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Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity

William M. Schniedewind, Jason M. Zurawski, and Gabriele Boccaccini, editors

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Series: Early Judaism and Its LiteratureVolume: 56
Publisher: SBL PressPublication Date: 2022 ISBN: N/A

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The present volume explores the ever-evolving understandings and diverse manifestations of the Hebrew notion of torah in early Jewish and Christian literature and the different roles torah played within those communities, whether in Judea or in the Hellenistic and early Roman diaspora. This collection of essays is purposefully wide-ranging, with contributors exploring and rethinking some of the most basic scholarly assumptions and preconceptions about the nature of torah in light of new critical approaches and methodologies with the goal of seeing how different vantage points and different conclusions can better address the complexity of the topic and better reflect the ambiguity and fluidity inherent in the concept of torah itself. Contributors include Gabriele Boccaccini, Francis Borchardt, Calum Carmichael, Federico Dal Bo, Lutz Doering, Oliver Dyma, Paula Fredriksen, Robert G. Hall, Magnar Kartveit, Anne Kreps, David Lambert, Michael Legaspi, Jason A. Myers, Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow, Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Patrick Pouchelle, Jeremy Punt, Michael L. Satlow, Joachim Schaper, William Schniedewind, Elisa Uusimäki, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Jonathan Vroom, James W. Watts, Benjamin G. Wright III, and Jason M. Zurawski.

William Schniedewind is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Languages at UCLA.

Jason M. Zurawski is Lecturer in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christian Studies at the University of Michigan.

Gabriele Boccaccini is Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Early Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan.

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Author

William M. Schniedewind, Jason M. Zurawski, and Gabriele Boccaccini, editors

Publication Date

2022

Publisher

SBL Press

Series

Early Judaism and Its Literature

Volume

56