Ida Fröhlich

The aims of this significant study are to present pictures of the past as it manifested itself in Jewish literary works written in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and to reveal the origin of materials and methods used in them in order to construct historical traditions. The works investigated are literary works of three types: pseudohistorical narratives (i.e. historical legends), visions and their interpretations, and 'rewritten Bibles' (i.e. works retelling the historical tradition of the Bible, with alterations in order to create a new structure of history). Contents Preface Abbreviations Ch. 1 The Babylonian Exile and the Beginnings of the Danielic Tradition: Daniel 2-6 and Deutro-Isaiah Ch. 2 The Theology of the 'Origin of Evil' and Historical Attitudes in the Post-exilic Jewish Literature: The Beginnings of the Enoch-Circle Ch. 3 Danielic and Enochic Tradition on the Eve of the Maccabean Revolt Ch. 4 The Beginnings of the Tradition of the 'Rewritten Bibles': Historiography in the Book of Jubilees Ch. 5 Historical Legends in the Literature of the Hasmonean Propaganda: The Use and Influence of a Literary Pattern Ch. 6 Evaluation of the Hasmonean Period in the Pesharim of Qumran and in the Revised Vision of The Assumption of Moses Ch. 7 'Rewritten Bibles' and Visionary Literature after the Jewish Revolt Conclusion Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors… (meer)