Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham
Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham

Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham

in Library of Second Temple Studies

by Jared Ludlow

Pages 222
Publisher T&T Clark
Published 2002
ISBN-13 9780826462046
This book examines the narratives of the two Greek recensions of the Testament of Abraham. The genre, characterization, and plot of each recension are discussed and then compared. Ludlow illustrates that Recension A used comedy and humour to give a sophisticated treatment of death, the figure death, and judgment and mercy. Through a careful comparison of narrative elements and vocabulary correspondences between the manuscripts of each recension, he discusses a possible transmission model for the recensions, concluding that Recension A, written in comic form, preceded Recension B. Recension B then excised most of these comic elements.

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