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Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria by Maren R. Niehoff is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria about?
Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretation which are still extremely relevant today. Maren Niehoff provides a detailed analysis of Alexandrian Bible interpretation, from the second century BCE through newly discovered fragments to the exegetical work done by Philo. Niehoff shows that Alexandrian Jews responded in a great variety of ways to t
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maren R. Niehoff
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511732324
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Christian, Judaism
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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