Worship and Creation
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Csaba Ötvös
Abstract
In the diverse and heterogeneous traditions, groups, movements and pseudo- or anonymous writings-that could be labelled as ancient Gnostic literature from the second and third Christian centuries-prayer was obviously a characteristic feature and their prayer practices likewise had a fundamental place and role in their devotional life. The paper explores the relevant selected texts that exemplify prayer, its spherical and earthly practices, that also imply the concepts of creation or the created, physical world, with the purpose of investigating their negative view and hostility exhibited towards the creator and the created order.
Abstract
In the diverse and heterogeneous traditions, groups, movements and pseudo- or anonymous writings-that could be labelled as ancient Gnostic literature from the second and third Christian centuries-prayer was obviously a characteristic feature and their prayer practices likewise had a fundamental place and role in their devotional life. The paper explores the relevant selected texts that exemplify prayer, its spherical and earthly practices, that also imply the concepts of creation or the created, physical world, with the purpose of investigating their negative view and hostility exhibited towards the creator and the created order.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface of the Editorial Board of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook vii
- Preface ix
- Contents xi
- How did Early Judaism Understand the Concept of ʿAvodah? 1
- The Garland: A Sign of Worship and Acknowledgement 17
- Temples and Sanctuaries within Their Apocalyptic Setting 41
- Solomon’s Temple and Israel’s Earlier Cultic Traditions in 2 Chronicles 1−8 63
- Sirach Chapter 2 and the Temple 77
- Ben Sira on the Piety of Men and the Piety of Women 107
- Word and Prayer in the Book of Ben Sira 117
- Worship in the Restored Second Temple in Sirach 50 141
- The Temple as a Place of Worship and the God of Heaven in 2 Maccabees 167
- A Narrative-Therapeutic Reading of the Martyr Narrative in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7 181
- Bodily Signs of Penitence in the Book of Baruch 197
- Piety without the Temple according to the Book of Baruch 215
- Babylonian Priests in the Description of the Epistle of Jeremiah 225
- No Place for Worship 247
- Gestures and Locations of Worship in the Book of Tobit 261
- Charity and Cult in the Book of Tobit 277
- Worship and Holy Places in the Wisdom of Solomon 289
- Aspects of Worship in the Letter of Aristeas 305
- Die kosmische Bedeutung des jüdischen Hohenpriesters im Denken Philos von Alexandrien 319
- Temple and Synagogue in Late Antiquity 341
- Worship in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 365
- Worship and Creation 389
- Contributors 421
- Index of References 423
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface of the Editorial Board of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook vii
- Preface ix
- Contents xi
- How did Early Judaism Understand the Concept of ʿAvodah? 1
- The Garland: A Sign of Worship and Acknowledgement 17
- Temples and Sanctuaries within Their Apocalyptic Setting 41
- Solomon’s Temple and Israel’s Earlier Cultic Traditions in 2 Chronicles 1−8 63
- Sirach Chapter 2 and the Temple 77
- Ben Sira on the Piety of Men and the Piety of Women 107
- Word and Prayer in the Book of Ben Sira 117
- Worship in the Restored Second Temple in Sirach 50 141
- The Temple as a Place of Worship and the God of Heaven in 2 Maccabees 167
- A Narrative-Therapeutic Reading of the Martyr Narrative in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7 181
- Bodily Signs of Penitence in the Book of Baruch 197
- Piety without the Temple according to the Book of Baruch 215
- Babylonian Priests in the Description of the Epistle of Jeremiah 225
- No Place for Worship 247
- Gestures and Locations of Worship in the Book of Tobit 261
- Charity and Cult in the Book of Tobit 277
- Worship and Holy Places in the Wisdom of Solomon 289
- Aspects of Worship in the Letter of Aristeas 305
- Die kosmische Bedeutung des jüdischen Hohenpriesters im Denken Philos von Alexandrien 319
- Temple and Synagogue in Late Antiquity 341
- Worship in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 365
- Worship and Creation 389
- Contributors 421
- Index of References 423
