'Time and times and half a time': historical consciousness in the Jewish literature of the Persian and Hellenistic eras
The aims of this significant study are to present pictures of the past as it manifested itself in Jewish literary works written in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and to reveal the origin of materials and methods used in them in order to construct historical traditions. The works investigated a...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha / Supplement series |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sheffield
Sheffield Academic Press
c1996
|
| In: |
Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha / Supplement series (19)
|
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha / Supplement series
19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Early Judaism
/ Conception of History
|
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew literature
B Jewish literature History and criticism B Thesis |
| Summary: | The aims of this significant study are to present pictures of the past as it manifested itself in Jewish literary works written in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and to reveal the origin of materials and methods used in them in order to construct historical traditions. The works investigated are literary works of three types: pseudohistorical narratives (i.e. historical legends), visions and their interpretations, and 'rewritten Bibles' (i.e. works retelling the historical tradition of the Bible, with alterations in order to create a new structure of history). |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 1850755663 |