Rethinking "authority" in late antiquity authorship, law, and transmission in Jewish and Christian tradition / edited by A.J. Berkovitz and Mark Letteney.

SeriesRoutledge monographs in classical studies
Contents Authority in contemporary historiography / A.J. Berkovitz and Mark Letteney, -- Reading beyond authority / Hindy Najman -- Authorship and authority. Authenticity and authority: the case for dismantling a dubious correlation / Mark Letteney -- Correcting the Gospel: putting the titles of the Gospels in historical context / Matthew D. C. Larsen -- Beyond attribution and authority: the case of Psalms in rabbinic hermeneutics / A.J. Berkovitz -- Authority and the law. Glimpses from the margins: re-telling late ancient history at the edges of the law / Maria Doerfler -- Concealing the law: the limits of legal promulgation among the rabbis of Babylonia / Jonathan A. Pomeranz -- Authority and transmission. Truth and doubt in manuscript discovery narratives / Eva Mroczek -- The orthodox transmission of heresy / Winrich L©œhr -- Consuming texts: women as recipients and transmitters of ancient texts / Sarit Kattan Gribetz -- Epilogue. reading without authority / C.M. Chin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Rethinking "authority" in late antiquity Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9781138480223
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