Lecture: “Rewritten Bible: What It Is and How It Works,” presented by Professor Gary Rendsburg of Rutgers University
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 • 23 Sivan 5778
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMThe term “rewritten Bible” refers to the artful, creative and theological rewriting of the narratives and legal portions of the Torah during the late Second Temple period. Once the Torah was canonized, c. 450 B.C.E., everyone knew that the text no longer could be touched. And yet Jews continued to reimagine the stories in the Torah and to conceptualize anew the laws of the Torah. Thus, an entire body of literature, termed “rewritten Bible” by modern scholars, emerged. The main texts are the Book of Enoch, Jubilees, The Temple Scroll and some fragmentary documents from among the Dead Sea Scrolls .We will examine all of these texts, as we marvel at the creativity and ingenuity of Jewish authors more than 2000 years ago.
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