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Figures Who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures That Shape Figures
Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III
Géza G. Xeravits, Greg Schmidt Goering
De Gruyter · Print & ebook · February 19, 2018
Reading lane: Jewish Literary Criticism
The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal figures as authoritative in Early Judaism.
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- Géza G. Xeravits, Greg Schmidt Goering
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- De Gruyter
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- February 19, 2018
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- Print & ebook
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- Jewish Literary Criticism · Bible Criticism & Interpretation
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- Jewish Literary Criticism
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About This Book
The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal figures as authoritative in Early Judaism. The topic of the volume thus reflects Ben Wright’s research, who—especially with his work on Ben Sira, on the Letter of Aristeas, and on various problems of authority in Early Jewish texts—creatively contributed to the study of the formati...
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