Najman, Hindy. <br/><br/>
Past renewals  interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity /  [electronic resource] : 
by Hindy Najman. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - xxii, 270 p. 
 - Journal for the study of Judaism ;  v. 53 .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The symbolic significance of writing in ancient Judaism -- Interpretation as primordial writing: Jubilees and its authority conferring strategies -- Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings -- The law of nature and the authority of Mosaic law -- A written copy of the law of nature: an unthinkable paradox? -- Angels at Sinai: exegesis, theology and interpretive authority -- Towards a study of the uses of the concept of wilderness in ancient Judaism -- Between heaven and earth: liminal visions in 4 Ezra -- Philosophical contemplation and revelatory inspiration in ancient Judean traditions -- Reconsidering Jubilees: prophecy and exemplarity -- Cain and Abel as character traits: a study in the allegorical typology of Philo of Alexandria -- The quest for perfection in ancient Judaism -- How should we contextualize pseudepigrapha? Imitation and emulation in 4 Ezra -- Text and figure in ancient Jewish paideia. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Philo, of Alexandria. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500.<br/>Bible.--O.T.--Canon.<br/>Book of Jubilees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism--History--To 1500.<br/>Tradition (Judaism)--History--To 1500.<br/>Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.<br/>Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.<br/>Jewish law--Decision making--History--To 1500.<br/>Rabbis--Office--History--To 1500.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM529  / .N35 2010