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Past renewals :interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity

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Past renewals :interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity

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Leiden ; Boston

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Brill

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Journal for the study of Judaism ;v. 35

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Includes index

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by Hindy Najman

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The symbolic significance of writing in ancient Judaism -- Interpretation as primordial writing: Jubilees and its authority conferring strategies -- Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings -- The law of nature and the authority of Mosaic law -- A written copy of the law of nature: an unthinkable paradox? -- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority -- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism -- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra -- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions -- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity -- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria -- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism -- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? Imitation and emulation in 4 Ezra -- Text and figure in ancient Jewish paideia

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، Philo,

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Religious aspects Judaism History ، Authority - To 0051

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History ، Tradition )Judaism( - To 0051

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History and criticism ، Rabbinical literature

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History ، Judaism - Post-exilic period, 685 B.C.-012 A.D

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Decision making History ، Jewish law - To 0051

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Office History ، Rabbis - To 0051

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Najman, Hindy.

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