Primaeval History Interpreted: The Rewriting of Genesis 1-11 in the Book of JubileesBRILL, 2000 M01 1 - 408 pages This volume deals with the primaeval history in the Book of Jubilees, an interpretative rewriting of the biblical narratives of Genesis through Exodus 19, written in the second century BCE. It contains a close comparison of Genesis 1-11 and Jubilees 2-10, in order to get a clear picture of the specific way the biblical story was rewritten. Each chapter offers an overall comparison of the parallel pericopes in Genesis and Jubilees, with special attention to the structure of the passages. It then gives a synoptic overview of the text of the parallel passages, along with a classification (e.g., addition, omission, variation, rearrangement), and analysis of the dissimilarities. The work is important for those interested in the history of biblical interpretation, in post-biblical Jewish literature and in intertexuality. |
Contents
124a and Jubilees 2133 | 11 |
1924 | 57 |
Summary | 66 |
4b324 and Jubilees 3131 | 72 |
Summary | 107 |
26 | 113 |
1532 in Jubilees 332 | 130 |
103 | 141 |
Summary | 210 |
20917 and Jubilees 6138 | 216 |
Summary | 254 |
181032 in Jubilees 71 | 262 |
1319 | 287 |
Summary | 304 |
119 and Jubilees 81 | 313 |
Summary | 362 |
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1QapGen Adam and Eve angels animals anno mundi Arpachsad author of Jubilees became the father Bible biblical text blessing blood Book of Jubilees Cain and Abel Canaan chronology Covenant created curse daughters Deut earth elements Enoch Enosh EthGen Ethiopic Exod Ezek Festival of Weeks Firstly Flood fruit Garden Garden of Eden gave birth genealogies of Genesis genealogy halakha harmonisation heaven Hebrew interpretation Israel J. C. VanderKam Japhet Jared judgement Kainan Lamech land Lord LXX Gen mentioned Methuselah month Moreover Moses nakedness narrative Noah Jub Noah's occurs offering Old Testament omission of Gen omitted parallel passage patriarchs phrase plural Qumran R. H. Charles rearrangement refers rewriting of Gen Sabbath SamP Seth Shem sons of Noah text of Gen text of Genesis text of Jub Tg Ps-J tower tree variation verb verbatim quotations verse Watchers waters wife woman word YHWH