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Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit
Inbunden, 2007
1644 kr
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In dieser Dissertationsschrift wird das Textproblem des deuterokanonischen Buches Tobit neu aufgerollt. Vollständig liegt die Tobiterzählung nur in der griechischen Überlieferung der Septuaginta und in von dieser abhängigen Übersetzungen wie der Vetus Latina vor, allerdings in teilweise erheblich …
Wisdom of Ben Sira
Studies on Tradition, Redaction, and Theology
Av Angelo Passaro, Giuseppe Bellia
Inbunden, 2008
2621 kr
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The Book of Sirach raises many questions: philological, exegetical, literary, historical, theological. There were even confessional questions which divided the traditions of synagogues and churches. It is, therefore, a fascinating book, located on the edges of the canon. Does the book attempt to …
Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition
Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009
Av Géza G. Xeravits, Jan Dušek
Inbunden, 2010
1791 kr
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This volume presents selected papers read at the first meeting of the Society for Jewish and Biblical Studies in Central Europe, in Piliscsaba, Hungary, February 2009, but does not publish the proceedings of this meeting (for a clarification see here). The papers investigate various aspects of the …
Like an Everlasting Signet Ring
Generosity in the Book of Sirach
Inbunden, 2010
2492 kr
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This work explores the theological and social dimensions of generosity in the book of Sirach and contextualizes them within the culture and thought of Second Temple Judaism. Ben Sira’s understanding of generosity is predicated on the tension between affirming the classic wisdom principle of …
Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books
Selected Studies
Av Géza G. Xeravits, József Zsengellér
Inbunden, 2010
1701 kr
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The volume publishes papers presented at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books (Pápa, Hungary). This conference dealt with the deuterocanonical additions of the Old Testament books. As such, this was one of the most extended discussions of these writings that has ever taken …
Rewriting Biblical History
Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
Av Jeremy Corley, Harm van Grol
Inbunden, 2011
2321 kr
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Old Testament texts frequently offer a theological view of history. This is very evident in the Books of Chronicles and in the final section of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus). Today there is renewed interest in both these works as significant theological and cultural Jewish documents from the centuries …
Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
In Honour of Hans Klein
Av Tobias Nicklas, Korinna Zamfir
Inbunden, 2010
2679 kr
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As environmental destruction begins to seriously affect humans, it has become increasingly relevant to reflect on the essential elements of the Jewish and Christian theologies of creation. The essays in this volume explore key aspects of creation theology, which poses the question of the origin of …
Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Av Ibolya Balla
Inbunden, 2011
1791 kr
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The book investigates Ben Sira’s attitudes toward all matters pertaining to sexuality in the context of family relations and gender issues. The author’s seemingly negative attitude to women, the anxiety expressed in the discussions of marital and extramarital relations, and the disciplining of …
Wisdom of Solomon 10
A Jewish Hellenistic Reinterpretation of Early Israelite History through Sapiential Lenses
Inbunden, 2011
2438 kr
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The Wisdom of Solomon 10 is a unique passage among Jewish sapiential texts since it both presents Lady Wisdom as God's acting agent in early Israelite history and explicitly categorizes key biblical figures as either righteous or unrighteous. Structurally, Wisdom 10 is a pivotal text that binds the …
Marriage in the Book of Tobit
Inbunden, 2011
2492 kr
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Apart from Genesis, Tobit contains more information about marriage than any other biblical book. It reflects third-century beliefs and customs yet also serves a didactic function, teaching Diaspora Jews what they should value in their own marriages. This monograph elucidates these elements by …
Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus
Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to its Origin
Av Conleth Kearns, Pancratius C. Beentjes
Inbunden, 2011
2492 kr
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Nowadays many scholars are intensively studying the Book of Ben Sira in its different versions. One of the most intriguing aspects relates to the great quantity of passages on the afterlife in the various stages of the text of the Book of Ben Sira. Although Conleth Kearns already in 1951 wrote an …
Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit
Inbunden, 2011
2492 kr
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Despite the resurgence of scholarly interest in the Book of Tobit in recent years, an important aspect of this deuterocanonical book has been largely overlooked. Within it, there is an instruction manual for an effective way of being and living in exile, namely the wisdom instructions in Tobit 4. …
Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage
Av Renate Egger-Wenzel, Karin Schöpflin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2438 kr
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Als Festgabe für den Salzburger Alttestamentler Friedrich V. Reiterer zur Vollendung des 65. Lebensjahres, dessen Forschung biblischer Weisheitsliteratur vor allem dem Buch Ben Sira gewidmet ist, überreichen Kollegen und Schüler einen Strauß von Untersuchungen, die die Interessengebiete des …
Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira
A Jewish Sage between Opposition and Assimilation
Inbunden, 2012
2321 kr
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Ben Sira lived in an era when Hellenistic influences continued to spread in Palestine. The supreme political power was in the hands of foreign rulers. Under these circumstances it is no wonder that Ben Sira discusses the position of foreign nations in several passages. The tone varies due to the …
Pious Seductress
Studies in the Book of Judith
Inbunden, 2012
1701 kr
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The present volume contains papers delivered at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, held at the Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary, 14–16 May, 2009. The contributions explore various aspects of the Book of Judith: its textual versions, historical background, …
Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
Av Géza G. Xeravits, Tobias Nicklas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2492 kr
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The impact of earlier works to the literature of early Judaism is an intensively researched topic in contemporary scholarship. This volume is based on an international conference held at the Sapientia College of Theology in Budapest, May 18–21, 2010. The contributors explore scriptural authority …
Evil and Death
Conceptions of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature
Inbunden, 2015
2141 kr
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Second Temple Songs of Zion
A Literary and Generic Analysis of the Apostrophe to Zion (11QPsa XXII 1-15); Tobit 13:9-18 and 1 Baruch 4:30-5:9
Inbunden, 2014
1962 kr
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Although in Second Temple literature we find a variety of songs concerned with the future of Jerusalem, little attempt has been made to analyse these comparatively as a generic group. In this study, three songs have been selected on the basis of their similarity in style, ideas and their apparent …
Gesellschaft und Religion in der spätbiblischen und deuterokanonischen Literatur
Av Friedrich V. Reiterer, Renate Egger-Wenzel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1962 kr
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Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes behandeln spätbiblische Schriften (Tobit, Judit, griechische Esther, 1. Makkabäer, 2. Makkabäer, Buch der Weisheit, Ben Sira, Baruch, griechischer Daniel, Qumran,) aus hellenistischer Zeit unter dem Aspekt von Religion, Literatur und Gesellschaft. Den Schwerpunkt …
Torah in 1Maccabees
A Literary Critical Approach to the Text
Inbunden, 2014
1962 kr
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This volume addresses two pivotal questions surrounding the composition of 1Maccabees. It sets out to discern the place and function of the torah within the community described by the book. However, before addressing the main problem, the author must first determine the composition history of the …
Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum
Inbunden, 2014
1482 kr
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Der Band enthält zwei Studien zu Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum.„Die Rezeption der Leviratstora Dtn 25,5-10 im frühen Judentum" geht dem Thema bis zur Zeit des Abschlusses der Mischna nach. Sie beschäftigt sich mit den einschlägigen Texten des Alten Testaments, des Frühjudentums und der …
Studies on Baruch
Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception
Inbunden, 2016
1388 kr
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There has been widespread neglect by scholars of deuterocanonical books, especially those (e.g., Baruch) that are thought to lack originality. This book seeks to address this lacuna by investigating some of the major interpretive issues in Baruchan scholarship. The volume comprises a collection of …
Aseneth's Transformation
Inbunden, 2018
1432 kr
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The story of Joseph and Aseneth is a fascinating expansion of the narrative in Genesis of Joseph in Egypt, and in particular, of his marriage to the daughter of an Egyptian priest. This study examines the portrayal of Aseneth’s transformation in the text, focusing on three perspectives. How did …
Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals
Papers of the Jubilee Meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books
Av Géza G. Xeravits, József Zsengellér m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1962 kr
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The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and …
Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism
Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
Inbunden, 2016
2321 kr
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Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
Emotions associated with Jewish prayer in and around the Second Temple period
Av Stefan C. Reif, Renate Egger-Wenzel
Inbunden, 2015
2141 kr
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Given the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early Christians expressed their feelings within the prayers recorded in some of their literature. Specialists in their fields from academic …
Process of Authority
The Dynamics in Transmission and Reception of Canonical Texts
Av Jan Dušek
Inbunden, 2016
1791 kr
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The authority of canonical texts, especially of the Bible, is often described in static definitions. However, the authority of these texts was acquired as well as exercised in a dynamic process of transmission and reception. This book analyzes selected aspects of this historical process. Attention …
Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments
Inbunden, 2015
1432 kr
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The volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The title of the conference and the issuing volume covers an, on the one hand, extremely important and, on the other hand, regrettably neglected aspect particularly of the ancient …
“Take Courage, O Jerusalem…”
Studies in the Psalms of Baruch 4–5
Inbunden, 2015
1432 kr
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the volume researches Baruch chapters 4–5 in the following successive steps. The first step is a structural analysis of the three different units of the chapters, 4:5–29; 4:30–5:6; 5:7–9, during which the structure of the greater units (strophes, cantos) will be investigated, together with the …
Lebensform und Lebensnorm im Antiken Judentum
Av Günter Mayer, Michael Tilly m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1791 kr
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