In the second degree : paratextual literature in ancient Near Eastern and ancient Mediterranean culture and its reflections in medieval literature / / edited by Philip S. Alexander, Armin Lange and Renate J. Pillinger.

To better understand the phenomenon of Literature in the Second Degree – in Jewish and Biblical studies often characterized as parabiblical or Rewritten Bible – the current volume applies the theories of Gerard Genette to ancient and medieval literature from various cultures. Literature in the Secon...

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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill ebook titles
Physical Description:1 online resource (298 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / P. Alexander , A. Lange and R. Pillinger
  • In The Second Degree: Ancient Jewish Paratextual Literature In The Context Of Graeco-Roman And Ancient Near Eastern Literature / Armin Lange
  • Hypertextuality And The \'Parabiblical\' Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke
  • The Book Of Jubilees As Paratextual Literature / Jacques T. A. G. M. van Ruiten
  • Trojan Palimpsests: The Relation Of Greek Tragedy To The Homeric Epics / Annemarie Ambühl
  • The Homeric Epics As Palimpsests / Georg Danek
  • From Ritual To Text To Intertext: A New Look On The Dreams In Ludlul Bel Nemeqi / Beate Pongratz-Leisten
  • Priestly Texts, Recensions, Rewritings And Paratexts In The Late Egyptian Period / Sydney H. Aufrère
  • Rabbinic Paratexts: The Case Of Midrash Lamentations Rabbah / Philip S. Alexander
  • Some Considerations On Enoch/Metatron In The Jewish Mystical Tradition / Felicia Waldman
  • Three Latin Paratexts From Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages (\'Sulpicia,\' \'Seneca\'—“Paulus,” Carmen Navale) / Kurt Smolak
  • Paratextual Literature In Early Christian Art (Acta Pauli Et Theclae) / Renate J. Pillinger
  • Paratextual Literature In Action: Historical Apocalypses With The Names Of Daniel And Isaiah In Byzantine And Old Bulgarian Tradition (11th-13th Centuries) / Anissava L. Miltenova.