Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre

The Interpretation of Ezekiel 28:11-19 in Late Antiquity
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20722-6
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 392 g

Reihe: Brill

The oracle against the King of Tyre, found in Ezekiel 28.12-19, is a difficult text that inspired diverse interpretations in Late Antiquity. For example, according to one rabbinic tradition the text spoke of the first man, Adam, while the Church Fathers found in the same text a description of the fall of Satan. This book studies the rabbinic sources, patristic literature, the Targum, and the ancient translations, and seeks to understand the reasons for the diverse interpretation, the interaction between the exegetical traditions and the communities of interpreters, in particular between Jews and Christians, and the effect the specific form and wording of the text had on the formation and development of each interpretation.

Zielgruppe

Those interested in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Late Antiquity, in the text of the book of Ezekiel, and the interaction between Jews and Christians in the formative period of both traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patmore, Hector M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Patmore, Hector M.
Hector M. Patmore, Ph.D. (2008) in Theology, University of Durham, is a post doctoral researcher at the Protestant Theological University of the Netherlands. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the Council for British Research in the Levant.