Book Summary
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 Jewish texts, e.g., Ezra-Nehemiah, Philo of Alexandria, 4Ezra, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jubilees. In Seconding Sinai (Brill, 2003), Najman reconceived pseudepigraphy, developing the idea of a Mosaic discourse that comprised a series of ancient texts attributed to Moses. Here she develops the broader notion of a discourse tied to a founder, situating practices of pseudepigraphy and authoritative interpretation within a variety of ways of seeking perfection in ancient Judaism.
Book Details
| Book Name | Past Renewals: Interpretative Authority, Renewed Revelation And The Quest For Perfection In Jewish Antiquity |
| Author | Hindy Najman |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers (Mar 2010) |
| ISBN | 9789004180468 |
| Pages | 278 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 6116 |
