"The essays in this book study an array of Jewish and Christian responses to the biblical of Genesis as they took shape in specific literary forms-the unique genres of late antique poetry. While late antique and early medieval Jews and Christians did notalways agree in their interpretations of Genesis, they participated broadly in a shared culture of poetic production. Though late antique poems developed in a variety of languages and across religious boundaries, scholarly study of late antique poetry has tended to isolate the phenomenon according to language. As a corrective to this linguistic isolation, this book initiates a comparative conversation around the Jewish and Christian poetry that emerged in late antique Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac. Tending equally to exegetical content and literary form, the essays in this book sit at the intersection of a variety of scholarly conversations-around the history of biblical exegesis, the formation of late antique and early medieval literature and literary culture, and the comparative study of Judaism and Christianity"--
In nine papers from a June 2018 workshop at the University of Waterloo, Classicists explore an array of Jewish and Christian responses to the Book of Genesis as they took shape in the distinctive genres of late antique poetry. Among their topics are Gregory of Nazianzus and Genesis 6:1-4, Noah's curse in the poetry of Narsai, Abraham as epic exemplar in late Latin poetry, a classical Samaritan circumcision poem, and an epithalamium for Abraham. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
