Tendentious Hagiographies Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE

by Chyutin, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780567194060
• ISBN10: 056719406X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

An exploration of the intention and purpose of ten Jewish texts composed between the 8th and mid-2nd century BCE.

Author Biography

Michael Chyutin obtained his PhD at the Technion Institute in Haifa and lives in Givataim, Israel.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. vii
When Jonah Mocked Isaiah	p. 1
Ahiqar, The Sage from Elephantine	p. 26
Mordecai and Esther - The Heads of The Persian Diaspora	p. 35
Daniel in the Court of the Gentile King	p. 58
Tobiah the Therapeute	p. 65
When Ezra and Nehemiah Lusted for Susanna	p. 111
The Moabite Convert Ruth Returns to Zion	p. 121
Judith's Glory Outshines Judah's	p. 140
Exagoge - An Exodus to Heliopolis	p. 171
Joseph and Aseneth, the Lovers from Heliopolis	p. 208
Literary Characteristics of the Works Examined	p. 263
Epilogue	p. 296
Appendix: Sabbatical Calendars BCE	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 312
Index	p. 323
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