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- Title
The History of the Rechabites and the Jeremiah Literature.
- Authors
Nikolsky, Ronit
- Abstract
The article examines the cultural milieu of the History of the Rechabites. Following a comparison with early Midrash (Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai) and pointing out similarities with Hegesippus and later Christian writings about the Rechabites, it is the conclusion of this article that The History as we have it is a Christian composition, from the fourth century CE. It originated in a monastic milieu, the work of an author who was familiar with Jeremiah literature. The apocryphon attributes to the Rechabites features which characterize the Ten Lost Tribes. It is the first instance where such a connection is made, one that will be more and more widely spread in later centuries.
- Subjects
HISTORY of Rechabites, The (Book); RECHABITES; JEWISH sects; TEXTUAL criticism; HERMENEUTICS; CRITICISM; ANCIENT literature; LITERATURE
- Publication
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 2002, Vol 13, Issue 2, p185
- ISSN
0951-8207
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/095182070201300205