Text as Revelation analyses the shift of revelatory experiences from oral to written that is described in ancient Jewish literature, including rabbinic texts. The individual essays seek to understand how, why, and for whom texts became the locus of revelation. While the majority of the contributors analyze ancient Jewish literature for depictions of oral and written revelation, such as the Hebrew Bible and the literature of the Second Temple era, a number of articles also investigate textualization of revelation in cognate cultures, analyzing Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek sources. With subjects ranging from Ancient Egyptian and Sibylline oracles to Hellenistic writings and the books of Isaiah, Deuteronomy and Jeremiah, the studies in this volume bring together established and new voices reflecting on the issues raised by the interplay between writing and (divinatory) revelation.

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Information

Publisher

T&T Clark

Year

2023

ISBN

9780567689733

Edition

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Biblical Studies

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 Revelation as Text and the Textualization of Revelation: Mesopotamia in the First Millennium bce—Omens and Commentaries
Chapter 2 Riddles and Revelation: The Re-Use of Isaianic Prophecies Within and Outside the Book of Isaiah
Chapter 3 Combining Prophecies as a Means to Access the Divine Will: Exploring and Updating Jeremiah in the Hellenistic Period
Chapter 4 Writing and Divination in Ancient Greece
Chapter 5 Divine Revelation and the Inheritance of Prophecyin the Aramaic Literature from Qumran
Chapter 6 Sages as Mediators of Divine Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity
Chapter 7 Writing with Prophets in Late Second Temple Judaism: Josephus and the Teacher of Righteousness
Chapter 8 Finding Jesus in the Sibylline Oracles: Textual Revelation and the Limitless Fountain of Meaning
Index of References
Index of Authors