A walk through Jubilees : studies in the Book of Jubilees and the world of its creation / / by James L. Kugel.

The first part of this book is an extensive verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Jubilees. Kugel's stated aim is \'to understand what the text is saying and why it is saying it,\' and in particular to explore the numerous bits of biblical interpretation found in Jubilees and their...

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 156
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 156.
Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • A walk through Jubilees: an exegetical commentary
  • The sources of Torah in the Book of Jubilees
  • The contradictions in the Book of Jubilees
  • Divine names and epithets in the Book of Jubilees
  • Which is older, Jubilees or the Genesis Apocryphon?
  • How old is the Aramaic Levi document
  • Exegetical notes on 4q225 "pseudo-Jubilees"
  • Jubilees, Philo, and the problem of Genesis
  • Index.