Understanding texts in early Judaism : studies on biblical, qumranic, deuterocanonical and cognate literature in memory of Géza Xeravits /
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| Imprint: | Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. |
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| Description: | 482 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies ; Volume 48 Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; v.48. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12737931 |
Table of Contents:
- PART 1: OLD TESTAMENT AND EARLY JUDAISM
- "From the Heavens, From the Earth". Structure and Messages of Psalm 148 / Thomas Hieke
- Different Texts and Different Interpretations of "Exile" / Stefan Beyerle
- Effaced and Naturalized Modes of Jewish Reading: The Judah and Tamar Story (Genesis 38), the Book of Jubilees, and Robert Alter / Matthew Goff.
- PART 2: QUMRAN
- The Two Spirits and the Origin of Evil / John J. Collins
- Reading Instruction as a Sectarian Composition / John Kampen
- Thoughts on the Way towards "Prolegomena" to an Introduction to the Writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Preliminary Reflections on the Categorization and Nomenclature of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Peter Porzig
- Levi, Levites and Worship in Qumran / Balázs Tamási
- Children Confined in the House of Darkness: An Akkadian Incantation Ritual of the Stillborn / Réka Esztári.
- PART 3: DEUTEROCANONICA
- "Narrate omnia mirabilia eius" (Tob 12:20 Vg). Jerome's Vulgate Version of Tobit as a Wundergeschichte / Beate Ego and Lucas Brum Teixeira
- The Rhetorical Function of Burying the Dead in the Book of Tobit / Francis M. Macatangay
- Das Wortfeld „Sterben" im 2. Makkabäerbuch / Tobias Nicklas
- The Topic of Intercession in Second Temple Judaism. Between 2 Maccabees and 4 Ezra / Maria Brutti
- What's in a Name? The Book of Ben Sira and Its Paratexts / Benjamin G. Wright
- Des Menschen Wohltat und Gottes Wohlwollen: Aspekte der Anthropologie und Theologie Ben Siras / Friedrich V. Reiterer
- "Better"-Proverbs in the Book of Ben Sira. Typology, Position, Topics, and Distribution over the Book / Pancratius C. Beentjes
- "When the Lord created his works from the beginning" (Sir 16:26a) Study of Sir 16:26-17:14 / Angelo Passaro
- "Pillars of Gold on Plinths of Silver. . ." (Sir 26:18). Female Body Imagery in Ben Sira / Nuria Calduch-Benages
- Ben Sira 36:18-37:15: the Art of Choosing / Severino Bussino
- The Enigma of the Judges in Ben Sira 46: 11-12 / Jeremy Corley
- Bethesda in Sirach 50 revised / Otto Mulder
- Is Wisdom in Baruch 3:9-4:4 Combined with Torah? / JiSeong James Kwon.
- PART 4: COGNATE LITERATURE
- Good and Bad Angels in the Vitae Prophetarum / József Zsengellér
- "All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher". A Psalm-like Poetical Abstract of Qohelet in Lord Byron's Hebrew Melodies / Karin Schöpflin.
- PART 5: ANTIQUE SYNAGOGUE
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Temple, Synagogue, and Ekklēsia with Special Focus on Paul / Anders Klostergaard Petersen.