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The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum, a 'rewritten Bible' that follows the broad contours of Genesis to Samuel, includes numerous secondary, or out-of-sequence, episodes, and frequently juxtaposes unrelated biblical characters. The subtlety and significance of these inner-biblical linkages has up to now not been fully appreciated. Building on recent studies in intertextuality, Fisk shows how Pseudo-Philo is often guided by intertextual links and themes present within the canonical precursor, that he is heavily indebted to post-biblical midrashic traditions, and that 'secondary scripture' is a strategic means by which Israel's traditions are reconfigured in this enigmatic text.
| Publication Date: | 01 June 2001 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Imprint: | Sheffield Academic Press |
| ISBN-13: | 9781841272078 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Page Count: | 376 |
| Weight (oz): | 24.8 |