INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE BOOK OF JUBILEES

Intertextuality in the Book of Jubilees

The second century BCE Book of Jubilees presents the contents of Pates Genesis-copyright in a new form.This article studies the techniques used in Jubilees 23.It indicates how Psalm 90:10 was used to link the death of Abraham to a declining-inclining scheme of longevity.This scheme was then combined with a heptadic jubilee scheme.To this the author

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