| Description |
1 online resource (122 pages) |
| Series |
Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha |
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Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
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| Contents |
An introduction to the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs -- A closer look at the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs : special characteristics, critical points of interest and meaning -- Exegesis and theology in the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs |
| Summary |
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is of especial interest to students of early Judaism and Christianity, though this importance is not always recognized. This collection preserves extra-biblical traditions about the sons of Jacob, it reflects a moral worldview of Jews and Christians around the turn of the era, and it casts light on its authors' eschatological imagination. Robert A. Kugler introduces the student to the Testaments' contents, their relationship to other texts of the era, textual witnesses and sources, and rehearses the debate regarding authorship, compositional history and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-111) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Testaments of the twelve patriarchs -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Testaments of the twelve patriarchs fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies.
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Testamenten van de twaalf patriarchen (apocrief)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567625151 |
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056762515X |
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1283201283 |
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9781283201285 |
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9786613201287 |
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6613201286 |
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