The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and TheologyAlmost all scholars have viewed the book of Jubilees as the work of a single author, applying to the book methods of analysis determined primarily by its literary genre, Rewritten Bible. This study suggests a new approach, in light of numerous contradictions between the rewritten stories on the one hand, and the juxtaposed legal passages and chronological framework on the other. It is suggested here that the editor of Jubilees adopted extant reworked sources, and added his own legal and chronological framework. This proposed literary-critical method is highly significant for the study of the book s worldview, as is demonstrated by the analysis of passages in Jubilees that relate to the origins of evil and of law in the world. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Book and its Contents | 2 |
The Literary Genre | 4 |
Ideology and Theology in Jubilees | 5 |
The State of Scholarship | 11 |
A New Approach to the Study of the Book of Jubilees | 21 |
The Date of Composition | 35 |
REWRITTEN STORIES LEGAL PASSAGES AND THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK | 43 |
PART II THE ORIGIN OF EVIL IN THE WORLD | 95 |
PART III THE ORIGIN OF LAW | 271 |
Bibliography | 325 |
Abbreviations | 345 |
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The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and Theology Michael Segal Limited preview - 2007 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham According to Jub Akedah angels angels of presence appears Asael Baumgarten Belial Bible biblical story birth blessed Book of Jubilees calendar chronological framework circumcision commandments composition context contradiction contrast covenant created creation Dead Sea Scrolls describes Deut Dimant earth Egypt Egyptians Enoch eternal Ethiopic exegetical Exod Exodus expression festival firstborn flood Garden of Eden Ge'ez Genesis giants God’s halakhic Heavenly Tablets Hebrew impurity interpretation Israel Israelites Jacob Judah Kister Kugel legal passage literary development literature Lord Mastema Moses motif nations Noah Noah’s Noah's testament offspring origin of evil parallel passages in Jubilees Pentateuch punishment Qumran redactional layer redactor refers regarding Reuben and Bilhah rewriting rewritten narrative rewritten story Scrolls Shemihazah similar sins sons sources spirits story in Jub suggested Tamar terminology testament textual Torah traditions translation udah verse Watchers story week Werman worldview YHWH