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

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 109
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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
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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.