Rewritten biblical figures
By: edited by Erkki Koskenniemi and Pekka Lindqvist
Series: Studies in rewritten Bible -- 3; Studies in rewritten Bible -- 3.
Publisher: Åbo Akademi University; Eisenbrauns
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Turku, Finland; Winona Lake, In
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9789521224539
Subjects: Patriarchs (Bible)
Notes: "The core of this volume consists of the contributions of two Rewritten Bible conferences, the first ... held in Koblenz, Germany in 2007 ... and the second in Karkku, Finland in 2008."--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Gen 49:8-12 and its interpretation in antiquity : a methodological approach to understanding of the rewritten Bible / Anti Laato; title: Typological use of traditions of the Jacob cycle in the book of Malachi / Lotta Valve; title: Ben Sira's view of Elijah (Sir 48:1-11) / Pancratius C. Beentjes; title: Abraham's last day according to the Book of Jubilees (Jub. 22:1-23:8) / Jacques van Ruiten; title: Abraham in the Genesis Apocryphon / Michael Becker; title: Emotional plausibility in Josephus's rewritten Genesis / Folker Siegert; title: Joseph and Potiphar's wife (Gen 39:6b-20) : a retold story used in early Jewish ethical instruction / Erkki Koskennemi; title: The rewritten broken tablets / Pekka Lindqvist; title: Rewritten Jephthah (Judg 11:29-40) / Michaela Bauks; title: Paul and the patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible / Lukas Bormann; title: Joseph and his Egyptian family in the interpretation of Origen and the early rabbis / Anna Tzvekova-Glaser; title: Ephraem's Joseph / Martin Tamcke; title: Cain, ruler over the cave : gnostic views on Cain in anti-heretical writings and Nag Hammadi texts / Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta; title: Jacob's blessings in medieval Jewish exegesis / Mariano G. Aranda; title: The patriarchs and the creation in Megillat ha-Megalleh : Abraham Bar Hiyya and biblical interpretation / Hannu Töyrylä; title: The story of Joseph in Islamic literature / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila.