Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees

by James M. Scott and James M. Scott

Book Overview

In this 2002 book, James M. Scott focuses on a particular Old Testament pseudepigraphon - the Book of Jubilees, the revelation of an angel to Moses announcing the expectation of a messiah from Judah. He traces the appropriation of the Book of Jubilees in early Christian sources from the New Testament to Hippolytus and beyond, and more specifically focuses on the reception of Jubilees 8-9, an expansion of the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis 10...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020689
• ISBN13: 9780521020688
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"