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In Illuminating Moses: A History of Reception, readers discover the roles of Moses from the Exodus to the Renaissance--law-giver, prophet, writer--and their impact on Jewish and Christian cultures as seen in the Hebrew Bible, Patristic writings, Catholic liturgy, Jewish philosophy and midrashim, Anglo-Saxon literature, Scholastics and Thomas Aquinas, Middle English literature, and the Renaissance. Contributors are Jane Beal, Robert D. Miller II, Tawny Holm, Christopher A. Hall, Luciana Cuppo-Csaki, Haim Kreisel, Rachel S. Mikva, Devorah Schoenfeld, Gernot Wieland, Deborah Goodwin, Franklin T. Harkins, Gail Ivy Berlin, and Brett Foster.

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Author:   Jane Beal
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9789004235779

ISBN 10:   9004235779
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   25 November 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements...vii List of Abbreviations ...xi List of Contributors...xv Introduction: Illuminating Moses from Exodus to the Renaissance ..   1 …Jane Beal The Roles of Moses in the Pentateuch ...  19 …Robert D.Miller II Moses in the Prophets and the Writings of the Hebrew Bible...  37 …Tawny Holm Moses: A Central Figure in the New Testament...  59 …Larry J.Swain Moses and the Church Fathers ...  81 …Christopher A.Hall Moses and the Paschal Liturgy...103 …Luciana Cuppo-Csaki The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Philosophy ... 117 …Howard Kreisel Epic and Romance, Narrative and Exegesis: Moses in the Minor Midrashim... 143 …Rachel S.Mikva The Destiny of All Men”: Rabbinic and Medieval Justifications for the Death of Moses... 167 …Devorah Schoenfeld Legifer, Dux, Scriptor: Moses in Anglo-Saxon Literature ... 185 …Gernot Wieland The Biblical-Moral Moses: Type or Stereotype?... 211 …Deborah L.Goodwin Primus doctor Iudaeorum: Moses as Theological Master in the Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas ... 237 …Franklin T.Harkins “Like a Duck from a Falcon”: Moses in Middle English Biblical Literature, the Mystery Cycles, and Piers Plowman B ... 263 …Gail Ivy Berlin Moses and Christian Contemplative Devotion ... 305 …Jane Beal “Types and Shadows”: Uses of Moses in the Renaissance... 353 …Brett Foster Bibliography ... 407 Index... 431

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Dr. Jane Beal, Ph.D. (2002), UC Davis, is an Associate Professor of English at Colorado Christian University. She is the author of John Trevisa and the English Polychronicon and co-editor of Translating the Past: Essays in Medieval Literature. See sanctuarypoet.net

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