Exploring the Scripturesque: Jewish Texts and their Christian Contexts (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 137)

Kraft, Robert Alan

ISBN 10: 9004170103 / ISBN 13: 9789004170100

Published by Brill, 2009

About this Item

Leiden, Brill, 2009. ix, 313 pp. Fine copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. These essays span about a third of a century and include both previously published and some unpublished studies by Robert A. Kraft which focus on interfaces between Jewish materials and the worlds in which they were transmitted and/or perceived, especially Christian contexts. The initial section on general context and methodology is followed by several detailed studies by way of example. The final section touches on some related issues involving Philonic and other texts. The primary concern is with "scripturesque" materials and traditions, whether they later became canonical or not, that seem to have been respected as "scriptural" by some individuals or communities in the period prior to (or apart from) the development of an exclusivistic canonical consciousness in some Jewish and Christian circles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring the Scripturesque: Jewish Texts and their Christian Contexts (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 137)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004170103
• ISBN 13: 9789004170100
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

These essays span about a third of a century and include both previously published and some unpublished studies by Robert A. Kraft which focus on interfaces between Jewish materials and the worlds in which they were transmitted and/or perceived, especially Christian contexts. The initial section on general context and methodology is followed by several detailed studies by way of example. The final section touches on some related issues involving Philonic and other texts. The primary concern is with "scripturesque" materials and traditions, whether they later became canonical or not, that seem to have been respected as “scriptural” by some individuals or communities in the period prior to (or apart from) the development of an exclusivistic canonical consciousness in some Jewish and Christian circles.

About the Author

Robert A. Kraft, PhD (1961) in History and Philosophy of Religion (Christian Origins) from Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His CV and publications are readily available on his web site -- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html.