Libraries, translations, and 'canonic' texts : : the Septuagint, Aquila, and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian traditions / / by Giuseppe Veltri.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 109
• Author: Veltri, Giuseppe.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 109.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: (De)canonization and Deconstruction -- Torah as the Unique Gift: The Traditional Pattern and the Tripartite Canon -- Canon as Censorship -- Deconstruction and Decanonization: A Paradigmatic Model -- The Present Study: Several Concrete Examples of Decanonization -- 1. Libraries and Canon: Ascent and Decline of the Greek Torah -- 1.1 Jewish-Hellenistic Sources of the Legend: The Greek Torah -- 1.2 Christian Theology: From the Veritas Graeca to the Veritas Hebraica -- 1.3 (De)canonization of Libraries or Between Alexandria, Athens, and Jerusalem -- 2. Deconstructing History and Traditions: The Written Torah for Ptolemy -- 2.1 Changed Verses as Midrashic Parenthetic Reference -- 2.2 Deconstructed Elements and Contextual Stories -- 2.3 Hermeneutics and Canon -- 3. Deconstructing Translations: The Canonical Substitution Aquila/Onkelos -- 3.1 Translation as Production of Texts: The Sacred Tongue -- 3.2 Targumic Rendering as Mediation of Teaching -- 3.3 The Targumim of Aquila and Onkelos: Canonical Substitution -- 4. (De)canonization in the Making: The Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira -- 4.1 The Greek Prologue to the Book of Ben Sira -- 4.2 Ben Sira's Quotations in Rabbinical Sources -- 4.3 Wisdom and Rabbinic Literature: A Struggle for Authority -- 4.4 A Decanonized Author -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Texts -- Modern Authors -- Documentation Style, Transliteration and References -- Index of References -- 1. Hebrew Bible -- 3. Jewish Hellenistic Literature -- 4. New Testament -- 5. Greek and Roman Authors -- 6. Rabbinic Literature -- 7. Church Fathers -- 8. Jewish Medieval Texts and Authors -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Names -- Index of Subjects.