Biblioclasm and the Scriptures

An investigation of the phenomena
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-525-56057-0
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band 285, 400 Seiten, gebunden

Reihe: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

It is the first work that provides a systematic analysis of the impact of book burning on the textual history of the Quran, the Christian Bible, and the Book of Psalms of the Tanach. The analysis is distinguished by its parallel approach to the Scriptures of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, and by the fact that it deals with both oral and written Scriptural traditions. Within this analysis, the author presents his discovery of previously unknown fragments of the first Greek translation of the First Book of Maccabees. Its existence was postulated by scholars, but there had been no material evidence for it. The author uncovers these fragments in quotations given by Eusebius of Caesarea in his commentary on the Book of Psalms (the fourth cent. CE). This early translation preserves a significant variant reading that offers new historical information on the role of book burning in the textual history of the Book of Psalms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zbrzezny, Jakub

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dunderberg, Ismo

Gertz, Jan Christian

Löhr, Hermut

Schaper, Joachim

Luther, Susanne

Knust, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Luther, Susanne
Susanne Luther is Professor of New Testament at Georg-August University Göttingen.

Zbrzezny, Jakub
Jakub Zbrzezny holds a PhD in divinity from the University of Aberdeen (2019). As of 2022, he is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

Zbrzezny, Jakub
Jakub Zbrzezny holds a PhD in divinity from the University of Aberdeen (2019). As of 2022, he is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.

Gertz, Jan Christian
Jan Christian Gertz ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Universität Heidelberg.

Knust, Jennifer
Jennifer Knust is Professor of Religious Studies. She specializes in early Christian history and the religions of the ancient Mediterranean.

Dunderberg, Ismo
Ismo Dunderberg ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Universität Helsinki.

Löhr, Hermut
Dr. Hermut Löhr ist Professor für Neues Testament und Antikes Judentum an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Schaper, Joachim
Joachim Schaper is Professor for Old Testament and is appointed to a Personal Chair in Hebrew, Old Testament and Early Jewish Studies at King's College, Aberdeen.