Abstract
In this article I wish to present a textual comparison between paragraphs in the rabbinic Avot deRabbi Natan and in the Apophthegmata Patrum, or Sayings of the Desert Fathers. I will argue that these passages in the two anthologies, rabbinic and Christian-monastic, share interesting features which will repay careful literary analysis. In this specific case, the comparison to the Christianmonastic text helps underline the textual process that shaped the two versions of the rabbinic text, a process that without this comparison would be difficult to reconstruct.1
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 243-259 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Zeitschrift fur Antikes Christentum |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 29 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Apophthegmata Patrum
- Avot deRabbi Natan
- Rabbi Akiva
- Sayings of the Desert Fathers
- midrash
- rabbinics
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Classics
- History
- Religious studies