Portraits of Adam in Early Judaism: From Sirach to 2 Baruch

by John R. Levison

Book Overview

This book provides the most thorough and systematic analysis of early Jewish interpretations of Adam currently available. With detailed exegesis Levison demonstrates that each early Jewish author painted a unique portrait of Adam by utilizing Adam to express a particular, preconceived theological Tendenz. This study therefore displaces the notion that a unified Adam mythology existed in early Judaism with the recognition that each author readily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474230318
• ISBN13: 9781474230315
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"