Biblical Revision Both Ancient and Modern

<p>Biblical revision has been a part of the Jewish tradition since the Bible began to be canonized in the Second Temple period. Many authors throughout the centuries have seen fit to revise the biblical text: creating a new literary genre that is in this paper termed "rewritten Bible." Maxine Grossman's literary critical method, as advocated in <em>Reading for History in the Damascus Document: A Methodological Method</em>, helps us to understand the different types of meaning that can be created from a text, including meaning that is created outside the intent of the author, as it is in the genre of rewritten Bible. The text of <em>Jubilees</em> and Shulamith Hareven's <em>Thirst: The Desert Trilogy</em> serve to demonstrate both the continuity of the act of revision in the Jewish tradition as well as how rewritten Bible has functioned in different societies in various time periods.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Willeford, Jamie Christine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alison Schofield, Ph.D.
• Adam Rovner
• Gregory Robbins

• Biblical revision
• Jewish tradition
• Religious scholarship
• Biblical Studies
• Religion
• Religious Education

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/708

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1707