The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish retelling of Genesis and the first half of Exodus, was an important work for the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This Guide, following the format of this successful series, gives an introduction to Jubilees that covers its dating, its textual history and its purpose; a survey of its theological teachings and themes; and a section-by-section commentary that includes a comparison of its divergences from Genesis and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1850757674
ISBN13:9781850757672
Release Date:July 2001
Publisher:Sheffield Academic Press
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.6" x 8.5"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Having Purchased the fine edition of the Book of Enoch by Vanderkam and Nickelsburg, I was looking forward to reading this text, hoping to find a copy of the actual _text_ of Jubilees masterfully translated for me. I didn't. It's a commentary, and I'm sure it meets the Vanderkam standard of excellence. If you're looking for the text of Jubilees, however, after getting tantalizing glimpses of it in the articles of people like Fletcher-Louis ("The Cosmology of P and Theological Anthropology in the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira"), Margaret Barker and others, you'll need to look elsewhere.
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