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Del 3 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit
AvMichaela Hallermayer
Inbunden, Tyska, 2007
1 609 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 divergierenden Textformen. Daneben wurden in Qumran die Textfragmente von fünf aramäischen und hebräischen Tobit-Schriftrollen gefunden. Ausgehend von diesen Textfragmenten als den ältesten Textzeugen des Buches Tobit wird über einen Vergleich der Textformen versucht, die Frage nach dem Text des Buches Tobit zu lösen.

Aus der Darstellung der handschriftlichen Überlieferung wird deutlich, dass sich die Annäherung an diesen „Urtext” bei Tobit sehr schwierig, wenn nicht sogar unmöglich gestaltet, so dass sich die Frage stellt, welcher Text künftig für die Auslegung dieses biblischen Buches herangezogen werden sollte.
Del 1 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Wisdom of Ben Sira
Studies on Tradition, Redaction, and Theology
AvAngelo Passaro,Giuseppe Bellia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
2 621 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 repair the harm done by the erosive criticism of Job and Qoheleth, or is it the work of a thoughtful interpreter who, in a time of change, seeks to bear the tradition towards the new situation emerging from the Hellenistic Diaspora? Is it a book which aims at the restoration of the true faith against the autonomous questing of human wisdom, or is it merely a sincere, if shrewd, experiment at dialogue between the legitimate reasoning of the world and the wisdom given in the Law? According to a well-tried methodology of juxtaposing the specialists of different schools, this volume presents an up to date consideration of historical, exegetical and theological research.
Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition
Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009
AvGéza G. Xeravits,Jan Dušek
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
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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 concept “Stranger” in Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible to Mediaeval Jewish thought. The bulk of the material focuses on Early Jewish literature, which mirrors an intensive interaction with the Hellenistic system of thought, and the development of concurring Jewish interpretations of traditional values.The papers of the volume provide insightful case studies about the formation of Jewish identity in diverse periods of Israelite and Jewish history, as well as the different attitudes to strangers, being either outsiders, or belonging to opposing sects of Judaism itself. The reader finds essays of historical, literary, and hermeneutical attention; of interest also to scholars of various forms of ancient and mediaeval Judaism.
Like an Everlasting Signet Ring
Generosity in the Book of Sirach
AvBradley Gregory
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 438 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 retributive justice and recognizing its breakdown in the socio-economic circumstances of Seleucid Judea. He forges a new Wisdom-Torah ethic of mercy in which giving generously is an integral part of living “the good life”.While loans and surety are essential practices, almsgiving is the preeminent act of generosity. The fundamental theological logic at work consists in viewing the poor as proxies for God and is based on the economic structure of Proverbs 19:17. Giving to the poor is, in reality, a deposit in a heavenly treasury and will pay future dividends. By situating Ben Sira’s view of almsgiving within the wider framework of retributive justice and its breakdown, new light is shed on the practical tensions regarding the extent of almsgiving and its relationship to the support of the Jerusalem priesthood. The various dynamics of Ben Sira’s thought on generosity are situated within the broader Hellenistic world and in their foundational role for later Jewish and Christian thought.
Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books
Selected Studies
AvGéza G. Xeravits,József Zsengellér
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
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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 place at a scholarly meeting. The volume contains articles on the traditions and theology of the additions, and demonstrates their relationship with the contemporary literature of early Judaism.Several writings of the Hebrew Bible – such as Esther, Daniel and Jeremiah – have different textual forms in the Greek Bible, and these forms display amplified material compared to the Hebrew versions. These additions testify to the creative reflection of early Jewish circles on the basic traditions of these Books and the textual fluidity of the writings in question.The essays of this volume explore these additions, their relationship to the Hebrew parent texts, and their impact on the effective history of the interpretation of later centuries.
Rewriting Biblical History
Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
AvJeremy Corley,Harm van Grol
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
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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 before Jesus. Both Chronicles and Ben Sira aim to recreate a national identity centered on temple piety. Some chapters in this volume consider the portrayal of Israelite kings like David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, while others deal with prophets like Samuel and Elijah.
Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
In Honour of Hans Klein
AvTobias Nicklas,Korinna Zamfir
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 621 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 the world and of man. Creation theology is rooted in the concept of man who owes his existence to God and who is placed in a cosmos which God created as “good”. At the same time, the essays show that even back in antiquity, the creation discussion held high potential for ideological criticism.
Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality
AvIbolya Balla
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
1 753 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 children can lead to the assumption that the work has a negative attitude toward sexuality. Ben Sira’s book is a combination of carefully composed wisdom poems and of teachings on everyday issues, including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. The sage dedicates a greater number of passages than other wisdom books to the discussion of social relations especially in regard to family. In so doing his regular point of departure seems to be what benefits or damages these relations mean, and whether they bring disgrace to a person, especially through sexuality. In addition, we have to make a distinction between the attitudes of the writer of the original Hebrew text of the book and that of the Greek translator. The two texts, produced in different social settings, times and places, differ at times in regard to sexuality.This book examines the wisdom poems, some characterized by openness about issues of eroticism, and all sayings that concern matters pertaining to sexuality found in discussions of passions, family relations and gender issues, and warnings against sexual wrongdoing. All this is done with a special regard to the differences between the Hebrew original text and the Greek translation.
Wisdom of Solomon 10
A Jewish Hellenistic Reinterpretation of Early Israelite History through Sapiential Lenses
AvAndrew T. Glicksman
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 two halves of the book together through its vocabulary and themes. Although chapter 10 is such a unique passage that is central to the work, no full-scale study of this chapter has been attempted. Recent scholarship on the Wisdom of Solomon has focused on the identification of genres in the book’s subsections and the author’s reinterpretation of Scripture.Through the use of historical and literary criticism, this study especially focuses on the genre and hermeneutical method of Wisdom 10 in comparison to other passages in the book and similar types of literature inside and outside the Bible. Chapter One establishes the purpose and methodology of the study, Chapter Two sets the literary and historical contexts for the Wisdom of Solomon, and Chapters Three to Six analyze the text poetically, form-critically, exegetically, and hermeneutically.This study concludes that Pseudo-Solomon, the book’s author, composed and used Wisdom 10 in order to bind the two halves of the book together. Its genre is that of a Beispielreihe, or example list, and its form is an alternation of positive and negative examples that are linked by the repetition of a keyword. The passage also reflects elements of aretalogy, synkrisis, and midrash. Because of the first two of these elements, chapter 10 may be seen as supplementing the encomiastic genre in chapters 6–9. Furthermore, the aretalogical flavor of the text depicts Lady Wisdom in ways similar to the popular Hellenistic Egyptian goddess Isis in order to show Wisdom’s superiority to the pagan deity. Lastly, chapter 10 exhibits six primary hermeneutical principles used by the author throughout the book, albeit with differing degrees of focus.Since the Wisdom of Solomon is a late composition, this study illuminates one facet of the Jewish Hellenistic reinterpretation of Scripture and will elucidate similar modes of exegesis in the early rabbinical and early Christian eras.
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Marriage in the Book of Tobit
AvGeoffrey David Miller
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 asking four questions: 1) Whom should one marry? 2) How does one get married? 3) What role does God play in marriage? 4) What do actual marriages look like? By contextualizing Tobit in light of the Old Testament and relevant Ancient Near Eastern texts, one can appreciate the book's unique claims. Endogamy is defined more narrowly than in other Old Testament texts as Israelites are now enjoined to marry close relatives. Monetary matters such as the payment of the bride-price are downplayed, while adherence to the Mosaic Law is emphasized in the marriage contract and the wedding ceremony. Furthermore, intertextual links with Genesis 24 cast Tobiah and Sarah as founders of a "new Israel", showing that God becomes involved in their marriage so that the nation of Israel will not die out. Finally, the author's portrayal of three married couples in the book reveals much about gender roles and also creates a realistic portrait of the marital relationship in terms of communication, cooperation, and conflict.
Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus
Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to its Origin
AvConleth Kearns,Pancratius C. Beentjes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 important doctoral thesis on this subject, this study has never been published and circulates only in photocopied form. Since Ben Sira scholars more and more are convinced that this investigation is of great importance, even after sixty years a proper publication is welcomed.In his study Kearns distinguishes, on the one hand, the witnesses to the second Greek and to the Latin version and, on the other hand, those to the Hebrew text, and those to the Syriac version as well. He concludes that there is unity of doctrine between the changes and additions of all the textual witnesses. Therefore he can refer to ‛the expanded text’.The teachings on afterlife as found in the various stages of the text of Ben Sira are compared with the teachings found in Jewish literature from about 200 B.C. until 100 A.D., both canonical – especially Daniel and the Wisdom of Solomon –, and apocryphal or pseudepigraphical, such as 1–2 Enoch, 4 Ezra, Jubilees, Psalms of Solomon, and Testaments of the XII Patriarchs.
Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit
AvFrancis M. Macatangay
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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. With glances at Tobit 12 and Tobit 14 where the wisdom instructions are repeated in shorter form, this monograph discusses the function of the wisdom discourse in the literary design of the narrative. Moreover, it examines how the wisdom instructions of Tobit demonstrate the vital role of the sapiential tradition in forming and maintaining Jewish identity in the Diaspora. Contextualizing the wisdom instructions not only within the narrative but also within the realities of Second Temple Judaism, it is argued that the author of Tobit saw the validity and employed the resources of the Jewish wisdom tradition in reinterpreting some of the traditional claims of covenant faith.Using the Sinaiticus as the textual basis of study, it shows that the lengthy wisdom lecture of Tobit displays an inner logic that structures the collection of seemingly unrelated sayings. The instructions reinterpret a major deuteronomic concern to remember the Lord always. For Tobit, the practice of righteousness, the practice of wise behavior, and the practice of prayer realize and concretize such remembrance. Addressed to those in the Dispersion, Tobit’s wisdom instructions are meant to foster and shape a distinct ethos of truth, righteousness and mercy.
Del 15 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage
AvRenate Egger-Wenzel,Karin Schöpflinm. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2013
2 438 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 Jubilars beleuchten: Neben Ben Sira wird die Rolle der Weisheit in weiteren spätbiblischen Schriften, in zwischen- und neutestamentlichen Texten untersucht. Die einzelnen exegetisch-theologisch-philogischen Beiträge des Bandes stehen unter dem Motto „Kommt zu mir … sättigt euch an meinen Früchten” (Sir 24,19).
Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira
A Jewish Sage between Opposition and Assimilation
AvMarko Marttila
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 271 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 given context. This study demonstrates that Ben Sira’s relationship to foreign nations is best defined as “balanced”, as his attitude is neither thoroughly hostile nor that of uncritically embracing Gentiles. On the basis of certain passages, one can get the impression that even the foreigners could be recipients of the Torah. On the other hand, some nations were regarded by earlier biblical authors as archenemies of Israel, and these anti-elect people caused also Ben Sira’s anger to be provoked. Ben Sira was deeply rooted in Judaism but this did not prevent him from being open toward foreign influences as far as they were compatible with his religious and cultural heritage.
Del 14 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Pious Seductress
Studies in the Book of Judith
AvGéza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
1 665 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, theological ideas and literary afterlife.The conference, on which this volume is based, was the most comprehensive scholarly meeting devoted recently to the Book of Judith. The contributors reopened several basic questions concerning the writing, such as the identification of concrete historical personalities reflected in the book, or some aspects of the halakhic system of the author.The scope of the contributions extends also to the late mediaeval use of the book by European playwrights.
Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
AvGéza G. Xeravits,Tobias Nicklasm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 413 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 in early Jewish literature and the writings of nascent Christianity. They study the impact of earlier literature in the formulation of theological concepts and books of the Second Temple Period.
Del 18 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Evil and Death
Conceptions of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature
AvBeate Ego,Ulrike Mittmann
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
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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
AvRuth Henderson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 920 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 original composition in Hebrew. The texts have been subjected to a literary analysis both individually and then comparatively.
Del 20 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Gesellschaft und Religion in der spätbiblischen und deuterokanonischen Literatur
AvFriedrich V. Reiterer,Renate Egger-Wenzelm. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2014
1 920 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 bilden Bedrohungsszenarien und die Abgrenzung gegenüber der hellenistisch geprägten Umwelt und die Identitätsfrage der Gläubigen in den vorchristlichen Jahrhunderten. Geboten werden aktuelle Untersuchungen zu einem bislang wenig beachteten Thema. Dieses ist aber zum Verständnis der Notsituation und der Lösungsmechanismen in den letzten Jahrhunderten vor der Zeitenwende und der Entwicklungen des Juden- und Christentums unverzichtbar.
Torah in 1Maccabees
A Literary Critical Approach to the Text
AvFrancis Borchardt
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 920 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 text. Given that the former orthodoxy of a unitary authorship seems to be breaking down, and no consensus has taken its place, a literary critical investigation occupies a necessary and lengthy portion of the work. Once a recommendation for the book’s composition history is reached, attitudes toward the inherited Judean tradition are described in each of the strata discovered. The resulting study reveals a wide variety of opinions on the Judean traditions and their function in society. This contributes to the current trend in scholarship of the Hellenistic period questioning the dichotomy between Judaism and Hellenism by demonstrating the different attitudes within even one text.
Del 21 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum
AvUlrich Kellermann
Inbunden, Tyska, 2014
1 482 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 Mischna, besonders im Mischnatraktat Jebamot. Sie zeigt den Abbau der Leviratsehe als Institution bei gleichzeitiger Favorisierung der Chalitza als gesetzeskonformer Auflösung der Leviratsbindung. „Der Beitrag des Tobitbuchs zum Bild der Eheschließung im Frühjudentum und in der rabbinischen Zeit" versucht, die entsprechenden Texte der griechischen Versionen des Tobitbuchs in die Vielfalt der Formen und Traditionen der Eheschließung vom Alten Testament bis in die rabbinische Zeit einzuordnen. Die Übereinstimmung vieler Details der im Tobitbuch sich spiegelnden Riten der Eheschließung mit entsprechenden Angaben in Mischna und Talmud machen wahrscheinlich, dass manches erst bei den Rabbinen bezeugte Brauchtums viel älter ist als bisher angenommen. Beide Studien bieten dem Theologen, Religionspädagogen und Judaisten Details über die Formen jüdischer Eheschließungen und führen damit zum Verständnis der entsprechenden biblischen und außerbiblischen Texte.
Studies on Baruch
Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception
AvSean A. Adams
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 388 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 essays from an international team of scholars who specialise in Second Temple Judaism and Old Testament pseudepigrapha. Topics covered include: historical issues (the person of Baruch), literary structure, intertextual relationships between Baruch and the OT (Jeremiah, Isaiah), reception history (Christian and Jewish), and modern translation challenges. This is the first volume of essays that exclusively focus on Baruch and one that seeks to provide a foundation for future investigations.
Aseneth's Transformation
AvKirsten Marie Hartvigsen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 402 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 Aseneth’s encounter with Joseph and her subsequent transformation affect various aspects of her identity in the narrative? In what ways do the portrayals of Aseneth, her transformation, and her abode relate to select metaphors and other symbolic features depicted in the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, and the Pseudepigrapha? And, how do the ritualized components through which Aseneth’s transformation occurred function in the narrative, and why are they perceived as effective? In order to shed light on these facets of Joseph and Aseneth, the author draws on the contemporary approaches of intersectionality, conceptual blending, intertextual blending, and the cognitive theory of rituals, using these theoretical frameworks to explore and illuminate the complexity of Aseneth’s transformation.
Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals
Papers of the Jubilee Meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books
AvGéza G. Xeravits,József Zsengellérm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
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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 the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation.
Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism
Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
AvErich S. Gruen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 271 kr
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Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
Emotions associated with Jewish prayer in and around the Second Temple period
AvStefan C. Reif,Renate Egger-Wenzel
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 095 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 institutions around the world have analysed important texts relating to this overall theme and to what is revealed with regard to such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The texts discussed are in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic and are important for a scientific understanding of how Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity developed their approaches to worship, to the construction of their theology and to the feelings that lay behind their religious ideas and practices. The articles contribute significantly to an historical understanding of how Jews maintained their earlier traditions but also came to terms with the ideology of the dominant Hellenistic culture that surrounded them.
Process of Authority
The Dynamics in Transmission and Reception of Canonical Texts
AvJan Dušek
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 753 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 is paid to biblical master-texts and to other texts related to the “biblical worlds” in various historical periods and contexts. The studies examine particular texts, textual variants, translations, paraphrases and other elements in the process of textual transmission. The range covered spans from the Iron Age, through the Old Testament texts, their manuscripts and other texts from Qumran, the Septuagint, down to the New Testament, Apocrypha, Coptic texts, Patristics, and even modern translations of the Bible. The book is particularly intended for those interested in the history of reception and transmission of biblical texts and in the textual criticism.
Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments
AvGeza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 402 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 Jewish and Christian traditions. Traditional manifestations of both Judaism and Christianity are predominantly masculine theological constructions. Despite their harsh masculine orientation, however, neither Judaism nor Christianity lacks elaboration on the female principle. When an ancient author chooses female imagery in order to make his message more emphatic, the female body as such forms an integral part of their metaphors. The contributions in this volume explore this phenomenon within the literature of early Judaism, and within its broad environments.
“Take Courage, O Jerusalem…”
Studies in the Psalms of Baruch 4–5
AvGeza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 402 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 structural relationship of these units with each other. After this, the biblical background of the passages is explored. The Scriptural passages that prove to be authoritative or influential for the author(s) of the Baruch passages give clues as to the particular interest and intention of the author(s). This step is supplemented by an inquiry into the tradition historical background of the prophetic psalms. Finally, I close this short monograph with some basic comments on several formative issues of Baruch 4:5–5:9.The book is written for the interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism, biblical interpretation, and the effective history of Scripture.
Del 30 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Lebensform und Lebensnorm im Antiken Judentum
AvGünter Mayer,Michael Tillym. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2015
1 753 kr
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Del 3 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit
AvMichaela Hallermayer
Inbunden, Tyska, 2007
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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 divergierenden Textformen. Daneben wurden in Qumran die Textfragmente von fünf aramäischen und hebräischen Tobit-Schriftrollen gefunden. Ausgehend von diesen Textfragmenten als den ältesten Textzeugen des Buches Tobit wird über einen Vergleich der Textformen versucht, die Frage nach dem Text des Buches Tobit zu lösen.

Aus der Darstellung der handschriftlichen Überlieferung wird deutlich, dass sich die Annäherung an diesen „Urtext” bei Tobit sehr schwierig, wenn nicht sogar unmöglich gestaltet, so dass sich die Frage stellt, welcher Text künftig für die Auslegung dieses biblischen Buches herangezogen werden sollte.
Del 1 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Wisdom of Ben Sira
Studies on Tradition, Redaction, and Theology
AvAngelo Passaro,Giuseppe Bellia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
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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 repair the harm done by the erosive criticism of Job and Qoheleth, or is it the work of a thoughtful interpreter who, in a time of change, seeks to bear the tradition towards the new situation emerging from the Hellenistic Diaspora? Is it a book which aims at the restoration of the true faith against the autonomous questing of human wisdom, or is it merely a sincere, if shrewd, experiment at dialogue between the legitimate reasoning of the world and the wisdom given in the Law? According to a well-tried methodology of juxtaposing the specialists of different schools, this volume presents an up to date consideration of historical, exegetical and theological research.
Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition
Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009
AvGéza G. Xeravits,Jan Dušek
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
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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 concept “Stranger” in Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible to Mediaeval Jewish thought. The bulk of the material focuses on Early Jewish literature, which mirrors an intensive interaction with the Hellenistic system of thought, and the development of concurring Jewish interpretations of traditional values.The papers of the volume provide insightful case studies about the formation of Jewish identity in diverse periods of Israelite and Jewish history, as well as the different attitudes to strangers, being either outsiders, or belonging to opposing sects of Judaism itself. The reader finds essays of historical, literary, and hermeneutical attention; of interest also to scholars of various forms of ancient and mediaeval Judaism.
Like an Everlasting Signet Ring
Generosity in the Book of Sirach
AvBradley Gregory
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 438 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 retributive justice and recognizing its breakdown in the socio-economic circumstances of Seleucid Judea. He forges a new Wisdom-Torah ethic of mercy in which giving generously is an integral part of living “the good life”.While loans and surety are essential practices, almsgiving is the preeminent act of generosity. The fundamental theological logic at work consists in viewing the poor as proxies for God and is based on the economic structure of Proverbs 19:17. Giving to the poor is, in reality, a deposit in a heavenly treasury and will pay future dividends. By situating Ben Sira’s view of almsgiving within the wider framework of retributive justice and its breakdown, new light is shed on the practical tensions regarding the extent of almsgiving and its relationship to the support of the Jerusalem priesthood. The various dynamics of Ben Sira’s thought on generosity are situated within the broader Hellenistic world and in their foundational role for later Jewish and Christian thought.
Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books
Selected Studies
AvGéza G. Xeravits,József Zsengellér
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
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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 place at a scholarly meeting. The volume contains articles on the traditions and theology of the additions, and demonstrates their relationship with the contemporary literature of early Judaism.Several writings of the Hebrew Bible – such as Esther, Daniel and Jeremiah – have different textual forms in the Greek Bible, and these forms display amplified material compared to the Hebrew versions. These additions testify to the creative reflection of early Jewish circles on the basic traditions of these Books and the textual fluidity of the writings in question.The essays of this volume explore these additions, their relationship to the Hebrew parent texts, and their impact on the effective history of the interpretation of later centuries.
Rewriting Biblical History
Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
AvJeremy Corley,Harm van Grol
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 247 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 before Jesus. Both Chronicles and Ben Sira aim to recreate a national identity centered on temple piety. Some chapters in this volume consider the portrayal of Israelite kings like David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, while others deal with prophets like Samuel and Elijah.
Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
In Honour of Hans Klein
AvTobias Nicklas,Korinna Zamfir
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 621 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 the world and of man. Creation theology is rooted in the concept of man who owes his existence to God and who is placed in a cosmos which God created as “good”. At the same time, the essays show that even back in antiquity, the creation discussion held high potential for ideological criticism.
Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality
AvIbolya Balla
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
1 753 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 children can lead to the assumption that the work has a negative attitude toward sexuality. Ben Sira’s book is a combination of carefully composed wisdom poems and of teachings on everyday issues, including marriage, family life, self-control, desires, and sexual promiscuity. The sage dedicates a greater number of passages than other wisdom books to the discussion of social relations especially in regard to family. In so doing his regular point of departure seems to be what benefits or damages these relations mean, and whether they bring disgrace to a person, especially through sexuality. In addition, we have to make a distinction between the attitudes of the writer of the original Hebrew text of the book and that of the Greek translator. The two texts, produced in different social settings, times and places, differ at times in regard to sexuality.This book examines the wisdom poems, some characterized by openness about issues of eroticism, and all sayings that concern matters pertaining to sexuality found in discussions of passions, family relations and gender issues, and warnings against sexual wrongdoing. All this is done with a special regard to the differences between the Hebrew original text and the Greek translation.
Wisdom of Solomon 10
A Jewish Hellenistic Reinterpretation of Early Israelite History through Sapiential Lenses
AvAndrew T. Glicksman
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 two halves of the book together through its vocabulary and themes. Although chapter 10 is such a unique passage that is central to the work, no full-scale study of this chapter has been attempted. Recent scholarship on the Wisdom of Solomon has focused on the identification of genres in the book’s subsections and the author’s reinterpretation of Scripture.Through the use of historical and literary criticism, this study especially focuses on the genre and hermeneutical method of Wisdom 10 in comparison to other passages in the book and similar types of literature inside and outside the Bible. Chapter One establishes the purpose and methodology of the study, Chapter Two sets the literary and historical contexts for the Wisdom of Solomon, and Chapters Three to Six analyze the text poetically, form-critically, exegetically, and hermeneutically.This study concludes that Pseudo-Solomon, the book’s author, composed and used Wisdom 10 in order to bind the two halves of the book together. Its genre is that of a Beispielreihe, or example list, and its form is an alternation of positive and negative examples that are linked by the repetition of a keyword. The passage also reflects elements of aretalogy, synkrisis, and midrash. Because of the first two of these elements, chapter 10 may be seen as supplementing the encomiastic genre in chapters 6–9. Furthermore, the aretalogical flavor of the text depicts Lady Wisdom in ways similar to the popular Hellenistic Egyptian goddess Isis in order to show Wisdom’s superiority to the pagan deity. Lastly, chapter 10 exhibits six primary hermeneutical principles used by the author throughout the book, albeit with differing degrees of focus.Since the Wisdom of Solomon is a late composition, this study illuminates one facet of the Jewish Hellenistic reinterpretation of Scripture and will elucidate similar modes of exegesis in the early rabbinical and early Christian eras.
Del 10 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Marriage in the Book of Tobit
AvGeoffrey David Miller
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 asking four questions: 1) Whom should one marry? 2) How does one get married? 3) What role does God play in marriage? 4) What do actual marriages look like? By contextualizing Tobit in light of the Old Testament and relevant Ancient Near Eastern texts, one can appreciate the book's unique claims. Endogamy is defined more narrowly than in other Old Testament texts as Israelites are now enjoined to marry close relatives. Monetary matters such as the payment of the bride-price are downplayed, while adherence to the Mosaic Law is emphasized in the marriage contract and the wedding ceremony. Furthermore, intertextual links with Genesis 24 cast Tobiah and Sarah as founders of a "new Israel", showing that God becomes involved in their marriage so that the nation of Israel will not die out. Finally, the author's portrayal of three married couples in the book reveals much about gender roles and also creates a realistic portrait of the marital relationship in terms of communication, cooperation, and conflict.
Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus
Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to its Origin
AvConleth Kearns,Pancratius C. Beentjes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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 important doctoral thesis on this subject, this study has never been published and circulates only in photocopied form. Since Ben Sira scholars more and more are convinced that this investigation is of great importance, even after sixty years a proper publication is welcomed.In his study Kearns distinguishes, on the one hand, the witnesses to the second Greek and to the Latin version and, on the other hand, those to the Hebrew text, and those to the Syriac version as well. He concludes that there is unity of doctrine between the changes and additions of all the textual witnesses. Therefore he can refer to ‛the expanded text’.The teachings on afterlife as found in the various stages of the text of Ben Sira are compared with the teachings found in Jewish literature from about 200 B.C. until 100 A.D., both canonical – especially Daniel and the Wisdom of Solomon –, and apocryphal or pseudepigraphical, such as 1–2 Enoch, 4 Ezra, Jubilees, Psalms of Solomon, and Testaments of the XII Patriarchs.
Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit
AvFrancis M. Macatangay
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 438 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. With glances at Tobit 12 and Tobit 14 where the wisdom instructions are repeated in shorter form, this monograph discusses the function of the wisdom discourse in the literary design of the narrative. Moreover, it examines how the wisdom instructions of Tobit demonstrate the vital role of the sapiential tradition in forming and maintaining Jewish identity in the Diaspora. Contextualizing the wisdom instructions not only within the narrative but also within the realities of Second Temple Judaism, it is argued that the author of Tobit saw the validity and employed the resources of the Jewish wisdom tradition in reinterpreting some of the traditional claims of covenant faith.Using the Sinaiticus as the textual basis of study, it shows that the lengthy wisdom lecture of Tobit displays an inner logic that structures the collection of seemingly unrelated sayings. The instructions reinterpret a major deuteronomic concern to remember the Lord always. For Tobit, the practice of righteousness, the practice of wise behavior, and the practice of prayer realize and concretize such remembrance. Addressed to those in the Dispersion, Tobit’s wisdom instructions are meant to foster and shape a distinct ethos of truth, righteousness and mercy.
Del 15 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage
AvRenate Egger-Wenzel,Karin Schöpflinm. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2013
2 438 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 Jubilars beleuchten: Neben Ben Sira wird die Rolle der Weisheit in weiteren spätbiblischen Schriften, in zwischen- und neutestamentlichen Texten untersucht. Die einzelnen exegetisch-theologisch-philogischen Beiträge des Bandes stehen unter dem Motto „Kommt zu mir … sättigt euch an meinen Früchten” (Sir 24,19).
Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira
A Jewish Sage between Opposition and Assimilation
AvMarko Marttila
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 271 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 given context. This study demonstrates that Ben Sira’s relationship to foreign nations is best defined as “balanced”, as his attitude is neither thoroughly hostile nor that of uncritically embracing Gentiles. On the basis of certain passages, one can get the impression that even the foreigners could be recipients of the Torah. On the other hand, some nations were regarded by earlier biblical authors as archenemies of Israel, and these anti-elect people caused also Ben Sira’s anger to be provoked. Ben Sira was deeply rooted in Judaism but this did not prevent him from being open toward foreign influences as far as they were compatible with his religious and cultural heritage.
Del 14 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Pious Seductress
Studies in the Book of Judith
AvGéza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
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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, theological ideas and literary afterlife.The conference, on which this volume is based, was the most comprehensive scholarly meeting devoted recently to the Book of Judith. The contributors reopened several basic questions concerning the writing, such as the identification of concrete historical personalities reflected in the book, or some aspects of the halakhic system of the author.The scope of the contributions extends also to the late mediaeval use of the book by European playwrights.
Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity
AvGéza G. Xeravits,Tobias Nicklasm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 413 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 in early Jewish literature and the writings of nascent Christianity. They study the impact of earlier literature in the formulation of theological concepts and books of the Second Temple Period.
Del 18 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Evil and Death
Conceptions of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature
AvBeate Ego,Ulrike Mittmann
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 095 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
AvRuth Henderson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 920 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 original composition in Hebrew. The texts have been subjected to a literary analysis both individually and then comparatively.
Del 20 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Gesellschaft und Religion in der spätbiblischen und deuterokanonischen Literatur
AvFriedrich V. Reiterer,Renate Egger-Wenzelm. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2014
1 920 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 bilden Bedrohungsszenarien und die Abgrenzung gegenüber der hellenistisch geprägten Umwelt und die Identitätsfrage der Gläubigen in den vorchristlichen Jahrhunderten. Geboten werden aktuelle Untersuchungen zu einem bislang wenig beachteten Thema. Dieses ist aber zum Verständnis der Notsituation und der Lösungsmechanismen in den letzten Jahrhunderten vor der Zeitenwende und der Entwicklungen des Juden- und Christentums unverzichtbar.
Torah in 1Maccabees
A Literary Critical Approach to the Text
AvFrancis Borchardt
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 920 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 text. Given that the former orthodoxy of a unitary authorship seems to be breaking down, and no consensus has taken its place, a literary critical investigation occupies a necessary and lengthy portion of the work. Once a recommendation for the book’s composition history is reached, attitudes toward the inherited Judean tradition are described in each of the strata discovered. The resulting study reveals a wide variety of opinions on the Judean traditions and their function in society. This contributes to the current trend in scholarship of the Hellenistic period questioning the dichotomy between Judaism and Hellenism by demonstrating the different attitudes within even one text.
Del 21 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum
AvUlrich Kellermann
Inbunden, Tyska, 2014
1 482 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 Mischna, besonders im Mischnatraktat Jebamot. Sie zeigt den Abbau der Leviratsehe als Institution bei gleichzeitiger Favorisierung der Chalitza als gesetzeskonformer Auflösung der Leviratsbindung. „Der Beitrag des Tobitbuchs zum Bild der Eheschließung im Frühjudentum und in der rabbinischen Zeit" versucht, die entsprechenden Texte der griechischen Versionen des Tobitbuchs in die Vielfalt der Formen und Traditionen der Eheschließung vom Alten Testament bis in die rabbinische Zeit einzuordnen. Die Übereinstimmung vieler Details der im Tobitbuch sich spiegelnden Riten der Eheschließung mit entsprechenden Angaben in Mischna und Talmud machen wahrscheinlich, dass manches erst bei den Rabbinen bezeugte Brauchtums viel älter ist als bisher angenommen. Beide Studien bieten dem Theologen, Religionspädagogen und Judaisten Details über die Formen jüdischer Eheschließungen und führen damit zum Verständnis der entsprechenden biblischen und außerbiblischen Texte.
Studies on Baruch
Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception
AvSean A. Adams
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 388 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 essays from an international team of scholars who specialise in Second Temple Judaism and Old Testament pseudepigrapha. Topics covered include: historical issues (the person of Baruch), literary structure, intertextual relationships between Baruch and the OT (Jeremiah, Isaiah), reception history (Christian and Jewish), and modern translation challenges. This is the first volume of essays that exclusively focus on Baruch and one that seeks to provide a foundation for future investigations.
Aseneth's Transformation
AvKirsten Marie Hartvigsen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 402 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 Aseneth’s encounter with Joseph and her subsequent transformation affect various aspects of her identity in the narrative? In what ways do the portrayals of Aseneth, her transformation, and her abode relate to select metaphors and other symbolic features depicted in the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, and the Pseudepigrapha? And, how do the ritualized components through which Aseneth’s transformation occurred function in the narrative, and why are they perceived as effective? In order to shed light on these facets of Joseph and Aseneth, the author draws on the contemporary approaches of intersectionality, conceptual blending, intertextual blending, and the cognitive theory of rituals, using these theoretical frameworks to explore and illuminate the complexity of Aseneth’s transformation.
Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals
Papers of the Jubilee Meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books
AvGéza G. Xeravits,József Zsengellérm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
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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 the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation.
Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism
Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History
AvErich S. Gruen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 271 kr
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Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
Emotions associated with Jewish prayer in and around the Second Temple period
AvStefan C. Reif,Renate Egger-Wenzel
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 095 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 institutions around the world have analysed important texts relating to this overall theme and to what is revealed with regard to such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The texts discussed are in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic and are important for a scientific understanding of how Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity developed their approaches to worship, to the construction of their theology and to the feelings that lay behind their religious ideas and practices. The articles contribute significantly to an historical understanding of how Jews maintained their earlier traditions but also came to terms with the ideology of the dominant Hellenistic culture that surrounded them.
Process of Authority
The Dynamics in Transmission and Reception of Canonical Texts
AvJan Dušek
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 753 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 is paid to biblical master-texts and to other texts related to the “biblical worlds” in various historical periods and contexts. The studies examine particular texts, textual variants, translations, paraphrases and other elements in the process of textual transmission. The range covered spans from the Iron Age, through the Old Testament texts, their manuscripts and other texts from Qumran, the Septuagint, down to the New Testament, Apocrypha, Coptic texts, Patristics, and even modern translations of the Bible. The book is particularly intended for those interested in the history of reception and transmission of biblical texts and in the textual criticism.
Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments
AvGeza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 402 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 Jewish and Christian traditions. Traditional manifestations of both Judaism and Christianity are predominantly masculine theological constructions. Despite their harsh masculine orientation, however, neither Judaism nor Christianity lacks elaboration on the female principle. When an ancient author chooses female imagery in order to make his message more emphatic, the female body as such forms an integral part of their metaphors. The contributions in this volume explore this phenomenon within the literature of early Judaism, and within its broad environments.
“Take Courage, O Jerusalem…”
Studies in the Psalms of Baruch 4–5
AvGeza G. Xeravits
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 402 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 structural relationship of these units with each other. After this, the biblical background of the passages is explored. The Scriptural passages that prove to be authoritative or influential for the author(s) of the Baruch passages give clues as to the particular interest and intention of the author(s). This step is supplemented by an inquiry into the tradition historical background of the prophetic psalms. Finally, I close this short monograph with some basic comments on several formative issues of Baruch 4:5–5:9.The book is written for the interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism, biblical interpretation, and the effective history of Scripture.
Del 30 - Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Lebensform und Lebensnorm im Antiken Judentum
AvGünter Mayer,Michael Tillym. fl.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2015
1 753 kr
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Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies – serie

Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit

Wisdom of Ben Sira

Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition

Like an Everlasting Signet Ring

Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books

Rewriting Biblical History

Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality

Wisdom of Solomon 10

Marriage in the Book of Tobit

Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus

Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit

Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage

Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira

Pious Seductress

Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Evil and Death

Second Temple Songs of Zion

Gesellschaft und Religion in der spätbiblischen und deuterokanonischen Literatur

Torah in 1Maccabees

Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum

Studies on Baruch

Aseneth's Transformation

Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals

Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism

Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions

Process of Authority

Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments

“Take Courage, O Jerusalem…”

Lebensform und Lebensnorm im Antiken Judentum

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies – serie

Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit

Wisdom of Ben Sira

Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition

Like an Everlasting Signet Ring

Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books

Rewriting Biblical History

Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality

Wisdom of Solomon 10

Marriage in the Book of Tobit

Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus

Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit

Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage

Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira

Pious Seductress

Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Evil and Death

Second Temple Songs of Zion

Gesellschaft und Religion in der spätbiblischen und deuterokanonischen Literatur

Torah in 1Maccabees

Eheschließungen im frühen Judentum

Studies on Baruch

Aseneth's Transformation

Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals

Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism

Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions

Process of Authority

Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments

“Take Courage, O Jerusalem…”

Lebensform und Lebensnorm im Antiken Judentum

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies – serie

Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit

Wisdom of Ben Sira

Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition

Like an Everlasting Signet Ring

Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books

Rewriting Biblical History

Theologies of Creation in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Ben Sira on Family, Gender, and Sexuality

Wisdom of Solomon 10

Marriage in the Book of Tobit

Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus

Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit

Weisheit als Lebensgrundlage

Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira

Pious Seductress

Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity

Evil and Death