The Riverrun of Rewriting Scripture:

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" The Riverrun of Rewriting Scripture: "
Anders Klostergaard Petersen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075184
Doc. No	:	LA118813
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12341236‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Anders Klostergaard Petersen
Title & Author	:	The Riverrun of Rewriting Scripture: [Article] : From Textual Cannibalism to Scriptural Completion\ Anders Klostergaard Petersen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	43/4-5
Page No	:	475–496
Abstract	:	To retain the concept of rewritten Bible as a scholarly category it is not only crucial to slightly change the name of the notion by re-designating it “rewritten Scripture” but also to accord the term the status of a cross-cultural third-order concept. This will allow research to detach the notion from its somewhat current “parochial” nature intrinsically linked as it is to the study of Second Temple Jewish literature. Rewritten Scripture should be conceived of as an excessive form of intertextuality that signifies the relationship existing between scriptural predecessor and rewritten piece with respect to the question of authority. Apart from advancing the theoretical discussion of the nomenclature, the essay takes a fresh look at a moot point that has loomed large in previous debates, whether rewritten Scripture strives to replace its scriptural predecessor or aims to complement it in an irenic fashion. The acknowledgement of some aspectualism grants legitimacy to both viewpoints, when they are rightfully understood within their proper perspectives. Finally, the article engages in typological considerations that will allow us to distinguish between three continua defined by respectively content, form, and function. Each constitutes a continuum on its own that advantageously may be segmented by several caesuras, which will allow us to differentiate between irenic scriptural completion at the one end of the spectrum and scriptural cannibalism at the other end of the spectrum. The fact that two works belonging to the category diverge on one continuum does not imply a corresponding divergence at other continua.
Descriptor	:	Donald Duck
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	irenic thesis
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Jubilees
Descriptor	:	replacement thesis
Descriptor	:	rewritten Bible
Descriptor	:	rewritten Scripture
Descriptor	:	textual cannibalism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12341236‬