Tendentious Hagiographies: Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (2011 Chyutin), book

Tendentious Hagiographies: Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (2011) is a book by Michael Chyutin.

Abstract

An exploration of the intention and purpose of ten Jewish texts composed between the 8th and mid-2nd century BCE.

Editions

Published in London [England]: T&T Clark, 2011 (Library of Second Temple Studies, 77).

Contents

When Jonah mocked Isaiah -- Ahiqar, the sage from Elephantine -- Mordecai and Esther : the heads of the Persian diaspora -- Daniel in the court of the Gentile king -- Tobiah the Therapeute -- When Ezra and Nehemiah lusted for Susanna -- The Moabite convert Ruth returns to Zion -- Judith's glory outshines Judah's -- Exagoge : an exodus to Heliopolis -- Joseph and Aseneth : the lovers from Heliopolis -- Literary characteristics of the works examined

External links

• [ Google Books]