The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation

A Collection of Essays

Edited by J. Frishman Edited by L. Van Rompay

Image coming soon

Extent: 266 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Traditio Exegetica Graeca

Series volume number: 5

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1997)

ISBN: 9789068319200

Price: $67.00

In stock

This volume consists of sixteen essays, most of which are revised versions of papers read at a symposium held in May 1995 in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and the Institute for Advanced Studies. Students of various religious and cultural traditions present their research in Jewish and Christian biblical interpretation. Fields covered include the Second Temple Period (Dead Sea Scrolls and the Life of Adam and Eve), Rabbinic literature, Early Greek and Syriac Antiochene exegesis, Syriac literature, Armenian reflections of Greek and Syriac exegesis (esp. the Armenian translations and reworkings of Eusebius of Emesa, Ephrem the Syrian and Jacob of Edessa), Ethiopic commentary tradition. Particular attention is devoted to the interrelationship between various traditions, e.g. Jewish and Christian, Greek and Syriac, Syriac and Armenian. The volume gives some telescoped insight into the cultural complexity of the Near East in Late Antiquity, where dynamic processes of cultural and religious interaction were continuously at work.

  • Edited by J. Frishman
  • Edited by L. Van Rompay