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Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures

Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III
  • Edited by: Géza G. Xeravits and Greg Schmidt Goering
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2018
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Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

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The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal figures as authoritative in Early Judaism. The topic of the volume thus reflects Ben Wright’s research, who—especially with his work on Ben Sira, on the Letter of Aristeas, and on various problems of authority in Early Jewish texts—creatively contributed to the study of the formation of Scriptures, and to the understanding of the figures behind these texts.

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Géza G. Xeravits, Selye J. University, Komárno,Slovakia and Greg Schmidt Goering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.

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"Pris ensemble, ces articles – chacun étant précédé d’un résumé de présentation – illustrent à merveille comment chaque époque s’approprie des « grandes figures » et les recycle pour véhiculer ses valeurs, pour témoigner de ses préoccupations et, éventuellement, pour promouvoir certaines idéologies."
D. Luciani in: Nouvelle revue théologique 141/2 (2019), 309-310

"En resumen, esta colección de estudios en honor de Benjamin G. Wright III, [...], sin duda alguna, una valiosa aportación al estudio de la literatura del segundo templo. Entre otras cosas, contiene algunas propuestas nuevas y sugestivas que de seguro harán las delicias de los especialistas."
Nuria Calduch-Benages in: Gregorianum 100 (2019), 688-689

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    Preface

    VII
    Greg Schmidt Goering
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    Bibliography of Benjamin G. Wright III (1984–2017)

    XI
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  • Part 1: Figures
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    Moses in the Septuagint

    3
    Emanuel Tov
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    Adding Profile to Moses and Joshua

    21
    Kristin De Troyer
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    No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13

    30
    Jeremy Corley
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    David in the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum

    56
    József Zsengellér
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    The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art

    71
    Géza G. Xeravits
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    A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers

    91
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    Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple

    105
    Greg Schmidt Goering
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  • Part 2: Scriptures
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    The Book of Ruth as Social Commentary in Early Judaism

    127
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    Glimpses into Ben Sira’s Society

    140
    Ibolya Balla
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    Exemplars of Humility and the Discourse of Authority in Second Temple Judaism

    151
    Bradley C. Gregory
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    Gibberish?

    164
    Eric D. Reymond
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    Die Idee von „Geschichte“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch

    178
    Tobias Nicklas
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    Where’s Rome?

    197
    Sean A. Adams
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    King and God

    211
    Barbara Schmitz
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    List of contributors

    231
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    Index

    233
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eBook published on:
February 19, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9783110596373
Hardcover published on:
February 19, 2018
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110586466
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
26
Main content:
241
Illustrations:
9
Coloured Illustrations:
4
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110596373
eBook ISBN: 9783110596373
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110586466
Keywords for this book
Biblical Studies; Old Testament; Apocrypha; Early Judaism
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All those interested in Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Hellenistic-Roman Era Judaism
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