Zum Gedenken an Otto Kaiser (1924–2017)

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Abbreviations VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Zum Gedenken an Otto Kaiser (1924–2017) 5
6. In Memory of Alexander A. Di Lella (1929–2019) 9
7. Heaven: Use, Function and Content of a Cosmic Concept 13
8. Does κτίστης Mean “Creator”? The Lexeme κτι- and Its Implications in the Greek-Hellenistic Context 35
9. Cosmos and Creation in Job 38 (Septuagint) 55
10. Cosmic Events in the First and Last Additions to the Greek Text of the Book of Esther 77
11. “Bless the Lord, Winter Cold and Summer Heat”. Cosmos and Creation in Greek Daniel 3:52–90 91
12. Epiphanies: Cosmic Transcendence in 2 Maccabees 111
13. “Gold from Heaven” in 2 Maccabees 129
14. Creation and Humanity in the Book of Ben Sira 149
15. Polarities in Creation (Sir 33:7–15) 179
16. A Theology of the Creator and His Creation in Sir 42:15–25 201
17. Creation and Cosmos in Greek Sirach 18:1–10 223
18. Cosmos and Empire in the Wisdom of Solomon 245
19. Creation and History in the Structure of the Book of Wisdom. ἡ κτίσις … ὑπηρετοῦσα (Wis 16:24) 271
20. Philosophical Ideas about Cosmos and Creation in the Book of Wisdom 297
21. God’s Conflict with the Chaos Monster in the Book of Tobit 319
22. Cosmological Origins and Creation in 4QInstruction 331
23. The Work of Creation in Early Rabbinic Prayers and Benedictions 345
24. Ben Sira 42–50: An Antecedent of the Seder ‘Avodah Poems? 363
25. Biographies of Authors 385
26. Index of References 387
27. Index of Authors 429
28. Index of Subjects 435