Ancient Chronography on Abraham's Departure from Haran: Qumran, Josephus, Rabbinic Literature, and Jerome
This paper examines how the chronological contradiction in Abraham's departure from Haran (Gen 11:26, 32; 12:4) has been explained in the history of biblical interpretation, especially in rewritten Scripture from Qumran (4Q252 and Jubilees), Josephus, and rabbinic literature (Genesis Rabbah), i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-196 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
4Q252
/ Genesis rabbah
/ Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius 345-420
/ Josephus, Flavius 37-100
/ Book of Jubilees
/ Historiography
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
4Q252
B Josephus B CHRONOGRAPHY B Genesis Rabbah B Jerome B Jubilees |
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| Summary: | This paper examines how the chronological contradiction in Abraham's departure from Haran (Gen 11:26, 32; 12:4) has been explained in the history of biblical interpretation, especially in rewritten Scripture from Qumran (4Q252 and Jubilees), Josephus, and rabbinic literature (Genesis Rabbah), including the lost Jewish tradition preserved by Jerome. According to Ben Zion Wacholder, who dealt with a different case of chronology in Genesis, the rabbinic and the Qumranic views are too different to be reconcilable, whereas the Graeco-Jewish writers and Qumran literature present similar views. This study, however, demonstrates that rabbinic interpretation of Abraham's departure share some important ideas both with Qumran literature and Josephus. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12521249 |