by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Biblical Literature, The Parts of the Whole
Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 14b-15a: The Order of Scripture Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.118-119. The Rabbis of the Talmud, in a baraita, listed the order of the biblical books in a way different even from...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Jewish Literature and Culture in the Persian Period, The Parts of the Whole
Josephus, Against Apion I, 37-43: Authenticity of Scripture The historian, Josephus, argues the authenticity of the Jewish tradition by referring to the antiquity, accuracy, and divine inspiration of the Jewish scriptures. In the process, he obliquely refers to...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, From Text to Tradition, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991. The close of our discussion of the Persian period is an appropriate point to take up the question of the biblical...
