Babel’s Tower Translated
Download or Read eBook Babel’s Tower Translated PDF written by Phillip Michael Sherman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Phillip Michael Sherman |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2013-04-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004248618 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004248617 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Babel’s Tower Translated by : Phillip Michael Sherman
Book excerpt: In Babel's Tower Translated, Phillip Sherman explores the narrative of Genesis 11 and its reception and interpretation in several Second Temple and Early Rabbinic texts (e.g., Jubilees, Philo, Genesis Rabbah). The account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is famously ambiguous. The meaning of the narrative and the actions of both the human characters and the Israelite deity defy any easy explanation. This work explores how changing historical and hermeneutical realities altered and shifted the meaning of the text in Jewish antiquity.
