Numerical Sayings in the Literatures of the Ancient Near East, in the Bible, in the Book of Ben-Sira and in Rabbinic Literature

This paper follows the use of numbers from the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern literature, through the book of Ben-Sira, and ultimately to the Rabbinic literature. We show that the Rabbis were familiar with the Biblical use of numbers as rhetorical devices and used numbers in the same ways that the B...

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Authors: Pasternak, Ariel-Ram (Author) ; Yona, Shamir (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Brill 2016
In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2016, 卷: 19, 發布: 2, Pages: 202-244
Further subjects:B Numerical sayings Ben Sira Rabbinic Literature Biblical Rhetoric
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總結:This paper follows the use of numbers from the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern literature, through the book of Ben-Sira, and ultimately to the Rabbinic literature. We show that the Rabbis were familiar with the Biblical use of numbers as rhetorical devices and used numbers in the same ways that the Bible did.
ISSN:1570-0704
Contains:In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700704-12341305