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Past renewals : interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity / by Hindy Najman.

How did ancient Jewish authors claim authority for their interpretations? How, after the a oeend of prophecya, could they claim the authority of revelation? Whom did one have to be, or aspire to be, in order to merit authority? Hindy Najman addresses these questions through close readings of ancient...

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Main Author: Najman, Hindy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden, NL : Brill, 2010.
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 53.
Subjects:
Philo, > of Alexandria.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish > History > To 1500.
Bible. > Old Testament > Canon.
Book of Jubilees > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Authority > Religious aspects > Judaism > History > To 1500.
Tradition (Judaism) > History > To 1500.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jewish law > Decision making > History > To 1500.
Rabbis > Office > History > To 1500.

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