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Essays on the Book of Enoch and Other Early Jewish Texts and Traditions
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Essays on the Book of Enoch and Other Early Jewish Texts and Traditions Hardcover - 2008

by Michael Knibb


From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

This volume brings together twenty-one essays by Michael Knibb on the Book of Enoch and on other Early Jewish texts and traditions, which were originally published in a wide range of journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings and thematic collections. A number of the essays are concerned with the issues raised by the complex textual history and literary genesis of 1 Enoch, but the majority are concerned with the interpretation of specific texts or with themes such as messianism. The essays illustrate some of the dominant concerns of Michael Knibb's work, particularly the importance of the idea of exile; the way in which older texts regarded as authoritative were reinterpreted in later writings; and the connections between the apocalyptic writings and the sapiential literature.

Details

  • Title Essays on the Book of Enoch and Other Early Jewish Texts and Traditions
  • Author Michael Knibb
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2008
  • ISBN 9789004167254 / 9004167250
  • Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (24.38 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Dewey Decimal Code 229.913

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 29

About the author

Michael Knibb is Samuel Davidson Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, King's College London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has published widely in the fields of Early Jewish Studies and of Ethiopic Studies.