عنوان

Noah and his book(s)

Erroneous ISBN

9781589834880 (paper binding : alk. paper)

Erroneous ISBN

9781589834897 (e-book)

Number

b501896

Title Proper

Noah and his book(s)

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Atlanta :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Society of Biblical Literature,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 380 p.

Series Title

Early Judaism and its literature ;

ISSN of Series

no. 28.

Text of Note

"This book is a joint enterprise emerging from Michael Stone's senior seminar during the years 2003-2005. The seminar was devoted during those two years to a study of the traditions about a book or books of Noah and about Noah himself. The subject is enormous, as will be seen from the chronological and geographical range of the material assembled here. Two questions were defined that focused the discussion and, consequently, the material presented in this book. The first was to assess references to a Noah writing in the Second Temple period, including segments of existing works that scholars had in the past attributed to a Noah writing. As a corollary of this, the traditions of Noah in other Second Temple period works were studied, first, to gain insight into their character and, second, to see whether distinct enough traditions survived in those, often incidental, references to witness to the existence of a Noachic writing or writings"--Data View.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Text of Note

pt. 1. Fragments and documents associated with a 'book of Noah' -- pt. 2. Noah traditions -- pt. 3. Miscellaneous Noah texts and traditions.

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Noah-- In rabbinical literature.

Noah-- Legends-- History and criticism.

Bible., Genesis V-IX-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Christian literature, Early-- Syriac authors-- History and criticism.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Amihay, Aryeh.

Hillel, Vered.

Stone, Michael E.,1938-

ebrary, Inc.

Electronic name

[Book]

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