Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity

The Book of Jubilees
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-02068-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 113, 345 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Reihe: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

James M. Scott focuses on a particular Old Testament pseudepigraphon - the Book of Jubilees, the revelation of an angel to Moses announcing the expectation of a messiah from Judah. He traces the appropriation of the Book of Jubilees in early Christian sources from the New Testament to Hippolytus and beyond, and more specifically focuses on the reception of Jubilees 8-9, an expansion of the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (1 Chronicles 1). The book takes an interdisciplinary approach based on detailed analysis of primary sources, much of which is seldom considered by New Testament scholars, and explores the neglected topic of ancient geographical conceptions. By studying geographical aspects of the work, Dr Scott is able to relate Jubilees to both Old and New Testament traditions, bringing important new insights into Christian concepts of annunciation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, James M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The Mappa Mundi of Queen Kypros; 2. Jubilees 8-9; 3. Luke-Acts; 4. PS-Clementine Recognitions 1.27-71; 5. Theophilus of Antioch; 6. Hippolytus of Rome; 7. Medieval Mappaemundi; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Scott, James M.
James M. Scott is Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity Western University, British Columbia. He is author of Adoption as Sons of God (1992), Paul and the Nations (1995), and 2 Corinthians (1998), and is editor of Exile: Old Testament, and Christian Conceptions (1997).