{"product_id":"the-literary-imagination-in-jewish-antiquity-9780190886080","title":"The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2017 The George A. and Jean S. DeLong Book History Book Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed a world of early Jewish writing larger than the Bible, from multiple versions of biblical texts to \"revealed\" books not found in our canon. Despite this diversity, the way we read Second Temple Jewish literature remains constrained by two anachronistic categories: a theological one, \"Bible,\" and a bibliographic one,\"book.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e suggests ways of thinking about how Jews understood their own literature before these categories had emerged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn many Jewish texts, there is an awareness of a vast tradition of divine writing found in multiple locations that is only partially revealed in available scribal collections. Ancient heroes such as David are imagined not simply as scriptural authors, but as multidimensional characters who come to be known as great writers who are honored as founders of growing textual traditions. Scribes recognize the divine origin of texts such as \u003cem\u003eEnoch\u003c\/em\u003e literature and other writings revealed to ancient patriarchs, which present themselves not as derivative of the material that we now call biblical, but prior to it. Sacred writing stretches back to the dawn of time, yet new discoveries are always around the corner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing familiar sources such as the Psalms, Ben Sira, and \u003cem\u003eJubilees\u003c\/em\u003e, Eva Mroczek tells an unfamiliar story about sacred writing not bound in a Bible. In listening to the way ancient writers describe their own literature-rife with their own metaphors and narratives about writing-\u003cem\u003eThe Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e also argues for greater suppleness in our own scholarly imagination, no longer bound by modern canonical and bibliographic assumptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eva Mroczek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190886080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEva Mroczek\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis. She holds a PhD in the Study of Religion from the University of Toronto. Her work on early Jewish literary culture has appeared in venues like the \u003cem\u003eJournal for the Study of Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Ancient\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJudaism\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBook History\u003c\/em\u003e. She has also written for\u003cem\u003e Religion Dispatches\u003c\/em\u003e and the\u003cem\u003e Marginalia Review of Books.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40670114250867,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":71.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_820bcb79-a5fe-41f8-ab4f-54b8c28d5cfb.jpg?v=1673966233","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-literary-imagination-in-jewish-antiquity-9780190886080","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}