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The Prayer of Manasseh: A Pithy Penitential Text Recasting Scripture Through a Vast Intertextual Repertoire
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Michael D. Matlock
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Encountering Intertextuality in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature 1
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1. Looking to the Past
- Deuterocanonical References to Abraham, Moses, and David 33
- Structural Use of Scripture in the Book of Ben Sira 57
- Divine Retribution and Reward Revisited: The Rereading and Reapplication of Isaiah 59 in Wisdom 5 79
- The Prayer of Manasseh: A Pithy Penitential Text Recasting Scripture Through a Vast Intertextual Repertoire 99
- The Ultimate Femme Fatale: An Intertextual Comparison of Judith and Inanna 127
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2. Looking at the Present
- Reading Judith, Tobit and Second Maccabees as Responses to Hegemony 157
- Hanukkah in 1 and 2 Maccabees: An Intertextual Reading 175
- Mother Zion and Mother Earth in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra 203
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3. Looking to the Future
- The Book of Tobit in the Story of Cornelius in Acts 10 227
- The Medieval Hebrew (H5) of Tobit: Use of Scripture and Influence of Rabbinic and Medieval Jewish Traditions 247
- Interpreting Tobit Two Ways: Inner-biblical Exegesis and Intertextuality 293
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Conclusion
- Methodological Reflections for Future Intertextual Studies 319
- List of Contributors 345
- Index of References 347
- Index of Subjects 369
- Index of Modern Authors 373
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Encountering Intertextuality in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature 1
-
1. Looking to the Past
- Deuterocanonical References to Abraham, Moses, and David 33
- Structural Use of Scripture in the Book of Ben Sira 57
- Divine Retribution and Reward Revisited: The Rereading and Reapplication of Isaiah 59 in Wisdom 5 79
- The Prayer of Manasseh: A Pithy Penitential Text Recasting Scripture Through a Vast Intertextual Repertoire 99
- The Ultimate Femme Fatale: An Intertextual Comparison of Judith and Inanna 127
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2. Looking at the Present
- Reading Judith, Tobit and Second Maccabees as Responses to Hegemony 157
- Hanukkah in 1 and 2 Maccabees: An Intertextual Reading 175
- Mother Zion and Mother Earth in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra 203
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3. Looking to the Future
- The Book of Tobit in the Story of Cornelius in Acts 10 227
- The Medieval Hebrew (H5) of Tobit: Use of Scripture and Influence of Rabbinic and Medieval Jewish Traditions 247
- Interpreting Tobit Two Ways: Inner-biblical Exegesis and Intertextuality 293
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Conclusion
- Methodological Reflections for Future Intertextual Studies 319
- List of Contributors 345
- Index of References 347
- Index of Subjects 369
- Index of Modern Authors 373