Scribal intent: sociocultural appropriation of the Testament of Abraham in eighteenth-century Romanian lands

This paper focuses on the circulation of the Testament of Abraham (TAbr) within its Romanian sociohistorical context in an effort to determine how it is this first-century Alexandrian Jewish narrative found cultural relevance in eighteenth-century Romanian society. Textual analysis shows this Greek...

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Main Author: Roddy, Nicolae 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 1999
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 1999, Volume: 1
Further subjects:B Abraham
B Testament of Abraham
B Bible in literature
B Romanian
B Romania; Church history
B the Patriarch
B Transmission of texts
B Manuscripts
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Summary:This paper focuses on the circulation of the Testament of Abraham (TAbr) within its Romanian sociohistorical context in an effort to determine how it is this first-century Alexandrian Jewish narrative found cultural relevance in eighteenth-century Romanian society. Textual analysis shows this Greek apocryphon to have been thoroughly "romanianized," reflecting a high degree of interaction between its narrative and social worlds. TAbr circulated outside the monasteries, suggesting that monks intended this text to be read by members of the literate boier, or noble class, who might find in Abraham the model of an exemplary "noble man" and remember the impoverished populace living on their own estates.
ISSN:1522-5658
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10504/64453