ISBN:
9789004348929
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2017
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of Judaism Volume 56
Series Statement:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online$aCollection 2017
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Jethro and the Jews: Jewish Biblical Interpretation and the Question of Identity
Keywords:
Jethro
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
;
Rabbinical literature History and criticism
;
Jews Identity
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Introduction and Preliminaries /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Jethro in the Bible: Texts, Contexts, and Conundrums /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Jethro in Tannaitic Midrashim: Bringing Near with the Right while Repelling with the Left /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Jethro in Later Midrashim: Clarifications and New Problems /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Jethro in the Targums: New Language, New Strategies /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Conclusions /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Bibliography /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Modern Author Index /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Subject Index /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence -- Source Index /Beatrice J. W. Lawrence.
Abstract:
In Jethro and the Jews , Beatrice J. W. Lawrence examines rabbinic texts that address the biblical character of Jethro, a Midianite priest, Moses’ advisor and father-in-law, and the creator of the system of Jewish jurisprudence. Lawrence explores biblical interpretations in Midrash, Targum and Talmud, revealing a spectrum of responses to the presence of a man who straddles the line between insider and outsider. Ranging from character assassination to valorization of Jethro as a convert, these interpretive strategies reveal him to be a locus of anxiety for the rabbis concerning conversion, community boundaries, intermarriage, and non-Jews
DOI:
10.1163/9789004348929
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