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From Adapa to Enoch scribal culture and religious vision in Judea and Babylon
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From Adapa to Enoch [electronic resource] : scribal culture and religious vision in Judea and Babylon / Seth L. Sanders.
ISBN
9783161547270 (electronic bk.)
3161547276 (electronic bk.)
9783161544569
3161544560
Publication
Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages).
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Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2020
Series
Texts and studies in ancient Judaism, 167
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-269) and index.
Contents
Heavenly sages and the Mesopotamian scribal ideology of continuity
"I am Adapa!" The divine personae of Mesopotamian scribes
Ezekiel's hand of the lord: Judahite scribal reinventions of heavenly vision
Enoch's knowledge and the rise of apocalyptic science
Aramaic scholarship and cultural transmission: From public power to secret knowledge
"Who is like me among the angels?" Judean reinventions of the scribal persona
Conclusion.
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