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Abraham Meets Death : Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Library of Second Temple StudiesPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2003Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780567294395
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Abraham Meets DeathDDC classification:
  • 229.91406
LOC classification:
  • BS1830.T32 -- L83 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 DOES THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM BELONG TO A GENRE? HUMOR IN THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 3 CHARACTERIZATION OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 4 CHARACTERIZATION OF MICHAEL -- Chapter 5 CHARACTERIZATION OF DEATH -- Chapter 6 THE PLOT OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 7 COMPARISON OF THE GREEK MANUSCRIPTS -- Chapter 8 CONCLUSION -- Appendix 1 FIFTY-FOUR NARRATIVE UNITS OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Appendix 2 CITATIONS OF THE THREE MANUSCRIPT FAMILIES -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: This book examines the narratives of the two Greek recensions of the Testament of Abraham. The genre, characterization, and plot of each recension are discussed and then compared. Ludlow illustrates that Recension A used comedy and humour to give a sophisticated treatment of death, the figure death, and judgment and mercy. Through a careful comparison of narrative elements and vocabulary correspondences between the manuscripts of each recension, he discusses a possible transmission model for the recensions, concluding that Recension A, written in comic form, preceded Recension B. Recension B then excised most of these comic elements.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 DOES THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM BELONG TO A GENRE? HUMOR IN THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 3 CHARACTERIZATION OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 4 CHARACTERIZATION OF MICHAEL -- Chapter 5 CHARACTERIZATION OF DEATH -- Chapter 6 THE PLOT OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Chapter 7 COMPARISON OF THE GREEK MANUSCRIPTS -- Chapter 8 CONCLUSION -- Appendix 1 FIFTY-FOUR NARRATIVE UNITS OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM -- Appendix 2 CITATIONS OF THE THREE MANUSCRIPT FAMILIES -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

This book examines the narratives of the two Greek recensions of the Testament of Abraham. The genre, characterization, and plot of each recension are discussed and then compared. Ludlow illustrates that Recension A used comedy and humour to give a sophisticated treatment of death, the figure death, and judgment and mercy. Through a careful comparison of narrative elements and vocabulary correspondences between the manuscripts of each recension, he discusses a possible transmission model for the recensions, concluding that Recension A, written in comic form, preceded Recension B. Recension B then excised most of these comic elements.

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