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The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch

The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 41 (2010) 366-438 407 The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch. By Liv Ingeborg Lied. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 129). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. Pp. xviii, 375. Cloth with dust jacket. €119.00/US$ 189.00. ISBN: 978-90-04-16556-4. This elegant book, based on the author’s 2006 doctoral dissertation at the Uni- versity of Bergen, Norway, makes an important contribution to two areas in the field of Pseudepigrapha studies. The book deals, first of all, with 2 Baruch , a pseudepigraphon that has received relatively little attention since its re/discovery by Antonio Ceriani in the Ambrosian library a century and a half ago. Lied, a master exegete of this intriguing text, is at her best when she deals with concrete passages. Her study is a treasure trove filled with exegetical gems and detailed observations that both charm and convince. It is in its numerous exegetical details that the book shines. The second area to which Lied contributes is early Jewish eschatology. Whereas most scholars strive to understand the conceptualization of time in eschatological thought, Lied re/directs our attention to the conceptualization http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch

Henze, Matthias
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 41 (3): 407 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2212
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Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 41 (2010) 366-438 407 The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch. By Liv Ingeborg Lied. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 129). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. Pp. xviii, 375. Cloth with dust jacket. €119.00/US$ 189.00. ISBN: 978-90-04-16556-4. This elegant book, based on the author’s 2006 doctoral dissertation at the Uni- versity of Bergen, Norway, makes an important contribution to two areas in the field of Pseudepigrapha studies. The book deals, first of all, with 2 Baruch , a pseudepigraphon that has received relatively little attention since its re/discovery by Antonio Ceriani in the Ambrosian library a century and a half ago. Lied, a master exegete of this intriguing text, is at her best when she deals with concrete passages. Her study is a treasure trove filled with exegetical gems and detailed observations that both charm and convince. It is in its numerous exegetical details that the book shines. The second area to which Lied contributes is early Jewish eschatology. Whereas most scholars strive to understand the conceptualization of time in eschatological thought, Lied re/directs our attention to the conceptualization

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