Do You Not Remember? Scripture, Story and Exegesis in the Rewritten Bible of Pseudo-Philo. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Supplement Series

Fisk, Bruce Norman

ISBN 10: 1841272078 / ISBN 13: 9781841272078

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 2001

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2001. Red Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. 375pp. Index. FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Do You Not Remember? Scripture, Story and Exegesis in the Rewritten Bible of Pseudo-Philo. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Supplement Series
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1841272078
• ISBN 13: 9781841272078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: FINE
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bible Reference

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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.

About the Author

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?