Babel's Tower Translated

Genesis 11 and Ancient Jewish Interpretation
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-20509-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 117, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1580 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

In Babel's Tower Translated, Phillip Sherman explores the narrative of Genesis 11 and its reception and interpretation in several Second Temple and Early Rabbinic texts (e.g., Jubilees, Philo, Genesis Rabbah). The account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is famously ambiguous. The meaning of the narrative and the actions of both the human characters and the Israelite deity defy any easy explanation. This work explores how changing historical and hermeneutical realities altered and shifted the meaning of the text in Jewish antiquity.

Zielgruppe

Those scholars working on the reception history of biblical texts, most especially the reading and interpretation of the Bible in Second Temple and Rabbinic texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherman, Phillip Michael

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Sherman, Phillip Michael
Phillip Michael Sherman, PhD. (Emory University, 2008) is Assistant Professor of Religion at Maryville College (Maryville, TN USA).