03373cam a2200625Mi 4500 ocn841914671 OCoLC 20200709055812.0 m d cr |n|---||||| 130418s2013 ne ob 001 0 eng d MHW eng pn MHW OCLCO N$T OCLCO UIU E7B YDXCP GZM OCLCO COO OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ LOA OCLCO COCUF PIFAG ZCU MERUC U3W STF OCLCF WRM OCLCQ VTS CEF NRAMU ICG VT2 OTZ OCLCQ 9789004248618 (electronic bk.) 9004248617 (electronic bk.) 9004205098 9789004205093 9004248617 9789004205093 (hardback ; alk. paper) 10.1163/9789004248618 569455 (N$T) (OCoLC)841914671 BS1238 .B2 REL 006210 bisacsh HRCF1 bicssc 222.110609 MAIN Sherman, Phillip Michael, author. Babel's Tower translated : Genesis 11 and ancient Jewish interpretation / by Phillip Michael Sherman. Leiden : BRILL, 2013. 1 online resource (377 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Biblical Interpretation Series Print version record. Ancient Jewish Interpreters read and rewrote the biblical narrative of the Tower of Babel to address various challenges to the identity of 'Israel' in the Second Temple and early rabbinic periods. Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I. Unearthing the Tower. Introduction to part I. -- 1. Return to Babel: reading without the canon -- 2. Reading Babel backwards, canonical foundations for exegetical expansion -- Part II. Rewritten Babel. Introduction to part II -- 3. The holy language in the book of Jubilees: the Tower of Babel and the eclipse of sacred tradition -- 4. Pseudo-Philo's biblical antiquities: echoes of the Tower -- 5. Josephus and the influence of anxiety: colonizing the Tower and the politics of dispersion -- 6. Translated to heaven: the Tower of Babel and third (Greek) Baruch -- 7. The inner Tower: Philo and the translation of cultures -- Part III. The rabbinic Babel: Midrash as translation. Introduction to part III -- 8. A just translation: reading the rabbinic Babel in Genesis Rabbah. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Bible. Genesis, XI Criticism, interpretation, etc. Babel, Tower of. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament. bisacsh Babel, Tower of. fast (OCoLC)fst00824943 Rabbinical literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01086288 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Print version: 9789004205093 Biblical interpretation series. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569455 ebrary EBRY ebr10686876 EBSCOhost EBSC 569455 YBP Library Services YANK 10372278 92 N$T 53012 53012