02702nam a22004094a 4500 ebr10419853 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091231s2010 ne s 001 0 eng 2009054006 9789004180468 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)669749830 BM529 .N35 2010eb Najman, Hindy. Past renewals [electronic resource] : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / by Hindy Najman. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. xxii, 270 p. Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 53 Includes index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Philo, of Alexandria. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History To 1500. Bible. O.T. Canon. Book of Jubilees Criticism, interpretation, etc. Authority Religious aspects Judaism History To 1500. Tradition (Judaism) History To 1500. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. Jewish law Decision making History To 1500. Rabbis Office History To 1500. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10419853 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 83214 83214