T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This volume provides a critical introduction to Hellenistic Jewish Literature. It offers serious students and scholars with an overview of the scholarly issues for each work (covering issues such as date, provenance, language, content, style, reception, contribution to ancient Judaism, etc.) as well as important information about critical editions, manuscripts, and secondary scholarship, serving as a clear starting point for anyone who is interested in this corpus of literature.The volume begins with a set of thematic essays, providing orientation for the reader and examining core general issues such as language, geography and identity. The core of the volume provides overviews of the scholarly issues surrounding texts. Each entry provides readers with the core information necessary to study the text in depth and to understand its impact upon our understanding of Hellenistic Judaism and its later reception.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-30
Mått:170 x 246 x 42 mm
Vikt:1 340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:T&T Clark Handbooks
Antal sidor:712
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567692368

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Judiska heliga texter inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Marieke Dhont is an Esprit Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Recensioner i media

A rich, authoritative and readable set of essays on the many varieties of literature written in Greek by Hellenistic Jews. This book matches its subject matter: it is enormous, endlessly diverse, always rewarding to engage with.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionSean A. Adams and Marieke DhontThematic essays:2. Hellenism/Jews in the Greco-Roman World Erich Gruen3. Jewish Multilingualism Benjamin Kantor4. Jewish Identity Kathy Ehrensperger5. Geography David Noy6. Jewish Material in Christian Sources Liv Ingeborg LiedWorks:7a Septuagint (incl. Deuterocanon.) Will Ross7b Greek compositions in the LXX Gerbern Oegema8. Demetrius the Chronographer Sylvie Honigman9. Eupolemus Robert Doran10. Aristobulus Markus Mülke11. Letter of Aristeas Ben Wright12. Pseudo-Hecataeus Ekaterina Matusova13. Fragmentary Jewish Historians Gregory Sterling14. Artapanus Jed Wyrick15. Poetic fragments with Jewish content Max Leventhal16. Ezekiel's Exagogê Max Kramer17. Pseudo-Phocylides Michael Tilly[MD1]18. Sibylline Oracles:18a 1—2 Jane Lightfoot18b 3—5John Collins18c 6—12 Ashley Bacchi19. Joseph and Aseneth Gillian Glass20. Testament of Job Maria Ciaota21. Testaments of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Robert Walker22. Testament of Moses JW Van Henten23. Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Patrick Pouchelle24. Orphica Fabienne Jourdan25. Lives of the Prophets A.M. Schwemer26. Life of Adam and Eve Jack Levison27. Apocryphon of Ezekiel Joseph Scales28. Henoch in Greek Elena Dugan29. Jewish inscriptions Noah Kaye30. Prayer of Joseph Justin Schedtler31. Prayer of Jacob Justin Schedtler32. Jewish prayer texts Justin Schedtler33. Philo of Alexandria Michael Cover34. JosephusEelco Glas35. GospelsEve-Marie Becker36. Acts Kindalee DeLong37. Paul Todd Still38. Catholic Epistles Rubin McClain39. Revelation Garrick Allen40. Potential Jewish sources in Christian works40a Pseudo-Clem. James Carleton Paget40b Apostolic Constitutions Menahem Kister40c Apocalypse of Ezra Ryan CominsBibliographyIndex