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Abraham Meets Death

Abraham Meets Death

Hardcover

Series: Library of Second Temple Studies, Book 41

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0826462049
ISBN13: 9780826462046
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Feb 1 2003
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

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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