Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism - Scribal Composition and Transmission

A study of the many different ways ancient Jewish scribes changed, or rewrote, the sacred and authoritative traditions they inherited.

List of contents

1. Rewriting, revision, and reuse: language and methods; 2. Genre and rewriting; 3. Revision and reuse in the Bible; 4. Beyond 'rewritten Bible': revision and reuse in the Temple Scroll, Jubilees, and Qumran sectarian works; 5. Translation and/as rewriting: the Greek Bible, the Targumim, and the Genesis Apocryphon; 6. Diverse genres of reuse: centripetal, limited, historical résumé, pastiche; 7. Second temple rewriting in context: authority, exegesis, and scribal culture.

About the author

Molly M. Zahn is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. She has published widely on the intersections between composition, transmission, and interpretation in early Jewish texts, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is the author of Rethinking Rewritten Scripture (2011) and co-editor of two essay collections. She currently serves as Executive Editor of the international Qumran journal Dead Sea Discoveries.

Product details

• Authors: Molly M Zahn, Molly M. Zahn, Zahn Molly M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108477581
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47758-1
• No. of pages: 275
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Religion - Biblical Studies, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Old Testaments