Scripture and Tradition in Judaism: Haggadic Studies

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BRILL, 1961 - Religion - 243 pages
 

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Contents

THE SYMBOLISM OF WORDS
11
Lebanon The historical development of an exegetical tra
26
Lion Damascus Mehokek Man Symbolical tra
40
THE REWRITTEN BIBLE
67
A pro
96
BIBLE AND TRADITION
127
THEOLOGY AND EXEGESIS
178
Redemption and Genesis xxii The Binding of Isaac
193
CONCLUSION
228
Index of Authors
241
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Scripture and Tradition in Judaism: Haggadic Studies
Géza Vermès
Limited preview - 1983
Scripture and Tradition in Judaism: Haggadic Studies
Géza Vermès
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Abraham Abram According Akedah altar ancient Angel appears Balaam Balak Behold Bible biblical text Binding of Isaac blessed blood circumcision curse Dead Sea Scrolls divine doctrinal Egypt Egyptians exegesis exegetical traditions Exodus father follows Fragmentary Targum Geber Genesis Apocryphon Genesis Rabbah Genesis xxii haggadah haggadic Haran heaven ibid interpretation Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Jewish JOSEPHUS Jubilees Judah Judaism kill king of Sodom lamb Lebanon Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum lion literature Lord Messiah midrashic Moab Moses mountain Neof Neofiti Nimrod Numbers Rabbah offered Palestinian Palestinian Targums Palestinian tradition passages Passover Pharaoh PHILO princes prophet PS.-JONATHAN Ps.-PHILO Qumran Rabbinic Sarah Sarai Scripture second century Septuagint servants story Studia Post-Biblica symbolical Tanḥ Tannaitic Targum Onkelos targumic tradition Temple Terah Testament theology Torah Tosefta translation verse Vulg Vulgate wife words worship xviii xxiv Yashar Zipporah

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About the author (1961)

Geza Vermes was a religious scholar who became one of the "essential translators and a vocal advocate for their broad dissemination" of the Dead Sea Scrolls, according to the New York Times. Until his death, he was a Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, but continued to teach at the Oriental Institute in Oxford. He was born on June 22, 1924, in Hungary and died on May 8, 2013, after a recurrence of cancer. He was 88.

Bibliographic information

TitleScripture and Tradition in Judaism: Haggadic Studies
Volume 4 of Studia post-biblica v. 4
AuthorGéza Vermès
Editionrevised
PublisherBRILL, 1961
ISBN9004036261, 9789004036260
Length243 pages
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