Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity
The Book of Jubilees

This 2002 book focuses on the pseudepigraphic Book of Jubilees and explores the neglected topic of ancient geographical conceptions.

James M. Scott (Author)

9780521020688, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 October 2005

348 pages, 1 b/w illus. 4 tables
21.5 x 13.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.459 kg

'… impressive …'. The Heythrop Journal

In this 2002 book, James M. Scott focuses on a particular Old Testament pseudepigraphon - the Book of Jubilees, the revelation of an angel to Moses announcing the expectation of a messiah from Judah. He traces the appropriation of the Book of Jubilees in early Christian sources from the New Testament to Hippolytus and beyond, and more specifically focuses on the reception of Jubilees 8–9, an expansion of the so-called Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (1 Chronicles 1). The book takes an interdisciplinary approach based on detailed analysis of primary sources, much of which is seldom considered by New Testament scholars, and explores the neglected topic of ancient geographical conceptions. By studying geographical aspects of the work, Dr Scott is able to relate Jubilees to both Old and New Testament traditions, bringing important new insights into Christian concepts of annunciation.

Introduction
1. The Mappa Mundi of Queen Kypros
2. Jubilees 8–9
3. Luke-Acts
4. PS-Clementine Recognitions 1.27–71
5. Theophilus of Antioch
6. Hippolytus of Rome
7. Medieval Mappaemundi
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]