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1 - Rewriting, Revision, and Reuse

Language and Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2020

Molly M. Zahn
Molly M. Zahn
Affiliation:
University of Kansas, Lawrence
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Focuses on terms and methods. Discusses the oral-performative textual culture of Second Temple Judaism and how that impacts our understanding of rewriting. Reviews earlier terminology for rewriting and then introduces the book’s terminology for talking about rewriting according to two main subtypes, revision and reuse. Discusses a variety of methodological issues pertaining to how rewriting is identified and how to distinguish between revision and reuse.

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oralitymemoryscribesparabiblicalhypertextparatextrevisionreuseallusionquotationmethodology
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Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism
Scribal Composition and Transmission
 , pp. 28 - 55
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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