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Jews, Greeks, and Dilettantes

Jews, Greeks, and Dilettantes JEWS, GREEKS, AND DILETTANTES Serge Frolov Southern Methodist University sfrolov@smu.edu A review of Argonauts of the Desert: Structural Analysis of the Hebrew Bible. By Philippe Wajdenbaum. Pp. xii + 324. Copenhagen International Seminar. Sheffield: Equinox, 2011. Cloth, $99.95. The title of this publication, based upon the author's doctoral dissertation completed in 2008 at Université Libre de Bruxelles under Michèle Broze and Philippe Jespers, is misleading throughout. While mentioning the Argonautic mythological cycle (pp. 43­45), the volume does not in any way relate the Argonauts' expedition to Israel's journey across the desert as described in Exodus to Deuteronomy. Rather than discussing the Hebrew Bible as a whole, it deals almost exclusively with the Enneateuch (Genesis to Kings) plus Ruth and Esther and barely mentions other books. And it does precious little in terms of analyzing either formal or conceptual structure of the biblical text. Instead, Wajdenbaum's main, if not the sole purpose is to argue that the above-mentioned biblical books massively draw upon ancient Greek writings, especially upon Plato and Herodotus. These books should be attributed, therefore, to a thoroughly Hellenized Jew who lived in the third or even second century B.C.E. and wanted to shape the Jewish community http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Jews, Greeks, and Dilettantes

Frolov, Serge.
Hebrew Studies , Volume 54 (1) – Dec 7, 2013
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JEWS, GREEKS, AND DILETTANTES Serge Frolov Southern Methodist University sfrolov@smu.edu A review of Argonauts of the Desert: Structural Analysis of the Hebrew Bible. By Philippe Wajdenbaum. Pp. xii + 324. Copenhagen International Seminar. Sheffield: Equinox, 2011. Cloth, $99.95. The title of this publication, based upon the author's doctoral dissertation completed in 2008 at Université Libre de Bruxelles under Michèle Broze and Philippe Jespers, is misleading throughout. While mentioning the Argonautic mythological cycle (pp. 43­45), the volume does not in any way relate the Argonauts' expedition to Israel's journey across the desert as described in Exodus to Deuteronomy. Rather than discussing the Hebrew Bible as a whole, it deals almost exclusively with the Enneateuch (Genesis to Kings) plus Ruth and Esther and barely mentions other books. And it does precious little in terms of analyzing either formal or conceptual structure of the biblical text. Instead, Wajdenbaum's main, if not the sole purpose is to argue that the above-mentioned biblical books massively draw upon ancient Greek writings, especially upon Plato and Herodotus. These books should be attributed, therefore, to a thoroughly Hellenized Jew who lived in the third or even second century B.C.E. and wanted to shape the Jewish community

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Hebrew Studies – National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Published: Dec 7, 2013

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