Thunderous Silence:

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" Thunderous Silence: "
Gregory E. Sterling

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075440
Doc. No	:	LA119069
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492226‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Gregory E. Sterling
Title & Author	:	Thunderous Silence: [Article] : The Omission of the Sinai Pericope in Philo of Alexandria\ Gregory E. Sterling
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	49/4-5
Page No	:	449–474
Abstract	:	One of the most surprising omissions in Philo’s retelling of Moses’s life in his De vita Moysis is the Sinai pericope. The Alexandrian omitted Exod 17:14-Num 20:13 with the exception of the spy story (Num 13:1-14:45). There appear to be three reasons for the omission. First, Philo recognized the doublet of the story of the water from the rock (Exod 17:1-7//Num 20:1-13). This provided a narrative rationale for the omission. Second, he routinely omitted place names from his narrative, an ars narrandi that helped to universalize the text. Third, the omission enabled him to avoid the association of Sinai with the covenant. Philo retold the story of Moses, but turned Moses outward into the larger world rather than inward to his own community. One of the most surprising omissions in Philo’s retelling of Moses’s life in his De vita Moysis is the Sinai pericope. The Alexandrian omitted Exod 17:14-Num 20:13 with the exception of the spy story (Num 13:1-14:45). There appear to be three reasons for the omission. First, Philo recognized the doublet of the story of the water from the rock (Exod 17:1-7//Num 20:1-13). This provided a narrative rationale for the omission. Second, he routinely omitted place names from his narrative, an ars narrandi that helped to universalize the text. Third, the omission enabled him to avoid the association of Sinai with the covenant. Philo retold the story of Moses, but turned Moses outward into the larger world rather than inward to his own community.
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Judaism
Descriptor	:	Life of Moses
Descriptor	:	Philo of Alexandria
Descriptor	:	Roman Period
Descriptor	:	Sinai
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492226‬