Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period /
This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an event which severed the present from the past....
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
©2014.
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Collection: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;
v. 168. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 1. The relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature
- 2. Wisdom of Ben Sira: Jewish history as the unfolding of creation
- 3 Wisdom of Ben Sira: timelessness in support of the Temple-State
- 4. The Book of Jubilees: timeless dimensions of a covenantal relationship
- 5. The animal Apocalypse: the timeless symbols of history
- 6. Fourth Ezra: time and history as theological critique
- 7. Synthesis and conclusions.