In Jethro and the Jews, Beatrice J. W. Lawrence examines rabbinic texts that address the biblical character of Jethro, a Midianite priest, Moses’ advisor and father-in-law, and the creator of the system of Jewish jurisprudence. Lawrence explores biblical interpretations in Midrash, Targum and Talmud, revealing a spectrum of responses to the presence of a man who straddles the line between insider and outsider. Ranging from character assassination to valorization of Jethro as a convert, these interpretive strategies reveal him to be a locus of anxiety for the rabbis concerning conversion, community boundaries, intermarriage, and non-Jews.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789004348912
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-04-34891-2
- Verlag: Brill
- Erscheinungstermin: 21.06.2017
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2017
- Serie: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 408 g
- Seiten: 178
- Format (B x H x T): 155 x 236 x 15 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt