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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....

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mermelstein, Ari
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2014.
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.