Simeon the Righteous in rabbinic literature : a legend reinvented / / by Amram Tropper.
In Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature: A Legend Reinvented , Amram Tropper investigates the rabbinic traditions about Simeon the Righteous, a renowned Jewish leader of Second Temple times. Tropper not only interprets these traditions from a literary perspective but also deploys a relatively...
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| Superior document: | Ancient Judaism and early Christianity : Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, v. 84 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ;
v. 84. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 249 pages). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature: A Legend Reinvented , Amram Tropper investigates the rabbinic traditions about Simeon the Righteous, a renowned Jewish leader of Second Temple times. Tropper not only interprets these traditions from a literary perspective but also deploys a relatively new critical approach towards rabbinic literature with which he explores the formation history of the traditions. With the help of this approach, Tropper seeks to uncover the literary and cultural matrices, both rabbinic and Graeco-Roman, which supplied the raw materials and literary inspiration to the rabbinic authors and editors of the traditions. Tropper’s analysis reveals that in reinventing the legend of Simeon the Righteous, the rabbis constructed the Second Temple past in the image of their own present. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004245022 1299104878 |
| ISSN: | 1871-6636 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Amram Tropper. |