The Metaphorical Use Of Language In Deuterocanonical And Cognate Literature

Author : Markus Witte,Sven Behnke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110386233

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The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature by Markus Witte,Sven Behnke Pdf

Metaphors are a vital linguistic component of religious speech and serve as a cultural indicator of how groups understand themselves and the world. The essays compiled in this volume analyze the use, function, and structure of metaphors in Jewish writings from the Hellenistic-Roman period (including the works of Philo and the texts of Qumran), as well as in apocryphal early Christian texts and inscriptions.

Author : Markus Witte,Sven Behnke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110373998

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The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature by Markus Witte,Sven Behnke Pdf

Metaphors are a vital linguistic component of religious speech and serve as a cultural indicator of how groups understand themselves and the world. The essays compiled in this volume analyze the use, function, and structure of metaphors in Jewish writings from the Hellenistic-Roman period (including the works of Philo and the texts of Qumran), as well as in apocryphal early Christian texts and inscriptions.

Author : Dionisio Candido,Renate Egger-Wenzel,Stefan C. Reif
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783111338057

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What Makes a People? by Dionisio Candido,Renate Egger-Wenzel,Stefan C. Reif Pdf

This set of varied and stimulating papers, by an international group of younger as well as senior scholars, examines the manner in which peoplehood was understood by the Jewish communities of the Second Temple period and by the religious traditions that emerged from those communities and later flourished in Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The Hebrew and Greek terms for "people" and "nation" and the name "Israel" are closely analyzed, especially in forays into wisdom literature, Jewish apologetic and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and their uses are related to geographical, political and theological developments, as well as statehood, authority and rulership in the Persian world, Hasmonean times and Ptolemaic Egypt. Especially interesting are the carefully argued and documented suggestions about how Jewish peoplehood expressed itself with regard to charitable behavior, pagan deities, and marital regulations. Those interested in the history of cultural and theological tensions will be intrigued by the studies centered on how the opponents of Jews behaved towards "the people of God", how Hellenistic Jewish culture located the Jews on the Roman rather than on the Greek side, and how early Christian discourse saw the mission among the peoples and interpreted earlier sources accordingly. The idea of the Jewish "way of life" is seen to have influenced the writer of the longer Greek version of Esther and works of fiction are shown to have had important historical data within them. Modern social theory also has its say here in a careful consideration of Cognitive theory of ethnicity and the dynamic of ethnic boundary-making.

Author : Stefan C. Reif
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110485851

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Jews, Bible and Prayer by Stefan C. Reif Pdf

In his articles Stefan Reif deas with Jewish biblical exegesis and the close analysis of the evolution of Jewish prayer texts. Some fourteen of these that appeared in various collective volumes are here made more easily available, together with a major new study of Numbers 13, an introduction and extensive indexes. Reif attempts to establish whether there is any linguistic, literary and exegetical value in the traditional Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew Bible for the modern scientific approach to such texts and whether such an approach itself is always free of theological bias. He demonstrates how Jewish liturgical texts may illuminate religious teachings about wisdom, history, peace, forgiveness, and divine metaphors. Also clarified in these essays are notions of David, Greek and Hebrew, divine metaphors, and the liturgical use of the Hebrew Bible.

Author : David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884143420

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The Studia Philonica Annual XXX, 2018 by David T. Runia,Gregory E. Sterling Pdf

Studies on Philo and Hellenistic Judaism from experts in the field The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. This volume includes five articles on topics ranging from preserved fragments of Philo to travel in Philo’s works. Nine book reviews cover recent books on Philo, Josephus, and ancient pedagogy. Features: Articles on aspects of Hellenistic Judaism written by scholars from around the world Comprehensive bibliography and book reviews

Author : Kristin De Troyer,Barbara Schmitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110600520

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The Early Reception of the Book of Isaiah by Kristin De Troyer,Barbara Schmitz Pdf

This volume brings together a lively set of papers from the first session of the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in 2016. Together with a few later contributions, these essays explore a number of thematic and textual issues as they trace the reception history of the Book of Isaiah in Deuterocanonical and cognate literature.

Author : Francis M. Macatangay
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498209861

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When I Die, Bury Me Well by Francis M. Macatangay Pdf

"Sennacherib put to death many Israelites. So I stole their bodies to bury them; Sennacherib looked for them and he could not find them." Why do we bury the dead? To honor and respect them? To provide closure and comfort to the living? To provide the dead a final resting place? Tobit buried the dead as the ultimate work of mercy, and its pervasive presence in the narrative discourse of the book of Tobit invites reflection on and consideration of the reason for the practice of burial. The narrative drama radiates a universal sense of what it means to be in exile, namely, that it is an experience of death. Weaving together a complex of ideas related to Israelite interment practices and the reality of Israel's exile from the land given to them by God, this book explores the significance of burial as it relates to God's outstanding promises and Tobit's hopes for the household of Jacob.

Author : Nuria Calduch-Benages,Michael W. Duggan,Dalia Marx
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110630282

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On Wings of Prayer by Nuria Calduch-Benages,Michael W. Duggan,Dalia Marx Pdf

The contributors and editors dedicate this volume of research to Professor Stefan C. Reif on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Together these twenty papers reflect our appreciation for his exemplary scholarship and lifelong commitment to acquaint our world with the theological and cultural riches of Jewish Studies. This collection reflects the breadth of Prof. Reif’s interests insofar as it is a combination of Second Temple studies and Jewish studies on the roots of Jewish prayer and liturgy which is his main field of expertise. Contributions on biblical and second temple studies cover Amos, Ben Sira, Esther, 2 Maccabees, Judith, Wisdom, Qumran Psalms, and James. Contributions on Jewish studies cover nuptial and benedictions after meals, Adon Olam, Passover Seder, Amidah, the Medieval Palestinian Tefillat ha-Shir, and other aspects of rabbinic liturgy. Moreover, the regional diversity of scholars from Israel, continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America mirrors Stefan’s travels as a lecturer and the reach of his publications. The volume includes a foreword of appreciation and a bibliographic list of Professor Reif's works.

Author : Marcia Pally
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802871046

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Commonwealth and Covenant by Marcia Pally Pdf

In Commonwealth and Covenant Marcia Pally argues that in order to address current socioeconomic problems, we need not more economic formulas but rather a better understanding of how the world is set up -- an ontology of how we and the world work. Without this, good proposals that arise lack political will and go unimplemented. Pally describes our basic setup as "separability-amid-situatedness" or "distinction-amid-relation." Though we are all unique individuals, we become our singular selves through our relations and responsibilities to the people and environments around us. Pally argues that our culture's overemphasis on "separability" -- individualism run amok -- results in greed, adversarial and deceitful political discourse and chicanery, resource grabbing, broken relationships, and anomie. Maintaining that separability and situatedness can and must be considered together in public policy, Pally draws on intellectual history, philosophy, and -- especially -- historic Christian and Jewish theologies of relationality to construct a new framework for addressing present economic and political ills.

Author : Jason M. Zurawski
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506481784

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Jewish Paideia by Jason M. Zurawski Pdf

Jewish Paideia investigates diverse self-reflections on what it meant to be Jewish in Hellenistic and early Roman Diaspora communities by examining depictions of ideal Jewish education, or paideia, in the literature of the period. Education offers a unique and unexplored vantage point for understanding the internal constructing of Jewish identity in progress, as it provides key insight into the most determinative constituents of Jewish ethics and culture and into how questions of "Jewishness" were reimagined under dynamic and varied cultural and political circumstances. Within the elite intellectual circles of the ancient Mediterranean world, individual and communal identity, not unlike today, was inextricably bound to education. Depictions of ideal Jewish education become for us windows into a discourse of identity as it happened. By exploring how Jewish writers utilized paideia as a means of forming, reshaping, and deploying unique portraits of Jewish identity, this volume fills a significant lacuna in the study of ancient Judaism and the Jewish people. It also provides meaningful comparanda for Classicists and necessary background for later developments of Late Antique Jewish and Christian pedagogy. The diverse ways in which education was construed directly reflect how authors sought to internally understand and externally portray the Jewish community. Education offers keen insight into how the ancestral past became a contested site, how "the other" was utilized as a foil for reinforcing the image of the in-group, how empire and colonization impacted understandings of the Jewish people within broader society, and how Jewish law functioned to connect community members across space and time. Paideia, therefore, provides the researcher unparalleled access to Jewish self-reflections during this important period of history and to questions that have been central to developing a greater understanding of the Jewish people within the ancient Mediterranean world.

Author : Jeremy Corley,Geoffrey David Miller
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,6 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 : Łukasz Popko
Publisher : Peeters
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCLA:L0107549651

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Marriage Metaphor and Feminine Imagery in Jer 2:1-4:2 by Łukasz Popko Pdf

Jer 2:1-4:2 is a locus classicus of the prophetic marriage metaphor, which describes the turbulent relationship between Israel and her God. The literary form of the Book of Jeremiah preserved in the Septuagint (LXX) invites a new diachronic study of this text. The systematic, comparative study of the LXX and the Hebrew (MT) makes up a substantial part of the present book (ca. 200 pages). The redaction-critical reconstruction follows the literary form thus retrieved. 0The edition preserved in the MT introduces the marriage metaphor where the earlier text used general feminine imagery, or suggested rather a filial relationship. The inspiration for the revision came from the Books of Hosea and Ezekiel. The interpretations specific to the translator of the LXX do not point to any coherent agenda. The earliest passage clearly applying the marriage metaphor were introduced at the latest stages of the redaction history. There results demonstrate the growing importance of the marriage metaphor, as well as the ancient editors? conviction about the unity and interconnection of the books which make up the Bible.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCSC:32106017610467

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The New Interpreter's Bible by Anonim Pdf

Full texts and critical notes of the New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible in parallel columns.

Author : Jeremy Corley,Harm van Grol
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110240948

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Rewriting Biblical History by Jeremy Corley,Harm van Grol Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015034704992

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Artibus Et Historiae by Anonim Pdf