Do You Not Remember?: Scripture, Story and Exegesis in the Rewritten Bible of Pseudo-Philo: No. 37 (The Library of Second Temple Studies) - Hardcover

Fisk, Bruce Norman

 
9781841272078: Do You Not Remember?: Scripture, Story and Exegesis in the Rewritten Bible of Pseudo-Philo: No. 37 (The Library of Second Temple Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1841272078 ISBN 13: 9781841272078
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2001

Synopsis

The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum, a 'rewritten Bible' that follows the broad contours of Genesis to Samuel, includes numerous secondary, or out-of-sequence, episodes, and frequently juxtaposes unrelated biblical characters. The subtlety and significance of these inner-biblical linkages has up to now not been fully appreciated. Building on recent studies in intertextuality, Fisk shows how Pseudo-Philo is often guided by intertextual links and themes present within the canonical precursor, that he is heavily indebted to post-biblical midrashic traditions, and that 'secondary scripture' is a strategic means by which Israel's traditions are reconfigured in this enigmatic text.

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About the Author

Bruce Fisk is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.

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Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1841272078
ISBN 13 
9781841272078
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
376