Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature / / Jack P. Lewis.

• VerfasserIn: Lewis, Jack P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1978.
• Year of Publication: 1978
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 199 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Noah and the Flood in the Bible -- II. Noah in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the O.T. -- III. The Flood in Hellenistic-Jewish Writers -- A. Philo of Alexandria -- 1. The Literal Noah -- 2. The Allegorical Noah -- B. Pseudo-Philo -- C. Josephus -- IV. The Flood in the Early Versions -- A. The Greek Versions -- 1. The Septuagint -- 2. Aquila -- 3. Theodotian -- 4. Symmachus -- B. The Aramaic Versions -- 1. Targum of Onkelos -- 2. Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan -- 3. Jerusalem Targum -- V. Early Christian Interpretations of the Flood -- VI. The Rabbinic Noah -- VII. The Flood and later Christian Spiritual Exegesis -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A. Index of Scripture Passages on the Flood in the Works of Philo -- B. The Noah Commandments -- C. The Chronology of the Flood -- Bibliography.