Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material / H. Najman -- Chapter One. The Symbolic Significance Of Writing In Ancient Judaism / H. Najman -- Chapter Two. Interpretation As Primordial Writing: Jubilees And Its Authority Conferring Strategies / H. Najman -- Chapter Three. Torah Of Moses: Pseudonymous Attribution In Second Temple Writings / H. Najman -- Chapter Four. The Law Of Nature And The Authority Of Mosaic Law / H. Najman -- Chapter Five. A Written Copy Of The Law Of Nature: An Unthinkable Paradox? / H. Najman -- Chapter Six. Angels At Sinai: Exegesis, Theology And Interpretive Authority / H. Najman -- Chapter Seven. Towards A Study Of The Uses Of The Concept Of Wilderness In Ancient Judaism / H. Najman -- Chapter Eight. Between Heaven And Earth: Liminal Visions In 4 Ezra / H. Najman -- Chapter Nine. Philosophical Contemplation And Revelatory Inspiration In Ancient Judean Traditions / H. Najman -- Chapter Ten. Reconsidering Jubilees: Prophecy And Exemplarity / H. Najman -- Chapter Eleven. Cain And Abel As Character Traits: A Study In The Allegorical Typology Of Philo Of Alexandria / H. Najman -- Chapter Twelve. The Quest For Perfection In Ancient Judaism / H. Najman -- Chapter Thirteen. How Should We Contextualize Pseudepigrapha? Imitation And Emulation In 4 Ezra / H. Najman -- Chapter Fourteen. Text And Figure In Ancient Jewish Paideia / H. Najman -- Index Of Ancient Authors And Texts / H. Najman -- Index Of Modern Authors / H. Najman -- Subject Index / H. Najman.

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