Genesis 11 and ancient Jewish interpretation Sherman, Phillip Michael creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. ne Leiden BRILL 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (377 pages). 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. 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. by Phillip Michael Sherman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Criticism, interpretation, etc Babel, Tower of Rabbinical literature History and criticism RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament Babel, Tower of Rabbinical literature BS1238 .B2 222.110609 9789004248618 9004248617 9004205098 9789004205093 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569455 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569455 MHW 130418 20200709055812.0 ocn841914671 eng