated understanding of many Patristic thinkers – an area of huge current interest in the field – and challenges accepted readings of the theology of Basil of Caesarea

Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004516581
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation by : Jean Maurais

Download or read book Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation written by Jean Maurais and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much can be learned about a translation’s linguistic and cultural context by studying it as a text, a literary artifact of the culture that produced it. However, its nature as a translation warrants a careful approach, one that pays attention to the process by which its various features came about. In Characterizing Old Greek Deuteronomy as an Ancient Translation, Jean Maurais develops a framework derived from Descriptive Translation Studies to bring both these aspects in conversation. He then outlines how the Deuteronomy translator went about his task and provides a characterization of the work as a literary product.

Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134635567
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation by : Stanley E. Porter

Download or read book Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2007. Compiling the results from contemporary and exciting areas of research into one single important volume, this book stands ahead of its field in providing a comprehensive one-stop Handbook reference of biblical interpretation. Examining a wide range of articles on many of the recognized interpreters including Augustine, Luther and Calvin, up to the modern figures of Martin Hengel and T.W. Manson, Porter expertly combines the study of biblical interpretation with the examination of the theological and philosophical preconceptions that have influenced it, and surveys the history of interpretation from different perspectives. Key perspectives studied include: the historical dimension; addressing how interpretation has developed at various periods of time; from early Jewish exegesis to the historical-critical method; the conceptual approach; looks at the various schools of thought that have generated biblical interpretation, and compares and contrasts competing conceptual models of interpretation; the personal perspective; addresses the reality of biblical interpretation by individuals who have helped plot the course of theological development; With relevant bibliographies and a guide to further reading, this Dictionary will be an extremely important reference held for many years, not only by libraries, but also by students, scholars, clergy and teachers of this fascinating and high-profile subject.

The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation

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Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789068319200
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation by : Judith Frishman

Download or read book The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation written by Judith Frishman and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of sixteen essays, most of which are revised versions of papers read at a symposium held in May 1995 in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and the Institute for Advanced Studies. Students of various religious and cultural traditions present their research in Jewish and Christian biblical interpretation. Fields covered include the Second Temple Period (Dead Sea Scrolls and the Life of Adam and Eve), Rabbinic literature, Early Greek and Syriac Antiochene exegesis, Syriac literature, Armenian reflections of Greek and Syriac exegesis (esp. the Armenian translations and reworkings of Eusebius of Emesa, Ephrem the Syrian and Jacob of Edessa), Ethiopic commentary tradition. Particular attention is devoted to the interrelationship between various traditions, e.g. Jewish and Christian, Greek and Syriac, Syriac and Armenian. The volume gives some telescoped insight into the cultural complexity of the Near East in Late Antiquity, where dynamic processes of cultural and religious interaction were continuously at work.

Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900423229X
Total Pages : 617 pages
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Download or read book Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purity is a cultural construct that had a central role in the forming and the development of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean. This volume analyzes concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the main cultures of Antiquity, and discusses from a comparative perspective their parallel developments and transformations. The perspective adopted is both synchronic and diachronic; the comparative approach takes into account points of contact and mutual influences, but also includes major transcultural trends. A number of renowned specialists contribute a large variety of perspectives and approaches, combining archaeology, epigraphy and social history; in addition, particular attention is given to concepts of purity in ancient Israel and early Judaism as a ‘test-case’ of sorts. Through its extensive coverage, the volume contributes decisively to the present discussion about the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributors include: Philippe Borgeaud, Beate Ego, Christian Frevel, Linda-Marie Günther, Michaël Guichard, Gudrun Holtz, Manfred Hutter, Albert de Jong, Michael Konkel, Bernhard Linke, Lionel Marti, Hans-Peter Mathys, Christophe Nihan, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Benedikt Rausche, Noel Robertson, Udo Rüterswörden, Ian Werrett, and Jürgen K. Zangenberg.