عنوان

Jubilees :

(Number (ISBN

0800660358

(Number (ISBN

9780800660352

Erroneous ISBN

9781506438481

Title Proper

Jubilees :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a commentary on the book of Jubilees /

First Statement of Responsibility

by James C. VanderKam ; edited by Sidnie White Crawford.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Minneapolis :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Fortress Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

2 volumes (xlvii, 1320 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1215-1249) and indexes.

Text of Note

Volume 1. Chapters 1-21 -- volume 2. Chapters 22-50.

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Text of Note

Jubilees--so called because of its concern with marking forty-nine-year periods (or "jubilees") in Israel's history--is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus from the point of view of an anonymous second-century BCE Jewish author. Its distinctive perspective--as well as its apparent popularity at Qumran--make it particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism. James C. VanderKam, the world's foremost authority on Jubilees, offers a new translation based on his own critical editions of all the available textual evidence, including the Hebrew fragments preserved at Qumran (which he first published in Discoveries in the Judean Desert, vol. 13), as well as the first full running commentary on the book in the English language. Jubilees approaches the book as a rewriting of scripture but also as a literary work in its own right. The commentary explains the text and the teachings of the author with comprehensive coverage of the modern scholarship devoted to them. The introduction sets the book in its second-century BCE context, traces its sources in the Bible and in other early Jewish texts, and describes its influence on Jewish and Christian writers.--Publisher description.

Book of Jubilees

Book of Jubilees.

Jubiläen, Buch

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

VanderKam, James C.

Crawford, Sidnie White

Date of Transaction

20200822130456.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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