Mosebilder

English summary: Moses - prophet, leader and mediator of God's revelation. As Israel's spokesperson and negotiator, he plays a decisive role in early Judaism as well as early Christianity. But he is also mentioned by pagan authors. Beyond doubt, Moses' history of reception is very complex and convoluted. In the course of time, this figure was associated with various ideas and fulfilled different functions depending on the literary context. Certainly, the multifaceted portrayals of...
More Description

English summary: Moses - prophet, leader and mediator of God's revelation. As Israel's spokesperson and negotiator, he plays a decisive role in early Judaism as well as early Christianity. But he is also mentioned by pagan authors. Beyond doubt, Moses' history of reception is very complex and convoluted. In the course of time, this figure was associated with various ideas and fulfilled different functions depending on the literary context. Certainly, the multifaceted portrayals of Moses reflect the diversity of early Jewish and early Christian conceptions and are the product of their complex history. By also focusing on often-neglected and less well-known texts, the particular aim of this volume is to illuminate the manifold depictions of Moses. German description: Mose - Offenbarungsmittler, Prophet, Anfuhrer. Als Sprachrohr des Volkes und Mittlerfigur kommt ihm eine entscheidende Rolle innerhalb der Tora zu. Doch auch in der Literatur des Fruhjudentums und des fruhen Christentums ist er eine mehr als prominente Figur und wird selbst von paganen Autoren erwahnt. Die schillernden, teils sogar kontroversen Mosebilder, die sich im Laufe der Geschichte formten, sind dementsprechend auch ein implizites Abbild diverser fruhjudischer und fruhchristlicher Ideen und das Produkt der komplexen Entstehungsgeschichte des Fruhjudentums und fruhen Christentums. Der Facettenreichtum dieser Mosebilder steht im Zentrum des vorliegenden Sammelbandes und soll nicht zuletzt anhand wenig beachteter Texte illustriert werden. Mit Beitragen von: Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Thomas J. Bauer, Carsten Claussen, John Granger Cook, Jan Dochhorn, Cecile Dogniez, Christoph Dohmen, Matthias Ederer, Erik Eynikel, Yuval Harari, Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, David M. Moffitt, Tobias Nicklas, Tzvi Novick, Michael Sommer, Gunter Stemberger, Hans-Ulrich Weidemann, Cana Werman, Jed Wyrick, Geza G. Xeravits, Jozsef Zsengeller