Inheriting, Developing, and Debating within Tradition: Abraham’s Torah Observance in Second Temple Judaism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Abbreviations VII
4. Introduction XI
5. Inheriting, Developing, and Debating within Tradition: Abraham’s Torah Observance in Second Temple Judaism 1
6. Massah and Meribah Re-interpreted: Biblical Accounts, Judith, and Josephus 19
7. Emotion and Law in the Book of Baruch 49
8. The Torah in the Diaspora: The LXX Esther and Tobit as Test-cases 71
9. Fearing the Lord God: The Reception of Deuteronomic and Deuteronomistic Torah Tropes in Tobit 81
10. Re-Examining Torah in the Wisdom of Ben Sira: Was Hellenistic Wisdom Torahised? 93
11. Searching the Book of Law: Jewish Divination in 1 Maccabees 3:48 121
12. The Sabbath: From Biblical Commandment to Halakhic Discussion 139
13. Torah in the Fourth Book of Maccabees 155
14. Moses versus Enoch? On the Reception of the Mosaic Torah in the Book of Enoch 171
15. Mosaic Torah and Defense against Demons in the Book of Jubilees 185
16. List of Contributors 197
17. Index of Names 199
18. Index of Subjects 203