The Ascension of Authorship: Attribution and Canon Formation in Jewish, Hellenistic and Christian Traditions - Couverture souple

Wyrick, Jed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674016629 ISBN 13 : 9780674016620

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The Ascension of Authorship traces the history of the idea of the author in the ancient world, beginning with the attribution practices of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. Jed Wyrick explores the testimony of Josephus on the succession of prophetic scribes and their superiority to Greek historiographers, and interprets the formation of the biblical canon in this light.

The Ascension of Authorship also examines the Greek scholarly methodology that questioned traditional connections between names and texts, a methodology perfected by Hellenistic grammarians and inherited by early Christian scholars. Wyrick argues that the fusion of Jewish and Hellenistic approaches toward attribution helped lead to St. Augustine's reinvention of the writer of scripture as an author whose texts were governed by both divine will and human intent.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jed Dewey Wyrick is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at California State University, Chico.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674016629
• ISBN 13: 9780674016620
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
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