In the Second Degree : Paratextual Literature in Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Culture and Its Reflections in Medieval Literature

To better understand the phenomenon of Literature in the Second Degree – in Jewish and Biblical studies often characterized as parabiblical or Rewritten Bible – the current volume applies the theories of Gerard Genette to ancient and medieval literature from various cultures. Literature in the Second Degree realigns earlier (authoritative) texts to the dynamics of developing cultures and their changing cultural memories. In the case of authoritative base texts, Literature in the Second Degree reaffirms their authority by way of interpretative actualization. In the case of non-authoritative base texts it replaces them to effect cultural forgetting. Far from being just literary forgery (pseudepigraphy), Literature in the Second Degree has an important function in the development of the ancient and medieval cultures. In The Second Degree: Ancient Jewish Paratextual Literature In The Context Of Graeco-roman And Ancient Near Eastern Literature / Armin Lange -- Pt. 1. Ancient Judaism. Hypertextuality And The Parabiblical Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- The Book Of Jubilees As Paratextual Literature / Jacques T.a.g.m. Van Ruiten -- Pt. 2. Graeco-roman World. Trojan Palimpsests: The Relation Of Greek Tragedy To The Homeric Epics / Annemarie Ambühl -- The Homeric Epics As Palimpsests / Georg Danek -- Pt. 3. Ancient Egypt And The Ancient Near East. From Ritual To Text To Intertext: A New Look On The Dreams In Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi / Beate Pongratz-leisten -- Priestly Texts, Recensions, Rewritings And Paratexts In The Late Egyptian Period / Sydney H. Aufrère -- Pt. 4. Late Ancient And Medieval Paratextual Literature. Rabbinic Paratexts: The Case Of Midrash Lamentations Rabba / Philip S. Alexander -- Some Considerations On Enoch/metatron In The Jewish Mystical Tradition / Felicia Waldman -- Three Latin Paratexts From Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages (sulpicia, Seneca-paulus, Carmen Avale) / Kurt Smolak -- Paratextual Literature In Early Christian Art (acta Pauli Et Theclae) / Renate J. Pillinger -- Paratextual Literature In Action: Historical Apocalypses With The Names Of Daniel And Isaiah In Byzantine And Old Bulgarian Tradition (11th-13th Centuries) / Anissava L. Miltenova. Edited By Philip S. Alexander, Armin Lange And Renate J. Pillinger. [p]roceedings Of The First Meeting Of An International Research And Teaching Network Dedicated To The Study Of Ancient And Medieval Exegesis And Hermeneutics At The University Of Vienna From Febrary 25-27, 2007 ... Entitled 'palimpsests : An International Symposium On Paratextual Literature In Ancient Near Eastern And Mediterranean Cultures And Its Reflections In Medieval Literature' ...--p. Xiii. Includes Bibliographical References. CONTENTS......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 16 In the Second Degree: Ancient Jewish Paratextual Literature in the Context of Graeco-Roman and Ancient Near Eastern Literature......Page 18 PART I ANCIENT JUDAISM......Page 56 Hypertextuality and the "Parabiblical" Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 58 The Book of Jubilees as Paratextual Literature......Page 80 PART II GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD......Page 112 Trojan Palimpsests: The Relation of Greek Tragedy to the Homeric Epics......Page 114 The Homeric Epics as Palimpsests......Page 138 PART III ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST......Page 152 From Ritual to Text to Intertext: A New Look on the Dreams in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi......Page 154 Priestly Texts, Recensions, Rewritings and Paratexts in the Late Egyptian Period......Page 174 PART IV LATE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PARATEXTUAL LITERATURE......Page 196 Rabbinic Paratexts: The Case of Midrash Lamentations Rabbah......Page 198 Some Considerations on Enoch/Metatron in the Jewish Mystical Tradition......Page 220 Three Latin Paratexts from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ("Sulpicia," "Seneca"—“Paulus,” Carmen Navale)......Page 234 Paratextual Literature in Early Christian Art (Acta Pauli et Theclae)......Page 254 Paratextual Literature in Action: Historical Apocalypses with the Names of Daniel and Isaiah in Byzantine and Old Bulgarian Tradition (11th-13th Centuries)......Page 282 In the second degree: ancient Jewish paratextual literature in the context of Graeco-Roman and ancient Near Eastern literature / Armin Lange pt. 1. Ancient Judaism. Hypertextuality and the "Parabiblical" Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke The Book of Jubilees as paratextual literature / Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten pt. 2. Graeco-Roman world. Trojan Palimpsests: the relation of Greek tragedy to the Homeric epics / Annemarie Ambuhl The Homeric epics as palimpsests / Georg Danek pt. 3. Ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East. From ritual to text to intertext: a new look on the dreams in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi / Beate Pongratz-Leisten Priestly texts, recensions, rewritings and paratexts in the late Egyptian period / Sydney H. Aufrere pt. 4. Late ancient and medieval paratextual literature. Rabbinic paratexts: the case of Midrash Lamentations Rabba / Philip S. Alexander Some considerations on Enoch/Metatron in the Jewish mystical tradition / Felicia Waldman Three Latin paratexts from late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ("Sulpicia," "Seneca"-"Paulus," Carmen Avale) / Kurt Smolak Paratextual literature in early Christian art (Acta Pauli et Theclae) / Renate J. Pillinger Paratextual literature in action: historical apocalypses with the names of Daniel and Isaiah in Byzantine and old Bulgarian tradition (11th-13th centuries) / Anissava L. Miltenova.