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Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism Molly M. Zahn

Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism By Molly M. Zahn

Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism by Molly M. Zahn


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This book targets scholars and students specializing in Hebrew Bible and early Judaism. It demonstrates the importance of rewriting in understanding the composition and transmission of biblical and other texts, with implications for our picture of the development of the Hebrew canon and the early Jewish literary landscape more broadly.

Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism Summary

Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission by Molly M. Zahn

In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of transmitting them, from minor edits in the course of copying to whole new compositions based on prior works. Scholars have detected evidence for rewriting in a wide variety of textual contexts, but Zahn's is the first book to map manuscripts and translations of biblical books, so-called 'parabiblical' compositions, and the sectarian literature from Qumran in relation to one another. She introduces a new, adaptable set of terms for talking about rewriting, using the idea of genre as a tool to compare and contrast different cases. Although rewriting has generally been understood as a vehicle for biblical interpretation, Zahn moves beyond that framework to demonstrate that rewriting was a pervasive textual strategy in the Second Temple period. Her book contributes to a powerful new model of early Jewish textuality, illuminating the rich and diverse culture out of which both rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity eventually emerged.

Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism Reviews

'... a significant contribution to the study of retelling, biblical hermeneutics, and material philology ... This book moves the conversation about genre and rewriting to a new level as it is both theoretically sophisticated and philologically rigorous.' Hindy Najman, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

About Molly M. Zahn

Molly M. Zahn is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. She has published widely on the intersections between composition, transmission, and interpretation in early Jewish texts, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is the author of Rethinking Rewritten Scripture (2011) and co-editor of two essay collections. She currently serves as Executive Editor of the international Qumran journal Dead Sea Discoveries.

Table of Contents

1. Rewriting, revision, and reuse: language and methods; 2. Genre and rewriting; 3. Revision and reuse in the Bible; 4. Beyond 'rewritten Bible': revision and reuse in the Temple Scroll, Jubilees, and Qumran sectarian works; 5. Translation and/as rewriting: the Greek Bible, the Targumim, and the Genesis Apocryphon; 6. Diverse genres of reuse: centripetal, limited, historical resume, pastiche; 7. Second temple rewriting in context: authority, exegesis, and scribal culture.

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NLS9781108725750
9781108725750
1108725759
Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission by Molly M. Zahn
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2022-02-24
276
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