Intertextual Studies In Ben Sira And Tobit

Author : Jeremy Corley,Vincent T. M. Skemp
Publisher : Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 091517037X

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Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit by Jeremy Corley,Vincent T. M. Skemp Pdf

This volume offers 17 essays on the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) and Tobit. Four essays explore Tobit's connections with Genesis (Irene Nowell), Job (Anathea Portier-Young), Psalms (Stephen Ryan), and the New Testament (Vincent Skemp), with a fifth considering the medieval Hebrew and Aramaic Tobit texts (Loren Stuckenbruck and Stuart Weeks). Five further essays examine Ben Sira's links with Genesis (Maurice Gilbert), Exodus (Friedrich Reiterer), Kings (Pancratius Beentjes), Prophets (Leo Perdue), and Proverbs (Jeremy Corley). Seven more essays on Ben Sira refer to the patriarch Joseph (Robert Hayward), Ezra (Michael Duggan), fear of God (Renate Egger-Wenzel), Qoheleth (Edward Owens), First Enoch (Benjamin Wright), Letter of James (Núria Calduch-Benages), and Matthew's Gospel (James Aitken).

Author : Jeremy Corley,Vincent Skemp
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666786941

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Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit by Jeremy Corley,Vincent Skemp Pdf

This volume offers 17 essays on the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) and Tobit. Four essays explore Tobit’s connections with Genesis (Irene Nowell), Job (Anathea Portier-Young), Psalms (Stephen Ryan), and the New Testament (Vincent Skemp), with a fifth considering the medieval Hebrew and Aramaic Tobit texts (Loren Stuckenbruck and Stuart Weeks). Five further essays examine Ben Sira’s links with Genesis (Maurice Gilbert), Exodus (Friedrich Reiterer), Kings (Pancratius Beentjes), Prophets (Leo Perdue), and Proverbs (Jeremy Corley). Seven more essays on Ben Sira refer to the patriarch Joseph (Robert Hayward), Ezra (Michael Duggan), fear of God (Renate Egger-Wenzel), Qoheleth (Edward Owens), First Enoch (Benjamin Wright), Letter of James (Núria Calduch-Benages), and Matthew’s Gospel (James Aitken).

Author : James L. Crenshaw
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664234591

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Old Testament Wisdom by James L. Crenshaw Pdf

"For decades, James Crenshaw's Old Testament Wisdom has been the premier introduction to the wisdom books of the Old Testament. That tradition continues with this newly updated edition. This popular textbook introduces readers to the wisdom tradition as well as the biblical books of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and the Wisdom of Solomon. In addition, Crenshaw has expanded the discussion to include sapiential works from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the impact of wisdom traditions on the New Testament writers, and a new chapter on knowledge about God and the ancient sages' understanding of revelation. He provides expert analysis of the legacy of wisdom in other parts of the canon and in other cultures, offering new insights and fresh perspectives that can only come from one so well versed on the significance of Old Testament wisdom" -- BACK COVER.

Author : Jeremy Corley,Geoffrey David Miller
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110416930

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Intertextual Explorations in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature by Jeremy Corley,Geoffrey David Miller Pdf

This volume explores the fundamentals of intertextual methodology and summarizes recent scholarship on studies of intertextuality in the deuterocanonical books. The essays engage in comparison and analysis of text groups and motifs between canonical, deuterocanonical and non-biblical texts. Moreover, the book pays close attention to non-literary relationships between different traditions, a new feature of research in intertextuality.

Author : Ruth Anne Clements,Nadav Sharon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004164376

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The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature by Ruth Anne Clements,Nadav Sharon Pdf

This book presents the authoritative print bibliography of current scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, and related fields (including New Testament studies); source, subject, and language indices facilitate its use by scholars and students within and outside the field.

Author : Lindsey A. Askin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004372863

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Scribal Culture in Ben Sira by Lindsey A. Askin Pdf

In Scribal Culture in Ben Sira Lindsey A. Askin explores scribal culture as a framework for analysing features of textual referencing throughout the Book of Ben Sira (c.200 BCE), revealing new insights into how Ben Sira wrote his book of wisdom.

Author : Jeremy Corley,Geoffrey David Miller
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110416954

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Intertextual Explorations in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature by Jeremy Corley,Geoffrey David Miller Pdf

This volume explores the fundamentals of intertextual methodology and summarizes recent scholarship on studies of intertextuality in the deuterocanonical books. The essays engage in comparison and analysis of text groups and motifs between canonical, deuterocanonical and non-biblical texts. Moreover, the book pays close attention to non-literary relationships between different traditions, a new feature of research in intertextuality.

Author : Teresa Ann Ellis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110330892

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Gender in the Book of Ben Sira by Teresa Ann Ellis Pdf

Gender in the Book of Ben Sira is a semantic analysis and, also, an investigation of hermeneutical pathways for performing such an analysis. A comparison of possible Greek and Hebrew gender taxonomies precedes the extensive delineation of the target-category, gender. The delineation includes invisible influences in the Book of Ben Sira such as the author’s choices of genre and his situation as a member of a colonized group within a Hellenistic empire. When the Book of Ben Sira’s genre-constrained invectives against women and male fools are excluded, the remaining expectations for women and for men are mostly equivalent, in terms of a pious life lived according to Torah. However, Ben Sira says nothing about distinctions at the level of how “living according to Torah” would differ for the two groups. His book presents an Edenic ideal of marriage through allusions to Genesis 1 to 4, and a substantial overlap of erotic discourse for the female figures of Wisdom and the “intelligent wife” creates tropes similar to those of the Song of Songs. In addition, Ben Sira’s colonial status affects what he says and how he says it; by writing in Hebrew, he could craft the Greek genres of encomium and invective to carry multiple levels of meaning that subvert Hellenistic/Greek claims to cultural superiority.

Author : Francis M. Macatangay,Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110762181

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Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions by Francis M. Macatangay,Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz Pdf

This volume of essays on Ben Sira is a Festschrift on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Prof. Nuria Calduch-Benages. The volume gathers the latest studies on Ben Sira's relationship with other Jewish traditions. With a variety of methods and approaches, the volume explores Ben Sira's interpretation of received traditions, his views on the prevailing issues of his time, and the subsequent reception of his work.

Author : Pierre J. Jordaan,Nicholas P. L. Allen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110466942

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Construction, Coherence and Connotations by Pierre J. Jordaan,Nicholas P. L. Allen Pdf

These fourteen selected essays were originally read at the LXXSA international conference: Construction, Coherence and Connotation in Septuagint, Apocryphal and Cognate Literature (28-30 August 2015), hosted by the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Here, the intention was to apply new critical theory and approaches to the fields of Old Testament Scripture as well as associated Apocryphal and Cognate literature, with a specific focus on the interrelated recurring theme of the Wisdom of the deity and its decryption and reception at various times in history. In this regard, it was felt that this theme and associated source texts had been largely overlooked in recent scholarship. Here the aim was to attract recent research by both leading national as well as international scholars which not only shed new light on Old Testament Apocrypha and so-called Pseudepigraphical literature but which also critically reviewed certain biblical wisdom texts which are foundational for both the Christian as well as Jewish communities. As a consequence, many of the essays deal with the apocryphal Wisdom of Sirach. However, important contributions may also be found apropos Micah, Daniel, Baruch, 2 Maccabees, Tobit, Susanna, Judith, and the works of Josephus Flavius.

Author : Géza Xeravits,József Zsengellér
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047443643

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Studies in the Book of Ben Sira by Géza Xeravits,József Zsengellér Pdf

The volume publishes the papers read at an international conference on the Book of Ben Sira, held at the Shime'on Centre, Pápa, Hungary. Renowned specialists of the field treat among others various questions of early Jewish wisdom thought, the interpretation of history, and canon forming.

Author : José Lucas Brum Teixeira
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110613421

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Poetics and Narrative Function of Tobit 6 by José Lucas Brum Teixeira Pdf

Tobiah’s travel with the angel in Tobit chapter six constitutes a singular moment in the book. It marks a before and after for Tobiah as a character. Considered attentively, Tobit six reveals a remarkable richness in content and form, and functions as a crucial turning point in the plot’s development. This book is the first thorough study of Tobit six, examining the poetics and narrative function of this key chapter and revisiting arguments about its meaning. A better understanding of this central chapter deepens our comprehension of the book as a whole.

Author : Alma Brodersen
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161615993

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The Beginning of the Biblical Canon and Ben Sira by Alma Brodersen Pdf

Author : Bradley C. Gregory
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110223668

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Like an Everlasting Signet Ring by Bradley C. Gregory Pdf

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.

Author : Marko Marttila
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110270112

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Foreign Nations in the Wisdom of Ben Sira by Marko Marttila Pdf

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.