Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees: 113 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, Series Number 113)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 7/18/2002
EAN 9780521808125, ISBN10: 052180812X
Hardcover, 346 pages, 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
In this 2002 book, James M. Scott focuses on a particular Old Testament pseudepigraphon - the Book of Jubilees, the revelation of an angel to Moses announcing the expectation of a messiah from Judah. He traces the appropriation of the Book of Jubilees in early Christian sources from the New Testament to Hippolytus and beyond, and more specifically focuses on the reception of Jubilees 8–9, an expansion of the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (1 Chronicles 1). The book takes an interdisciplinary approach based on detailed analysis of primary sources, much of which is seldom considered by New Testament scholars, and explores the neglected topic of ancient geographical conceptions. By studying geographical aspects of the work, Dr Scott is able to relate Jubilees to both Old and New Testament traditions, bringing important new insights into Christian concepts of annunciation.
Introduction
1. The Mappa Mundi of Queen Kypros
2. Jubilees 8–9
3. Luke-Acts
4. PS-Clementine Recognitions 1.27–71
5. Theophilus of Antioch
6. Hippolytus of Rome
7. Medieval Mappaemundi
Conclusion.